Originally Posted by
slippahs
jiburi: I don't understand the statement "[a]s Interisland portion is on HA, checking nwa.com for online availability may not be possible." The OP can still check the upgrade availability for all NW flights on nwa.com. There's no hinderance there.
And just FWIW, NW mileage upgrades do not apply to HA flights.
Agreed. As you had indicated, NW mileage upgrades only apply to NW flights. I only meant that if the search was done just for MSP and KOA with " mileage upgrade option" checked, the resulting search only indicates option 2 flights through SEA. If OP wants the better option through HNL, he/she will want to add HA flight option after checking MSP-HNL direct flights.
With expert Slippahs, we're in good hands.
Jiburi
PS: Knowing Slippahs had responded earlier, I wasn't going to respond to this thread, but did so just to highlight that 330 service, in my opinion, trumps the 757 experience....which was my original intent of the message.