EEEK! Air Fares to Kauai this winter

Old Apr 21st, 2004, 04:00 PM
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EEEK! Air Fares to Kauai this winter

Just about finished booking house rental again at Anini beach for the holidays and almost had cardiac arrest when I saw the air fares between Phila and Lihue. Is it just me, or have they gone up enormously this year? No bargains to be had on Expedia or Travelocity. Plus most of the flights stop at ORD, not a good option during the winter if you need to make a connection. They way things are looking, there are mostly two changes between Phila and Lihue, with trips ranging from 14 to 16+ hours, and much more expensive than they've ever been. Sheeesh!

Do you old hands think we should wait to see if the fares come down? I'm kind of afraid to do that . . . we may wind up without any way to get there but backstroking!
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Old Apr 21st, 2004, 04:14 PM
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"The Holidays" mean "Christmas/New Year's"?

Current high gas prices are being passed (no pun intended) along to the passengers.

We usually wait until after the summer months gas gouging to book Kauai air fare.

We're keeping our fingers crossed this year, tho.
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Old Apr 21st, 2004, 04:21 PM
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UA has PHL-SFO-LIH connections.

Fares are about $850 for Mon-Wed travel, but not between 12/13-1/5, i.e. Christmas holiday.

I think there will probably be some fare sale in late summer. Once you see something, jump on it.
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Old Apr 21st, 2004, 07:19 PM
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How 'bout taveling out of NY? Ya can usually get to CA for $200 r/t (or less) and then pick up one of the many CA to LIH.

Or if ya don't mind flying through HNL, a quick look on travelocity has fares through 1/05 as low as as $357 r/t (Islip to HNL) or $559 r/t (EWR-HNL)

Hope ya find a fare that works for ya.
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Old Apr 21st, 2004, 07:27 PM
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I know that Continental flies nonstop to Honolulu from Newark. You can make a connection in Honolulu to fly to Lihue.
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It's probably too early to buy your tickets. There will likely be summer sales, as the others have suggested. I'd wait awhile.

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Old Apr 22nd, 2004, 01:36 PM
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Thanks, folks, I really appreciate your input. You must have nerves of steel if you can wait till the end of summer to make reservations. But maybe you're not obliged to do your trip over the Christmas-New Year's holiday. We're stuck with the academic calendar, so it's usually a green Kalikimakka for us, and space gets booked pretty early for that time period.
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Old Apr 22nd, 2004, 04:20 PM
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Some of us have le palle di oro, too.

We, too, are limited to the New Year's holiday trip but only because we love it when it's 40 degrees, gloomy in NoCal and it's 80s, sunny and .08+ on Kauai.

The risk has usually paid off.

But, if you book when it's high, can't you keep checking with the airline and if it does go down, get a voucher/credit towards your next trip?
:-?
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Old Apr 22nd, 2004, 04:45 PM
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Kal, I'm not really sure about the voucher -- I'll be sure to check, tho', and let you know.
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Old Apr 22nd, 2004, 04:49 PM
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By the way, kaudrey, I've enjoyed your postings on Barcelona -- I'm headed there in a week!

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