Originally Posted by
altyfc
1. I assume I'd be best advised to use the same airline (or airline alliance?) for the entire journey...? Presumably then if one flight didn't arrive in time for the next, I would have some assurance of being put on the next flight??
As long as it's on the same ticket, you're fairly safe. You're more likely to be delayed by U.S. entry.
2. If stopping overnight somewhere, do you think it would be better to have a couple of nights in that location to make hte journey a bit more of an adventure, rather than a drag of constant travel? My wife and children haven't been to New York before, so it'd be nice to show them some of the city if it fitted in with our plans.
A scheduled break of more than 24 hours may result in a (much) higher fare. You may actually want to consider 2 separate tickets as it may be cheaper, even than a U.K.-HNL through ticket. U.S. East coast-HNL was available for about GBP 200 r/t earlier this year. No guarantee that fare will return however.
Orbitz, Travelnow, Expedia, Sidestep, Mobissimo... they all seem to allow me to search for the first 2 weeks in October, but not the last two... no luck with Kayak or Farecast either... I guess this will change in a fortnight??
Or day by day. 11 month/330 day in advance "rule".