Priceline Hotel: 3* Honolulu (Waikiki South) Radisson Kuhio

[magic111]

Compliments our AA ewr-hnl $141 flights nicely. Just got to get to ewr from sfo :)

Check-In Date: Thu, May 26, 2005

Check-In Time: After 03:00 PM

Check-Out Date: Sun, May 29, 2005

Check-Out Time: 12:00 PM

Your Offer Price: $58.00

Number of Rooms: 1

Number of Nights: 3

Subtotal: $174.00

Taxes & Service Fees:

$30.13

Total Charges: $204.13

btw - this was the first bid so if anyone else is looking maybe they can beat this price.

[thereuare]

Congratulations on your win!

Can you give more info on the EWR-->HNL flight... i may be heading to Hawaii later this year.

Thanks!

[LoneStar]

Check out the mileage run section of flyertalk.com for the details. It was one of those 2 hour pricing mistakes. FWIW, I missed it by about a half hour (the fares were still loaded on Orbitz, but I couldn't get it to price). Don't feel too bad for me, though: in the last month, I've bought $50 transcons and $35 flights to Florida for X-mas. Needless to say, I recommend purusing that portion of flyertalk! I will say I "don't get" folks who will fly across the world and head right back just for the mileage -- only makes sense to me if you at least get a vacation out of the whole thing. :)

[magic111]

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393728

I think the best quote I ever read about going to the MR forum on FT on a daily basis was something like this,

"It should be done like daily dental flossing. The end results our very worthwhile."

I also like the inexpensive vacations and a very low fare sometimes determines where that vacation will be.

[LoneStar]

The only thing magic is that you're on the West Coast. I don't think I would have bought the HNL tickets from there. It's a LOT of extra distance, and you won't really wind up saving any money (cost of SFO to EWR ticket).

You will earn a ton of miles, however. :)

[magic111]

You will earn a ton of miles, however.

[LoneStar]

Yeah, I forgot about the requalification thresholds (I have lifetime status at an airline, I don't need to requalify). It obviously makes the distance more "worthwhile." If I needed to requalify, I'd probably buy one of those $400 roundtrips to Asia you see once in awhile. Kind of "justifies" a vacation there. :)