So today, Mesa Airlines Go! subsidiary offered inter-island flights for as low as ONE DOLLAR each way, based on a round-trip ticket. Needless to say I tried in vain to access Go's website and obtain a couple of these tickets on trips planned for later in the year. All morning, to no avail, could I connect to Go's website. Seems that demand for $1 tickets have seemingly outstripped the capacity of the website and almost certainly the amounted quota of 1,000 seats being offered during the 12 hour promotion.
I already secured $9 one-way tickets for a $30 round-trip to Hilo on Hawaiian Airlines after Go! held another promotion at the end of last month. My price for that round-trip which comes up June 26 was $18 plus another $11.80 for an airport "security fee" (read: Terrorist Tax). The same tax will apply to the $2 R/T that is being offered today.
$30 or $20 for a round-trip, the tickets to the neighbor islands are now certainly cheaper than filling my Toyota Corolla with a full tank of gas! The low interisland air fares won't continue forever. Someone will take a hit before this expensive game of chicken between the local interisland carriers ends, and after that prices will certainly shoot up to pre June 2006 levels.
Until then take advantage of the bargains while you can and enjoy the ride!
- $ 2 Round Trip, StarBulletin.com, June 11, 2007.
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