As I mentioned in the introductory post, we'd booked regular economy, but were offered the option to upgrade to Extra Comfort during the check-in process. We paid $50 per person, but looking at the Hawaiian website it seems the prices have either increased dramatically, or we got an extra-good deal. Hawaiian advertises a few different…
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Hey Tiffany great write as to what Hawaiians "W" class has , I have one question after reading this. What's special about rows 11 and 12 that make them more Worthwhile than the other seats? Thanks.
@RD, look at the picture and you'll see that they are in a mini-cabin, that's what makes them special
One reason I was willing to pay a little more for Hawaiian SEA-HNL is the wide body plane with 2-4-2 configuration in economy. It’s so much more comfortable not having a stranger in the row with us! And, as the small one I always get the dreaded middle seat, so yay Hawaiian!
"Extra Comfort" is definitely a must on long haul Hawaiian flights say between Hawaii & Australia.
I hate bulkheads. They actually have less legroom than regular seats. More room for your knees maybe, but less room to stretch your legs and feet out.
Flew from SYD/HNL rtn in Y and was pleasantly surprised by the comfort of the seats and the service/food on the flights.
Being 6 ft I was concerned that the seating may see me cramped but had no troubles despite one flight being 100% full.
Flights turned out to be better than the last few flights in Y with either Qantas or Emirates (both on A380s).
Slept much better (even though marginally shorter flights) on Hawaiian. Pleasantly surprised.
I found extra comfort seating really worthwhile and frequently fly from SFO to OGG. It's $50 extra for a lot more room around me, and that alone is worth the price, especially since all carriers to Hawaii tend to be filled with a million kids making a lot of noise. Extra comfort is in the front, so you are at least a bit apart from everyone. It makes a huge difference to me and my spouse when we travel. Also, yes, it's more comfortable, but mainly, just more spacious.
The one thing I cannot seem to find any information about is honestly the most important thing to me. I have extra comfort / premium economy on Hawaiian. I've flown other extra comfort / premium economy products that are great in terms of leg room until the person still reclines fully in front of you. In past experiences, such as Virgin, I had premium and the leg room was awesome, however, ones the other person in premium economy reclined fully in front of me, my legs still felt pinned in with only an inch or two (barely) to move my legs at all. Is Hawaiian the same way? If the person in premium reclines in front of me into my premium economy space, am I going to lose a lot of comfort space for my own movement, etc. This is what always concerns me and no one ever seems to mention this fact either so I've been very disappointed in premium products in the past due to this.
After flying today from Sydney to Honolulu with Hiawian and paying extra for Premium
Comfort seats it became accutely clear to me the seats were exactly the same as the regular economy seats. We were in row 33 the centre four seats up against a bulkhead wall.
Adjacent to the toilets either side. NEVER AGAIN. Constantly woken up with the continual flow of people lining up to go and the noise just didn’t stop. Not mention the dam wall was just enough distance away to be annoying because you couldn’t put your feet anywhere.
No special early seating call privaledges or check in. My daughter didn’t even get a breakfast
And the food was crap. Not impressed never fly with Hawaiian again.
I just paid for the Extra Comfort in Row 11. We are leaving tomorrow for Oahu. Interested to see how it is. I think it will be better than in the mid or back of the plane. Excited!
Omg I’m surprised at the complaints about extra comfort! I ALWAYS upgrade as I’m 6 ft tall. The seats themselves are no different, just the leg room. The bulkhead seats for me were great when four of us went to Maui for my birthday. We were allowed to put all our belongings in front of us on the floor so we could prop up our feet, the attendant said we paid for that space so we could decline people using it as an aisle to walk through. You also have electric plugs and HDMI plugs to charge stuff. Worth the money to me
They charge more for it now then when this was first written,
Over $200 for JFK-Lihue
10.5 hours in coach if your 6 feet tall, are into torture?
NO brainer!
Worth every penny, plus Hawaiian Air is now the ONLY non stop from JFK to Honolulu
They are also some of the nicest flight attendants flying
I have made this trip 6+ times