United is running a sale from Portland and Seattle to both Honolulu and Maui from $362 roundtrip. This is available from March through end of schedule.
American Airlines is running a sale from Houston to Honolulu from $475 roundtrip.
These fares won’t last long.
About a week ago I wrote that it’s the golden age of air travel with cheap fares all over the world. Most of those fares have been in economy, with sub-$400 roundtrips to Europe and Asia with amazing flash sales.
I certainly prefer travel in business class, and readers have been asking for those deals, and here may be the best recent deal yet.
There are some things I’ve covered in the past but that have tripped up readers in the past week so I thought I’d highlight them again.
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While I’ve been on plenty of planes that had to divert — because of weather, fuel, and the President’s flight path — I don’t recall ever diverting because someone onboard had taken ill.
Every single time Dr. Peter Maguire flies American Airlines he’s at the right place at the right time.
Upside is the new travel booking site from Priceline founder Jay Walker. It finally launched with full functionality last month. They raised $50 million on a $200 million valuation even before they were fully operational. And with all that marketing money they’re significantly overinvesting in getting you to make a booking now.
Over the past week there have been tons of headlines across all form of media about Cassie DePecol who reports having visited every country in the world. And she’s only 27.
But along with the impressive feat there’s another one being attributed to her: that she’s the first woman to have done it.
Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Tyrone Crawford was removed from an American Airlines flight yesterday over a dispute involving the size of his carry on bag.
He has since deleted this tweet:
Emirates is already making some service cuts to save on costs and is selling first class lounge access to customers not traveling in first to boost revenue.
They may not be done tweaking their rules to monetize some of the higher-end services that Emirates has available. Reportedly Emirates is considering several more moves to boost revenue.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
