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newswatcher
2nd Oct 2006, 12:54
I am planning a return trip from Los Angeles to Hawaii next February.

Currently the lowest fares are with Southwest(ATA) and Hawaiian.

Of these two, is there any reason why I should pick one rather than the other? In "Airlinequality" site, each is measured as 3*. Are inflight services the same? I think I have to pay for food and drink(alcohol) on ATA, but not sure about Hawaiian. If anyone has travelled with either/both of these recently, would appreciate your views. :)

wub
2nd Oct 2006, 14:18
I haven't travelled with Hawaiian since 2000 (that's the year, not 8 o'clock!)
I found them to be terrible. I flew on a DC-10 from Hawaii to Las Vegas, with a 1 hour stopover in LA, not sure what they use now but the seats were awful and the in-flight service consisted of a croissant and a cup of water and that was it. Didn't see the crew after that.