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On 7/28/2010 5:27 PM, Brian wrote:


Interisland or mainland?



Both. Hawaiian Airlines weight limit is 25#. But I think the point is
that you need to check with the airline you are going to use to see what
the carry on weight limit is ... if any.
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Dillon Pyron wrote:
We have a similar one. We also go outbound with three bags and home
with (sometimes) four. Or load our carry ons to almost "unable to
carry" weight.

Yeah, these days everyone should be weighing everything. We even take
the scale to stores to weigh the bags.

We just returned from Peru and they actually weighed our carry-ons.
Seems now they have a 22# limit there as well ... at least on Taca

Ah, TACA. We once saw our bags taken off the plane in Tegucagalpa
after hopping from Roatan. No fueling facilities there, and you
really didn't want any, so they hop there. Bags off, paying cargo on.
Bags show up two days later. Scuba gear. Slightly wet scuba gear.
Bags opened with a hose on them. Nice thing they were Cordura nylon
duffles.

TACA. Take A Chance Airline. TACA rhymes with CACA.

When hell freezes over, I'll walk there barefoot rather than fly on
TACA. OTOH, flying on TACA might get you there sooner. Or make you
thing you're going to get there sooner.
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March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:26:30 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

Tegucagalpa

No thanks been there done that.
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On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:34:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:

On 7/28/2010 5:27 PM, Brian wrote:

Interisland or mainland?

Both. Hawaiian Airlines weight limit is 25#. But I think the point is
that you need to check with the airline you are going to use to see what
the carry on weight limit is ... if any.

Yes that is the point. A smaller plane probably has different limits
than the big jets

The AA flights were DFW to HON. The Hawaiian flights were HON to the
Big Island and back.

Actually what really screwed us up was that Hawaiian Airlines does not
allow check-in more than four hours prior to the flight while AA
allows internet check in 24 hours prior. So I couldn't check in from
the ship in the morning and get boarding passes for an afternoon
flight. When I called the Hawaiian airlines number asking why the
website kept saying that I needed "assistance", they did not say
ANYTHING about that so I was left wondering. (And they did know what
time the flight was because they did give me the Hawaiian Airlines
flight number which was different from the one the AA partner gave me)

Had I known, I would have gotten something to eat for lunch before I
got to the airport. As it was, we got there and couldn't check our
bags or get through security to get anything to eat before 1:30 and
there was nothing in the terminal outside security

Then of course when I checked to go back to HON, the website gave me
the wrong flight time (it was the original flight time, but they had
changed it to another flight a couple of months earlier), so again I
was checking in at the airport a couple of minutes before the four
hour limit

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:34:00 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:34:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:

On 7/28/2010 5:27 PM, Brian wrote:

Interisland or mainland?

Both. Hawaiian Airlines weight limit is 25#. But I think the point is
that you need to check with the airline you are going to use to see what
the carry on weight limit is ... if any.

Yes that is the point. A smaller plane probably has different limits
than the big jets

The AA flights were DFW to HON. The Hawaiian flights were HON to the
Big Island and back.

Actually what really screwed us up was that Hawaiian Airlines does not
allow check-in more than four hours prior to the flight while AA
allows internet check in 24 hours prior. So I couldn't check in from
the ship in the morning and get boarding passes for an afternoon
flight. When I called the Hawaiian airlines number asking why the
website kept saying that I needed "assistance", they did not say
ANYTHING about that so I was left wondering. (And they did know what
time the flight was because they did give me the Hawaiian Airlines
flight number which was different from the one the AA partner gave me)

We went to Hawaii last fall and flew twice on Hawaiian. We didn't have
the carryon weighed either time and we were able to check in online
the night before.
I wonder if they have changed since we were there.

On 7/29/2010 5:19 PM, Brian wrote:
We went to Hawaii last fall and flew twice on Hawaiian. We didn't have
the carryon weighed either time and we were able to check in online
the night before.
I wonder if they have changed since we were there.

