Best Cheap Flights to Hawaii Strategy; How to Get a Cheap Hawaiian Flight

You are going to Hawaii and you want to find the cheapest airline flight possible so let me share with you my no-fail strategy for being sure that you are getting the absolute best price available.

Regardless, of when you are leaving (tomorrow, or a year from now), you want to find out a baseline normal price in the month you want to fly to Hawaii and current sale prices so you have an IDEA of what flight ticket prices will be from your city or state. Here s the steps to take in order to follow my cheap flight strategy :

In order to get a cheap flight to Hawaii, you need to know 1) when the best time to buy is and 2) where the best site to buy from is

My advice is always that *as soon* as you know you are going to be taking a trip to Hawaii, you want to start comparing prices. You need to get a baseline price in your mind a general price from where you want to fly so you have an idea of what prices are. this way, you will KNOW a good deal if you see one. You aren t guessing or flying blind pardon the pun.

So Step 1 is to head over to some flight comparison engines and see what current prices at several different airlines are from where you are to where you want to go.

I like expedia and kayak.com. Write down at least the two best prices you find.

Step 2 is to go to Hawaiian Airlines and see what their specials are. This is a good place to get Hawaii flights for cheap even to the outer islands like Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island.

They only fly from the west coast, so if you are flying from the east coast, this may not seem to help you, unless you find it more cost effective to get to the west coast and then start your trip.

BUT, Hawaiian airlines has some really crazy-low deals sometimes and who knows, it might be worth it for you to find your way to the west coast and then fly with Hawaiian.

This is a tid-bit of information that is going to help you build your case and KNOW that you are getting the best price available and the best price possible.

Step 3 is to watch these prices. check every day, as many times a day as you can.

Are prices changing at all? What you will probably notice, is that prices do fluctuate hour to hour, sometimes by as little as $10 and sometimes by as much as several hundred.

Step 4 is to head over to an airline price predictor and see what they say. Does the predictor say that prices are going to down, stay the same, or go up?

These predictors are not always right and you should not trust them with your life, but they are another piece in your price puzzle another tidbit of information about your specific price and another tool in your get-the-best-price toolbox.

Step 5 is to check out a few online travel agents and booking sites. Do they have any good deals that you could take advantage of. I ve seen companion flys free or companion flys for $50 deals at Pleasant Holidays before.

Could you imagine? If you could find something like that it could instantly knock $300 to $500 or more off your vacation price (if you are going with someone else).

I m not saying you ll be able to find something like this when you want to fly, but they do exist, so you might as well look for them.

Now, one thing you should be able to say at this point is that you know what the going rate to Hawaii is for the time period that you want to go.

Good, now you know what a good deal is and what a crappy price is.

Now, if you are brave, you may want to look into bidding on priceline or checking out Hotwire s deals.

There are always some catches, like if you bid at priceline you could leave anytime during the day, or you may not know what carrier you are flying on or your ticket may not be refundable, but if these risks or catches are acceptable to you, you may be able to find the deal of the century.

Timothy Ferriss, in the book The Four Hour Workweek recommends starting bidding at 50% of the lowest fare you can find and then bid up in $50 increments.

The people over at bidding for travel can probably help you with a good priceline strategy too.

Cheap flights to Honolulu used to be the easiest to get, but these days you can frequently find the cheapest flight prices to Maui which is great since it is such a popular vacation island, second only to Oahu. Kauai and the Big Island flights are generally more expensive, but sometimes you can get lucky.

All that s left to do is jump on the best deal you can find and enjoy Hawaii! Leave me a note I d love to hear how you did! Lisa

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i am planning to go to maui and honolulu from dallas texas,i been checking every day and nothing change on the prices,between 2,600 and 3000 dls!i went to honolulu in 2010 i got i really good deal dor 1300 for two everything included in waikiki beach! any advices which webside i can get a better price in vacation package. is for two people!no matter where we have to go firs oahu or maui, dates i am looking for ,leaving june 3 and return june 10! thank you