08-06-2014, 02:13 AM
Is anyone effectively commuting two or more days a week from Hilo to Honolulu?
My current employer needs me to be in upcoming meetings a few days each week on base (business process consulting). Generally these meetings will be from 9am to 3pm, so instead of doing overnight stays and taking a cab from hotel to the base all the time, thought it might be advantageous to simply purchase the Hawaiian "Freedom" plan which gives you 60 flights and no advance booking requirements. I figure on a 7am flight over and 5pm flight back. I can get free rides to/from HNL airport to the base. I will have an occasional meeting on Maui too, but it doesn't appear realistic to try and commute there due to the limited direct flights.
Sometimes the meetings will be two days in a row, but most will be a day or two apart. Either way I go about it, they will pay travel, but I was trying to decide if it was realistic to commute this way - I know there are people who do it.
My current employer needs me to be in upcoming meetings a few days each week on base (business process consulting). Generally these meetings will be from 9am to 3pm, so instead of doing overnight stays and taking a cab from hotel to the base all the time, thought it might be advantageous to simply purchase the Hawaiian "Freedom" plan which gives you 60 flights and no advance booking requirements. I figure on a 7am flight over and 5pm flight back. I can get free rides to/from HNL airport to the base. I will have an occasional meeting on Maui too, but it doesn't appear realistic to try and commute there due to the limited direct flights.
Sometimes the meetings will be two days in a row, but most will be a day or two apart. Either way I go about it, they will pay travel, but I was trying to decide if it was realistic to commute this way - I know there are people who do it.
