HNL Connection Question
Sep 28, 2006 | 7:31 pm
#46
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No Elite Tagging
The only thing is that on your return, if you are Elite, the HA agent had no way other than putting a HA first class bag tag on (which I dont think that CO recognizes), to designate the conecting bags as Elite Access Priority Bags. I know half of the time it doesnt mean anything anyway...but if you can on your outbound, be nice to the TA and try to snag a few extra blue Elite Access bag tags for your return.
Sep 28, 2006 | 7:41 pm
#47
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Originally Posted by saccoNY
The only thing is that on your return, if you are Elite, the HA agent had no way other than putting a HA first class bag tag on (which I dont think that CO recognizes), to designate the conecting bags as Elite Access Priority Bags. I know half of the time it doesnt mean anything anyway...but if you can on your outbound, be nice to the TA and try to snag a few extra blue Elite Access bag tags for your return.
Could the OP stop by the CO counters in OGG, and if open, take a few of these tags there as well?
Sep 30, 2006 | 1:12 pm
#48
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Originally Posted by slippahs
Very good idea, especially since at some airports, the blue tags are of a big help.
Could the OP stop by the CO counters in OGG, and if open, take a few of these tags there as well?
Could the OP stop by the CO counters in OGG, and if open, take a few of these tags there as well?
I've never tried to get extra bag tags....I suppose that this could work from OGG, but I (and I think the OP) was flying from non-CO airports (a la LIH or KOA).
Does anyone have an experience trying this? Are they sticklers when it comes to ponying up those tags??
Oct 6, 2006 | 7:10 am
#49
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Thank you for all of your help - one final question.
Is 'Island Air' associated with Aloha Airlines? I ask because I want to know if I go with them if I will be able to interline my bags all the way to LIH from EWR.
Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind - I just reread the post by CO Insider and realized that I can in fact do that.
Is 'Island Air' associated with Aloha Airlines? I ask because I want to know if I go with them if I will be able to interline my bags all the way to LIH from EWR.
Thanks!
Edit: Nevermind - I just reread the post by CO Insider and realized that I can in fact do that.
Nov 12, 2006 | 11:19 pm
#50
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Extra Elite Access Tags
I flew to HNL on CO and connected on to another island on HA.
On the mainland, I checked my bags through to my final destination. While I was doing so, I reminded the agent to tag my bags with Elite Access tags (which she did upon reminding.) I then asked her if I could have 2 tags for my return so that the HA agents could tag them. She said sure... and gave me a stack of tags (20+). I'll use them when I return to the mainland via HA and will let y'all know how the agents use them. I am flying HA in 1st, so they usually throw their own red first class tags on the bag tags... so I presume they'll use both tags when I return.
On the mainland, I checked my bags through to my final destination. While I was doing so, I reminded the agent to tag my bags with Elite Access tags (which she did upon reminding.) I then asked her if I could have 2 tags for my return so that the HA agents could tag them. She said sure... and gave me a stack of tags (20+). I'll use them when I return to the mainland via HA and will let y'all know how the agents use them. I am flying HA in 1st, so they usually throw their own red first class tags on the bag tags... so I presume they'll use both tags when I return.
Nov 13, 2006 | 8:19 am
#51
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Grabbing extra elite tags makes sense, espescially when checking in with a partner. I also think it would make great sense to give them to GAs for those times when you need to gate check a bag.
Nov 13, 2006 | 9:38 am
#52
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Go to the Hawaiian Air website. They were offering some real cheap interisland airfares, but I dont know when the deal expired. Also, I wouldnt be in a hurry to jump right to Kauai. It's worth a day+ on Oahu to stop at Pearl Harbor, see Waikiki and drive up through the pineapple fields to the North Shore to see Haleiwa and the surfer-dude beaches, which should be rocking in Nov