Premium Economy to Hawaii to launch in May 2021 - PlusPoints Now Required to Upgrade
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Premium Economy to Hawaii to launch in May 2021 - PlusPoints Now Required to Upgrade
"In May, United will begin offering United Premium Plus® service on select Hawaii routes, which includes a bigger, more comfortable seat and a complimentary meal. United Premium Plus will be available for customers traveling to Honolulu and Maui from Chicago and Denver and will be expanded in June to flights between Chicago and Kona, Houston and Honolulu, and New York/Newark and Maui.
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"In May, United will begin offering United Premium Plus® service on select Hawaii routes, which includes a bigger, more comfortable seat and a complimentary meal. United Premium Plus will be available for customers traveling to Honolulu and Maui from Chicago and Denver and will be expanded in June to flights between Chicago and Kona, Houston and Honolulu, and New York/Newark and Maui.
https://hub.united.com/2021-03-25-un...651205573.html
https://hub.united.com/2021-03-25-un...651205573.html
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Any plane with P+/PE seating will also have Polaris seating, so yes, booking a flight with P+ sold as a separate cabin will also "guarantee" Polaris seating (barring a last-minute equipment swap). I have a feeling we'll be seeing more hi-J 763s (already scheduled on EWR-OGG and been making several appearances as subs for regular 763s or various 777s) and/or internationally configured 777s flying to the islands.
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I wonder if this will be a test case for adding P+ to the [mod edit] domestic 777s. They could even do it before they're back in the air.
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They could also fly the retrofitted 788/9s or 78x?
No plan to retrofit the domestic configured 772s
No plan to retrofit the domestic configured 772s
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Is it even certain that they will be back or that they even want them, back?
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In any case, we are basically getting the same seats from the west coast to Hawai'i in the form of domestic narrowbody first class, so I am guessing the P+ fares will be about the same, giving an option to bump the Polaris seat (not service) fares much higher.
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With Hawaii tickets going like hotcakes lets hope this becomes the trend and they bring these planes out on all the East coast Hawaii routes sooner rather than later. With TATL essentially closed, let them make more money and give us a better seat!
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Positive step, and if it's a side affect of the grounding of the HD 777's, it will likely show the demand for first, as well as PE will do well to the islands from not all, but many locations. In the last two years of living in Maui, I wouldn't touch a coach ticket, it was first or I wasn't going for my monthly back and forth. The crap quantity on the HD's was a joke. Seat was fine, I'm not a complete snob, but first class was often unavailable many days in advance. 28J was way too low.