12-14-2011, 10:29 AM
Ah, so is FB the best place to give Hawaiian feedback? I wanted to write them.
Like most plans cooked up in this state, this offer benefits Oahu residents far more than neighbor island residents. Especially those with regular jobs who want to go golf for the weekend or visit ohana. Oahu has plenty non-stops to all major islands.
I would like to see a break for neighbor island folks with medical-related travel needs. It isn't their fault that the state is set up such that many services are only on Oahu. Or say your family member gets sent to the hospital there and you want to support them.
They could do something for those people, perhaps with an official validation by a facility (if they could figure out something not easily faked).
I have friends who just went over for a procedure that required an overnight, and spent $700 on flights for two and hotel room-- only to arrive and find the medical practice had mixed up charts and ordered the wrong essential thing. They had to turn around and go home. Even if it had all gone well, that $700 is aside from the medical costs, co-pays.
Also it should not be confined to non-stops. Not the consumer's fault that Hawaiian won't schedule more non-stops between neighbor islands. Bad enough we have to fly to Oahu to get to Maui.
I also feel like Hawaiian has cooked up a way to get a cash infusion (if people go for it). Very unfair to working/low income folks that it costs so much up front for the most flexible plan.
hawaiideborah, thanks for sharing, and I hope future offers will be shared even if they are not great deals, so that we can be informed and discuss them.
"And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of friends ~ Phil Ochs
Like most plans cooked up in this state, this offer benefits Oahu residents far more than neighbor island residents. Especially those with regular jobs who want to go golf for the weekend or visit ohana. Oahu has plenty non-stops to all major islands.
I would like to see a break for neighbor island folks with medical-related travel needs. It isn't their fault that the state is set up such that many services are only on Oahu. Or say your family member gets sent to the hospital there and you want to support them.
They could do something for those people, perhaps with an official validation by a facility (if they could figure out something not easily faked).
I have friends who just went over for a procedure that required an overnight, and spent $700 on flights for two and hotel room-- only to arrive and find the medical practice had mixed up charts and ordered the wrong essential thing. They had to turn around and go home. Even if it had all gone well, that $700 is aside from the medical costs, co-pays.
Also it should not be confined to non-stops. Not the consumer's fault that Hawaiian won't schedule more non-stops between neighbor islands. Bad enough we have to fly to Oahu to get to Maui.
I also feel like Hawaiian has cooked up a way to get a cash infusion (if people go for it). Very unfair to working/low income folks that it costs so much up front for the most flexible plan.
hawaiideborah, thanks for sharing, and I hope future offers will be shared even if they are not great deals, so that we can be informed and discuss them.
"And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of friends ~ Phil Ochs