Hawaiian Airlines suspends Boston to Honolulu service

[WinterSolider]

This is a tremendous blow to New Englanders who love visiting Hawaii.

 

[OKW Lover]

That's too bad. Although I don't live in the Boston area any longer, that would have been my choice when flying to Hawaii. Get on the plane and go to sleep, wake up in Hawaii.

 

[MICKIMINI]

We've been toying with this flight since we want to either take the NCL inter island cruise and/or stay at Aulani. 11 hours AND 10 minutes has me in a tizzy, though! It is no longer on the table, so if we go, we'll have to stay a night somewhere (anywhere) on the west coast. Save us 4K+ since I wanted first...we'll use free SWA points instead!

 

[jimmymc]

We've been toying with this flight since we want to either take the NCL inter island cruise and/or stay at Aulani. 11 hours AND 10 minutes has me in a tizzy, though! It is no longer on the table, so if we go, we'll have to stay a night somewhere (anywhere) on the west coast. Save us 4K+ since I wanted first...we'll use free SWA points instead!

I would still advocate for doing the whole thing in one day. 11 hours isn't much more than 8, and you can get over jet lag in Hawaii.

But if you've got SWA points, it's hard to beat that deal.

 

[WinterSolider]

Hawaiian is refusing to honor their accommodation waiver for anyone who booked with points, they're forcing refunds on everyone.

So if you were booked under a good points redemption you're basically screwed.

 

[maxbuffmelvin]

Darn

 

[VGCgroupie]

Hawaiian is refusing to honor their accommodation waiver for anyone who booked with points, they're forcing refunds on everyone.

So if you were booked under a good points redemption you're basically screwed.

So not cool.

 

[pixiedust2u]

Wow! We just took this flight in June. This is too bad. I wonder why they discontinued it. It seemed popular.

I think Delta still offers direct on some days.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Looks like poor Moana will have to connect through other cities first if she ever visits Boston…

 

[Carouselofplanning]

They were just acquired by Alaska, so I’d imagine these changes are related to their new owner’s vision. You have to think another major carrier steps into this void? Delta also lost its Island transfer codeshare partner since Alaska doesn’t belong to the Skyteam. They will either find another partner or grow their Hawaii presence.

 

[jimmymc]

Looks like poor Moana will have to connect through other cities first if she ever visits Boston…

I'm not sure why, but this comment made me think of Moana at a Red Sox game being totally confused.

 

[SteveH]

A couple quotes from the Boston.com story on this topic. Delta made the same adjustment too, and its not just Boston.

"The Boston route, offered four times weekly, is one of three “underperforming” routes being cut, according to the airline. The others are between Honolulu and Incheon, South Korea, and Fukuoka, Japan."

and

"Earlier this year, Delta Air Lines suspended its Boston to Hawaii route “to align with consumer demand,” according to AirlineGeeks.com, and the last flight will take place on Nov. 20. Delta launched the nonstop flights between Boston and Honolulu in 2024."

 

[matt_in_nh]

That sucks, this was my plan for next years 25th anniversary.

 

[RD-SOX]

Whoa, this is crazy news. Planning on Hawaii next summer for our 25th wedding anniversary, flying from Boston, now what am I going to do, ugh. Guess its back to looking at other flight possibilities.....

 

[Donna M]

We used them this past June and enjoyed the flight. Eleven hours wasn't as long as I thought it would be. The flight home on Delta through JFK was exhausting.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Whoa, this is crazy news. Planning on Hawaii next summer for our 25th wedding anniversary, flying from Boston, now what am I going to do, ugh. Guess its back to looking at other flight possibilities.....

Hopefully it didn’t include ditching Aulani for some inferior destination like *blegh* the Philippines. As an actual Filipino who’s been there… I can say it’s not that great.