Best Business class LAX-HNL?
Apr 30, 2022, 1:27 am
#1
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Best Business class LAX-HNL?
Morning all.
My Wife and i are planning a trip from the UK to Oahu next year.
We will be flying London to LA and having a couple of days stop off in LA then on to Oahu.
Could anyone recommend which airline/aircraft offers the best Business/First experience from LAX please.
Ideally we'd like lie flat beds or similar and lounge access both in LAX and HNL.
Are there any possibilities that offer both these things.
We will be on cash tickets with no status.
Thanks
My Wife and i are planning a trip from the UK to Oahu next year.
We will be flying London to LA and having a couple of days stop off in LA then on to Oahu.
Could anyone recommend which airline/aircraft offers the best Business/First experience from LAX please.
Ideally we'd like lie flat beds or similar and lounge access both in LAX and HNL.
Are there any possibilities that offer both these things.
We will be on cash tickets with no status.
Thanks
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Apr 30, 2022 at 3:28 am Reason: corrected airport code and island name
Apr 30, 2022, 1:57 am
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Hawaiian Airlines
Fly Hawaiian Airlines. You will want to book on an Airbus A330 aircraft. Those are the first class flights with lie down seats and lounge access with purchase. Their food and on board service is amazing. Mai Tai drinks when you board.
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Apr 30, 2022 at 3:28 am
Apr 30, 2022, 2:00 am
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Thanks- do you definitely get lounge access with Hawaiian? I read that you don't get access at LAX as its considered domestic and the only access is with status.
Apr 30, 2022, 2:05 am
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You should with a first class ticket. I would call Hawaiian Airlines to double check. If you cannot get lounge access, I would still fly Hawaiian. Their seats and service are the best US domestic airline service ever.
Apr 30, 2022, 2:06 am
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Apr 30, 2022, 1:19 pm
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HA hasn’t had a lounge at LAX for the last several years, and the lounge you’d get at HNL on a domestic first class ticket is pretty minimal. The seat is decent and the service is generally good in flight, but you don’t pick HA for its lounges.
Apr 30, 2022, 4:52 pm
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Regarding United you will only have a decent product on the 777-300 specifically which is generally one flight a day and is often a redeye- and from what I’ve seen may actually only be going to SFO right now and not LA. Their 777-200 still sports a pathetic 2-4-2 arrangement (albeit lie-flat) in “domestic first.”
I used to fly this route a lot and would almost always fly Hawaiian which is a decent product for only a 5ish hour flight. But yeah don’t be expecting international food/service/lounges (on any domestic US route). US airlines do not provide lounge access for domestic flights, even first (except for HA departing HNL and again it’s very basic).
I used to fly this route a lot and would almost always fly Hawaiian which is a decent product for only a 5ish hour flight. But yeah don’t be expecting international food/service/lounges (on any domestic US route). US airlines do not provide lounge access for domestic flights, even first (except for HA departing HNL and again it’s very basic).
Apr 30, 2022, 6:40 pm
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Apr 30, 2022, 7:00 pm
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True! I forgot about Alaska - pretty much wrote them off after they ruined VX, and never cared for their hard product :-)
May 1, 2022, 1:53 pm
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Personally - the A330 Hawaiian lie-flat in my opinion is a terrible seat - it is not comfortable. I'd take a United lie-flat over anything Hawaiian offers. I'm hoping the new lie-flat seat on the 787's when they come out are much improved.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
May 1, 2022, 4:22 pm
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Personally - the A330 Hawaiian lie-flat in my opinion is a terrible seat - it is not comfortable. I'd take a United lie-flat over anything Hawaiian offers. I'm hoping the new lie-flat seat on the 787's when they come out are much improved.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
May 1, 2022, 10:43 pm
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Personally - the A330 Hawaiian lie-flat in my opinion is a terrible seat - it is not comfortable. I'd take a United lie-flat over anything Hawaiian offers. I'm hoping the new lie-flat seat on the 787's when they come out are much improved.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
Food/beverage would be better on Hawaiian than United.
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; May 2, 2022 at 3:53 am Reason: corrected airport code for HNL
May 1, 2022, 11:42 pm
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The 787 deliveries have been delayed due to covid, and once they eventually do take delivery they are unlikely to ever be seen on such a short route (except in case of emergency swaps or the like). HA is picking these up to open up longer routes they can't serve with the a330 (Europe). I'm hoping they'll also be deployed to Japan but even that is unlikely unless/until they order more of them.