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May 27, 2008

“War” Is Over — Continental Ups Hawaii Fares (but Good News from Delta)

Filed under: Destinations, Airfare Increases, Delta, Continental — Rick Seaney @ 12:17 pm

BAD NEWS: Just when we had something of a mini-airfare war going on with Hawaii routes (started by Continental, and United quickly followed), instead of expanding these ridiculously low prices a major increase has been fired out (the skirmish might stick on those few city pairs for a few more days).

In other words, Continental has just increased roundtrip fares to Hawaii from $60 to $203. Yep, the war is over; but let this be a reminder to you: if you SEE great fares, JUMP on them. They do not last.

Continental has also increased airfares for thousands of other city pairs by $40 to $60, mostly in what was once tip-toe territory — low cost airline cities.

GOOD NEWS: Delta is dropping airfares (by $34 to $60 roundtrip) to Anchorage, the greater Denver resort cities area and Cincinnati.
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2 Comments »

  1. Rick, we posted the airfare sale early yesterday, and personally took advantage of it too. The UA fares were mileage upgradeable to boot.

    The fares lasted period 12 hours. That is the way of the industry right now.

    Aloha, Jeff
    http://beatofhawaii.com

    Comment by beatofhawaii.com — May 27, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

  2. I saw the Delta fares to Cincinnati jump about $250 in one day and stay there. I need to fly to West Virginia and Charleston was cost prohibitive. I was watching Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus and Dayton won. Cincinnati and Columbus are notoriously much more expensive when flying Delta. Continental is the airline to take into Columbus but the only time it’s low enough to do it is in January.

    The thing is, when flying to Dayton on Delta, sometimes they’ll put a layover into Cincinnati. The flight is STILL less expensive than if I were to be flying into Cincinnati.

    Comment by Nancy — June 12, 2008 @ 10:48 am

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