U space opening up to Hawaii
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U space opening up to Hawaii
What was the collective experience for the Hawaii flights last summer? In the past these flights used to be easy to upgrade with GGU, but I'm wondering if the upgrades are being crowded out by the paid fares.
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U space opening up to Hawaii
I just did some recon after getting the fare sale for Hawaii. I have a SAN-HNL booked in October and the same booked in March/April of next year. Lo and behold U space was available. I had 6 GGUs and applied them for an extra $5 for mine and my wifes fares both directions in October and applied the remaining 2 for the return in April for both of us.
Recheck your flight folks! Those expiring GGUs might be worthwhile.
Recheck your flight folks! Those expiring GGUs might be worthwhile.
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Looking through to years end, theres plenty of U space to HNL. 🤙🏻
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I noticed the U space floodgates opened on September 2nd. Here's what I posted on that day: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33538865-post120.html
I even grabbed some U space for a SEA-HNL round-trip next June: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33543450-post932.html
I even grabbed some U space for a SEA-HNL round-trip next June: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33543450-post932.html
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Ex-ANC/FAI seems GGU eligible fares are about double the saver fares
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already took advantage of U space to OGG and KOA out of SFO/SJC....still plenty of space out there.....anyone that wants to use GGU....nows your chance!
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thanks for all the replies - sounds very promising so I will have to go online tonight to see what works for us
yes this is the major problem with AS right now. Its basically like a buy up to F but maybe for a cheaper price than buying up to F on UA. Of course the $99 certs can offset that until you run out of them.
yes this is the major problem with AS right now. Its basically like a buy up to F but maybe for a cheaper price than buying up to F on UA. Of course the $99 certs can offset that until you run out of them.
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thanks for all the replies - sounds very promising so I will have to go online tonight to see what works for us
yes this is the major problem with AS right now. Its basically like a buy up to F but maybe for a cheaper price than buying up to F on UA. Of course the $99 certs can offset that until you run out of them.
yes this is the major problem with AS right now. Its basically like a buy up to F but maybe for a cheaper price than buying up to F on UA. Of course the $99 certs can offset that until you run out of them.
Good luck finding U space to come BACK from Hawaii though. While I can usually find U space going to Hawaii on non-stops, the return is ridiculous. You're either taking a non-stop redeye, a 2 segment flight with an overnight in SAN/LAX/SJC/PDX, or you may be "lucky" and find a 2 segment flight that actually starts and completes during daylight hours.
Good luck!
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Redeye returns are sop ex-Hawaii.
Just like flights ex-ANC it seems... for a lot of them.
Just like flights ex-ANC it seems... for a lot of them.
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I had found U space on LAX KOA direct and a direct return in late January but both flights were eliminated in the latest schedule change. Now I have to go through Seattle and of course there isn’t any U space available on the legs to and from KOA.
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Call in and ask them to contact revenue management to manually open U space, when a flight I was on got canceled I was able to swap to another of my choice and I got them to re-upgrade me. Not a guarantee they'll do it, but worth a shot.
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Good luck finding U space to come BACK from Hawaii though. While I can usually find U space going to Hawaii on non-stops, the return is ridiculous. You're either taking a non-stop redeye, a 2 segment flight with an overnight in SAN/LAX/SJC/PDX, or you may be "lucky" and find a 2 segment flight that actually starts and completes during daylight hours.