Lie flat connection or direct economy with infant
May 22, 2016, 9:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Lie flat connection or direct economy with infant
2 options for a pdx-hnl itinerary with wife and 2 month old. Economy direct, or lie flat with connections.
1. direct on alaska using avois (56k amex membership rewards points) plus baggage fees and booking fees/taxes estimated at about $250. Purchase 3 seats across in economy - flight time 5 hours 30 mins. Not able to reserve the seats we want because it says something about them being blocked and the airport rep will assign them at checkin - which if we aren't three across in a row could be an issue
2. Go to LA the day before the flight to stage by purchasing 258$ in tickets on southwest, sight see in LA, use a free hotels.com night for the hotel, use 96K united miles to fly lax-lih in lie flat seats with an infant, then connect to hnl. travel time 7hrs 30mins - not including the night before trip to LA
I haven't flown economy in a long time, much less on a plane without economy plus. I am 1K on united. There are no lie flats direct from pdx to hnl. Only other option is a delta lie flat direct from lax-hnl but I am short 45K delta points. I have an almost endless supply of united miles so 96k isn't a prob for 2 first class tickets. I can work from the road/home so the time isnt an issue for us either.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
1. direct on alaska using avois (56k amex membership rewards points) plus baggage fees and booking fees/taxes estimated at about $250. Purchase 3 seats across in economy - flight time 5 hours 30 mins. Not able to reserve the seats we want because it says something about them being blocked and the airport rep will assign them at checkin - which if we aren't three across in a row could be an issue
2. Go to LA the day before the flight to stage by purchasing 258$ in tickets on southwest, sight see in LA, use a free hotels.com night for the hotel, use 96K united miles to fly lax-lih in lie flat seats with an infant, then connect to hnl. travel time 7hrs 30mins - not including the night before trip to LA
I haven't flown economy in a long time, much less on a plane without economy plus. I am 1K on united. There are no lie flats direct from pdx to hnl. Only other option is a delta lie flat direct from lax-hnl but I am short 45K delta points. I have an almost endless supply of united miles so 96k isn't a prob for 2 first class tickets. I can work from the road/home so the time isnt an issue for us either.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
May 23, 2016, 5:50 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC
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2 options for a pdx-hnl itinerary with wife and 2 month old. Economy direct, or lie flat with connections.
1. direct on alaska using avois (56k amex membership rewards points) plus baggage fees and booking fees/taxes estimated at about $250. Purchase 3 seats across in economy - flight time 5 hours 30 mins. Not able to reserve the seats we want because it says something about them being blocked and the airport rep will assign them at checkin - which if we aren't three across in a row could be an issue
2. Go to LA the day before the flight to stage by purchasing 258$ in tickets on southwest, sight see in LA, use a free hotels.com night for the hotel, use 96K united miles to fly lax-lih in lie flat seats with an infant, then connect to hnl. travel time 7hrs 30mins - not including the night before trip to LA
I haven't flown economy in a long time, much less on a plane without economy plus. I am 1K on united. There are no lie flats direct from pdx to hnl. Only other option is a delta lie flat direct from lax-hnl but I am short 45K delta points. I have an almost endless supply of united miles so 96k isn't a prob for 2 first class tickets. I can work from the road/home so the time isnt an issue for us either.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
1. direct on alaska using avois (56k amex membership rewards points) plus baggage fees and booking fees/taxes estimated at about $250. Purchase 3 seats across in economy - flight time 5 hours 30 mins. Not able to reserve the seats we want because it says something about them being blocked and the airport rep will assign them at checkin - which if we aren't three across in a row could be an issue
2. Go to LA the day before the flight to stage by purchasing 258$ in tickets on southwest, sight see in LA, use a free hotels.com night for the hotel, use 96K united miles to fly lax-lih in lie flat seats with an infant, then connect to hnl. travel time 7hrs 30mins - not including the night before trip to LA
I haven't flown economy in a long time, much less on a plane without economy plus. I am 1K on united. There are no lie flats direct from pdx to hnl. Only other option is a delta lie flat direct from lax-hnl but I am short 45K delta points. I have an almost endless supply of united miles so 96k isn't a prob for 2 first class tickets. I can work from the road/home so the time isnt an issue for us either.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
May 23, 2016, 9:35 pm
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Posts: 243
There was a 3rd option I didn't mention but its what I ended up doing. I booked direct on Hawaiian. It was 1300 for 2 first class or 1300 for 3 economy. I booked in first and used 80,000 hawaiian miles and paid for one $645 ticket.
Which, I now see what people are always saying, hawaiian miles are not very good. Maybe for going from east coast to Hawaii but def not a good deal from west coast.
Which, I now see what people are always saying, hawaiian miles are not very good. Maybe for going from east coast to Hawaii but def not a good deal from west coast.
May 24, 2016, 7:00 am
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: NYC
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There was a 3rd option I didn't mention but its what I ended up doing. I booked direct on Hawaiian. It was 1300 for 2 first class or 1300 for 3 economy. I booked in first and used 80,000 hawaiian miles and paid for one $645 ticket.
Which, I now see what people are always saying, hawaiian miles are not very good. Maybe for going from east coast to Hawaii but def not a good deal from west coast.
Which, I now see what people are always saying, hawaiian miles are not very good. Maybe for going from east coast to Hawaii but def not a good deal from west coast.