My wife and I aren’t going to take any chances. We’re hunkering down here at home for as long as it takes. It’s been a month and a new routine...

We all know that the airlines have found any number of ways to squeeze an extra few bucks out of us. They lure us with what looks like a bargain,...

 A friend of mine has to fly over to Honolulu for a couple of days next month and, as we all do when flying inter-island, he went to the Hawaiian...

 Mainland friends are surprised to learn I have never flown on Southwest Airlines. I probably never will, even though they’re planning to start service between the mainland and Hawaii sometime...

Later this afternoon (Thursday), I’m leaving here and taking a very indirect route to Washington, DC, for NARP’s annual Spring meeting. The first leg is a Hawaiian Airlines flight to...

Hawaiian Airlines has a smart new promotion. I have no idea if it’s exclusive with Hawaiian, but it’s a great idea. To begin my upcoming trip to the NARP meeting...

Every April, I attend the NARP Spring Meeting in Washington, DC, and as soon as the dates are announced, I check the Red Sox schedule to see where they will...

Aw, gee, American Airlines . . . why do you keep doing this to me? Year after year, for almost 25 years, I keep adding miles to my Aadvantage account,...

There has been a lot of criticism directed at all the loyalty programs lately. I’ve been a member of the American Airlines Aadvantage program for almost 25 years and we...

Many years ago—probably 50 years ago, now that I think about it—I came over to Maui from Honolulu for a job interview. The tourism boom had just started and Hilton...