Inter -Island travel (Things you should know)

[macuu222]

I just got back from taking a day trip to Honolulu for some shopping. We decided not to make a confirmed reservation...because we didn't want to be pinned down to a time...and just showed up at the Hawaiian ticket counter. But I did check an hour before on line and there were still seats for $80.00 one way. When we went to the counter though and asked for two one way tickets to Honolulu...they were $150.00 each. I asked why it was so different than booking on the website and they said there is a "$35.00 walk up fee per person" "and" a $35.00 average increase in the fare when buying at the ticket counter vs on the web. So I turned on my smart phone and made the reservations and payed on line right there at the ticket counter and saved $70.00 per person and just used my phone to show my boarding pass bar code to security and airline personnel.

Moral of story...I won't ever try to do a walk up at the last minute again. (What was I thinking!) Also never travel without your smart phone!

BTW...Hawaiian and Go cut off ticket sales 30 minutes before departure

[dayna]

That is quite the savings! I would think last minute walk up sales would be CHEAPER since they want to fill those seats....

Some things make no sense.

Dayna

[JerryCarr]

They're counting on most people not to be as clever as macuu222. They have us all trained to expect to pay more at the last minute, although some airlines release low-miles free tickets at the last minute to get the seats filled and some miles off their books, where they show up as a liability. Delta is famous for this. In fact, they have been accused of ONLY offering low-miles freebies at the last minute, especially on their Hawaii and international flights.

[DTisme]

I love this story, maccuu!