AA can't fly as many pax back to the mainland as they fly from the mainland to Hawaii
Sep 25, 2018, 11:50 pm
#46
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Bay Area
Programs: WN A-List, AA good-riddance, Safeway Club Card Extraordinaire
Posts: 3,851
AA's widebodies have Panasonic which is pretty much global
Sep 27, 2018, 9:54 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 70
Just adding a data point - flew from OGG to LAX yesterday on AA 254 and when we got to the gate (about 10m before boarding started) they were offering $800 vouchers for volunteers. Not sure what ended up happening but we pretty much left on time.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:47 pm
#48
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Long Beach, CA
Programs: AA PLTPRO, HH Diamond, IHG Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,559
Not sure if HNL-LAX is an issue or perhaps it was just simply oversold.
Flew out for the weekend on the cheapo $350-ish r/t fare for the weekend.
Two of booked a few days before Friday and actually had our 500-mi upgrades clear on the outbound!
On the way home, at boarding in HNL, they were asking for 3 volunteers at $375 each. When that went up to $750 each, we volunteered, but didn't want to be separated so they didn't bump us.
Flew out for the weekend on the cheapo $350-ish r/t fare for the weekend.
Two of booked a few days before Friday and actually had our 500-mi upgrades clear on the outbound!
On the way home, at boarding in HNL, they were asking for 3 volunteers at $375 each. When that went up to $750 each, we volunteered, but didn't want to be separated so they didn't bump us.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:52 pm
#49
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 5,465
Not sure if HNL-LAX is an issue or perhaps it was just simply oversold.
Flew out for the weekend on the cheapo $350-ish r/t fare for the weekend.
Two of booked a few days before Friday and actually had our 500-mi upgrades clear on the outbound!
On the way home, at boarding in HNL, they were asking for 3 volunteers at $375 each. When that went up to $750 each, we volunteered, but didn't want to be separated so they didn't bump us.
Flew out for the weekend on the cheapo $350-ish r/t fare for the weekend.
Two of booked a few days before Friday and actually had our 500-mi upgrades clear on the outbound!
On the way home, at boarding in HNL, they were asking for 3 volunteers at $375 each. When that went up to $750 each, we volunteered, but didn't want to be separated so they didn't bump us.