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Flashback Friday: Kahului Airport in the 1980s
This week we’re headed to Maui. My big childhood claim to fame is that I made 4 trips there before a year old, and now Baby CJ is about to tie the record! For this week’s Flashback Friday, I thought it...
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Flashback Friday: Hawaii Statehood
We just got back from Maui last night and while I’m still busy unpacking and getting back in the routine, I still wanted to leave you guys with a little something for Flashback Friday. If you’re ever...
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Flying Alaska to Hawaii
We just got back from our first trip of the year to Maui on Alaska Airlines and I have to say I was impressed…very impressed. I’ve been flying United to Hawaii all of my life, so switching airlines at...
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Best of America’s National Parks
It’s National Park Week and in celebration the National Park Service is offering FREE admission to over 400 of their sites between Monday, April 22 and Friday, April 26th. Visiting all of them has been...
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Fly to Hawaii from $329 RT!
http://www.hawaiianairlines.com/hawaii-travel-deals Just the other day The Deal Mommy warned us of a not-so-great deal to Hawaii, but in case you still want to go, here’s some good news- Hawaiian...
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Money Saving Tips for Maui
If someone were to ask my single best tip for saving money on Maui, the answer would be go to Costco. It’s where the locals shop, and because of its location right by the airport (it is literally the...
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Favorite Maui Eats
There is no shortage of good restaurants here on Maui, but still, I find myself going back to the same places and looking forward to meals from a favorite select few. Here’s what continuously makes the...
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The Updated Travel Bucket List
Not too long ago, Dennis aka LufthansaFlyer asked about everyone’s travel bucket lists. At the time, I responded with the top 10 things I could think of off the top of my head, having never actually...
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Alaska Airlines 20 Minutes or Less Baggage Guarantee
alaskaair.com As far as I know Alaska Airlines is the only airline that guarantees you’ll get your checked bag in 20 minutes or less. But what if that doesn’t happen, as was the case on a recent...
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Kaho’olawe From Above
The Hawaiian island of Kaho’olawe lies just 11 miles south of Maui. That is about as close as I’ve ever been. Ever since I was a kid, Kaho’olawe was shrouded in mystery. The Navy used to use the island...
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Using United Miles to Book Inter-Island Travel on Hawaiian
I’m finally going to Kauai! After well over 100 visits to Maui, and dozens to Oahu, The Big Island, Lanai, and Molokai, Kauai was the only Hawaiian island that still eluded me. That ends this August!...
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Enter to Win: Hawaiian Airlines Find Your Island Sweepstakes for 140k...
facebook.com/HawaiianAirlines. Contest ends 10/9/13 at 11:59 HST Hawaiian Airlines and the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau have teamed up to give you a chance to win 140,000 HawaiianMiles! To...
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Enter to Win: 80K Starpoints and 80K HawaiianMiles from Starwood Hawaii
Contest ends 11/15 Enter to Win 80,000 Starpoints and 80,000 Hawaiian Airlines miles thanks to Starwood Hawaii. That’s enough miles for 2 round trip coach tickets from the Mainland to Hawaii and...
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National Aviation History Month: Exploring Hawaii’s Aviation Heritage
November is National Aviation History Month so in honor of that I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite websites. The State of Hawaii runs an incredible archive of photos and facts covering the...
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Enter to Win: Surf’s Up for 80k Hawaiian Miles
Surf’s Up and winter on Oahu’s North Shore is the place to be. The unique geography of the Hawaiian islands combined with the right weather patterns is the perfect recipe for some of the biggest waves...
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More Mai Tais, Please
I recently received some important feedback from one of my readers. It was something along the lines of, “You talk a lot about miles and points, but what about Mai Tais?” The title of this blog is...
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Even More Mai Tais!
Last week, I responded to a reader request to write more about Mai Tais, and this week it’s time to reveal the SECRET recipe I promised to share with you all…but first the story of its creation. Aloha...
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3 Perfect Days in Lahaina
Eat. Sleep. Surf. Repeat. Don’t Surf? Eat. Sleep. Beach. Repeat. Either way, I couldn’t think of a better way to spend 3 early December days on the island of Maui. After seeing my foursquare activity,...
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Best of 2013
New Year, New Airline. After 29 years of doing business with United, my family and I start Flying Alaska to Hawaii. We also fly Alaska to Alaska. Skiing at Alyeska, AK Baby CJ turns 1 and makes his...
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Plane Spotting: Alaska Airlines Spirit of Seattle
Spirit of Seattle at OGG Alaska Airlines Spirit of Seattle Boeing 737-800 spotted at (and flown to) Kahului, Maui, December 2013. Tail number N512AS. “Introduced in 2008, the ‘Spirit of Seattle’...
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