I think that sometimes, even though there are rules in place, many
airline employees will overlook them from time to time ... especially
for pleasant customers. Of course, if you become a PITA at the counter,
be prepared to get the whole rule book tossed at you. ;-)


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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:

On 7/29/2010 5:19 PM, Brian wrote:
We went to Hawaii last fall and flew twice on Hawaiian. We didn't have
the carryon weighed either time and we were able to check in online
the night before.
I wonder if they have changed since we were there.

This was in June 2010, so I guess the rules have changed.

Skyways (or some such name) that is a partner with Delta and we flew
on this same trip into West Yellowstone with a little 30 seat plane
also weighs the carryon, but you can check in 24 hours in advance. In
West Yellowstone, the TSA people that inspect your luggage do it right
in the lobby. There's only one gate at that airport.

I think that sometimes, even though there are rules in place, many
airline employees will overlook them from time to time ... especially
for pleasant customers. Of course, if you become a PITA at the counter,
be prepared to get the whole rule book tossed at you. ;-)

I wasn't at the counter - I was trying to get a boarding pass on-line.
When I got to the airport, I still wasn't able to check in on the
machine. I had bags to check and the baggage people didn't know why
either. So I went to the desk to ask and the lady in Honolulu was
quite nasty and wanted to know what I was doing arriving at the
airport more than 4 hours early. The people in Kona going the other
way were very nice. So I don't think it was me. People are usually
nice to me.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:


I think that sometimes, even though there are rules in place, many
airline employees will overlook them from time to time ... especially
for pleasant customers. Of course, if you become a PITA at the counter,
be prepared to get the whole rule book tossed at you. ;-)

We weren't unpleasant but i didn't see any carryon being weighed. Then
again, i don't remember anyone being unpleasant. G

On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:50 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:

On 7/29/2010 5:19 PM, Brian wrote:
We went to Hawaii last fall and flew twice on Hawaiian. We didn't have
the carryon weighed either time and we were able to check in online
the night before.
I wonder if they have changed since we were there.

This was in June 2010, so I guess the rules have changed.

Skyways (or some such name) that is a partner with Delta and we flew
on this same trip into West Yellowstone with a little 30 seat plane
also weighs the carryon, but you can check in 24 hours in advance. In
West Yellowstone, the TSA people that inspect your luggage do it right
in the lobby. There's only one gate at that airport.

We were on 717's in Hawaii.

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On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:34:33 -0700, RayC
wrote:

On 7/28/2010 5:27 PM, Brian wrote:

Interisland or mainland?

Both. Hawaiian Airlines weight limit is 25#. But I think the point is
that you need to check with the airline you are going to use to see what
the carry on weight limit is ... if any.

Yes that is the point. A smaller plane probably has different limits
than the big jets

The AA flights were DFW to HON. The Hawaiian flights were HON to the
Big Island and back.

Nit picking, but it's HNL,unless you're in South Dakota.

Hawaiian uses DC9/MD80/717, much like AA does on 90% of its domestic
routes. So I'd be surprised if that was an issue.


Actually what really screwed us up was that Hawaiian Airlines does not
allow check-in more than four hours prior to the flight while AA
allows internet check in 24 hours prior. So I couldn't check in from
the ship in the morning and get boarding passes for an afternoon
flight. When I called the Hawaiian airlines number asking why the
website kept saying that I needed "assistance", they did not say
ANYTHING about that so I was left wondering. (And they did know what
time the flight was because they did give me the Hawaiian Airlines
flight number which was different from the one the AA partner gave me)

Had I known, I would have gotten something to eat for lunch before I
got to the airport. As it was, we got there and couldn't check our
bags or get through security to get anything to eat before 1:30 and
there was nothing in the terminal outside security

Then of course when I checked to go back to HON, the website gave me
the wrong flight time (it was the original flight time, but they had
changed it to another flight a couple of months earlier), so again I
was checking in at the airport a couple of minutes before the four
hour limit

Depends on the gate agent. Some will wink & nod at something like
that, others will make you stand there looking at his/her watch.

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- dillon I am not invalid

What do you call a guy with the guts of ten men?

Jeffery