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With Hawaiian, its around 8 hours to LAX. No thanks!
This is exactly why I don't visit the mainland unless I absolutely have to -- regardless of airline. Even a mid-day 5h flight leaves plenty of useful time on each end; with a layover, I basically lose a day of billable hours coming and going.
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"I basically lose a day of billable hours coming and going."
You get paid for posting on Punaweb?
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You get paid for posting on Punaweb?
Fake news is far, far bigger than Russians on Facebook and Twitter.
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I don't use either one, so this is valuable information to me.
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The next time you fly United from Hilo to LA, here's some info that's good to know.
If you get bumped, the maximum voucher they're allowed to offer is $10,000. On a recent flight from Dulles to Austin, the aircraft had a broken seat and when they couldn't find a volunteer to accept a voucher, they told a woman with the lowest paid fare she had to accept a voucher and stay behind. She told them no voucher, she wanted $2000 in cash, so they raised the offer to a $10,000 voucher. They wouldn't let her in the United lounge when she asked though. Guess they had to draw the line somewhere:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/...passenger/
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If she used the voucher for a 1st class roundtrip to Europe, which is probably the going rate, they would have to let her into the United lounges at various airports!
Great story, thank you!
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United or Hawaiian from S.E.A. into Guam on the red eye - 3 flights in - and only 1 to Honolulu .Always overbooked .They offer up to 10K cash and upgrade to 1st class along with 1st class hotel and 3 squares on a confirmed seat first class with in 72 hours .In addition they offer a FREE 1st class ticket any where world wide if used with in 365 days of said over booked flight .
Always fly through Guam coming back from South East Asia if you are not in any hurry to get back home .
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