Thursday, April 02, 2009

Proof that airfares make no sense

What's wrong (or right :) with this airfare sale?

Fresno, CA to Kona, HI $191 4/17/09-05/22/09
Fresno, CA to Lihue/Kauai, HI $191 4/17/09-05/22/09
Fresno, CA to Maui Kahului, HI $185 4/17/09-05/22/09
Los Angeles, CA to Kona, HI $207 4/17/09-05/22/09
Los Angeles, CA to Lihue/Kauai, HI $207 4/17/09-05/22/09
Los Angeles, CA to Maui Kahului, HI $202 4/17/09-05/22/09
San Francisco, CA to Kona, HI $246 4/17/09-05/22/09
San Francisco, CA to Lihue/Kauai, HI $246 4/17/09-05/22/09
San Francisco, CA to Maui Kahului, HI $244 4/17/09-05/22/09

This happens occasionally, it is cheaper to go to Hawaii from Fresno than from LAX or SFO, even though you have to change planes in either of those two places.

Trivia: back in the day ... must have been before 1987-ish when Delta bought Western Airlines, there was briefly weekly nonstop service from Fresno to Honolulu, I think.