SJC-OGG First-Class Seating

You may recall we were able to upgrade to first class on our Hawaiian Airlines Maui to San Jose flight in April. Well, fortune was on our side for that trip because we also were able to upgrade on the return flight.

It was easier this time because five first-class seats were open and available when we checked in online.

And who should one of the flight attendant be? It was Jo from Kula, Maui, who became our friend for life, the same attendant who was so pleasant on our OGG-SJC flight 11 days earlier.

She treated us so well, plying us with more cheese, crackers, potato chips and playing cards than we deserved.

We had a nice Chef Chai breakfast – a fruit dish with warm muffin to start, and then a breakfast entrée of a Quiche Lorraine and French toast with berry compote:

 

The thing I didn’t like was the layover in Kahului Airport (yes, again) before we could board our flight to Honolulu. We arrived in Maui 20 minutes early, so I checked with customer service to see if we could get on one of four earlier flights to Honolulu. They were all full, so instead of three-hour layover, we spent nearly three and a half hours at an airport that we’d spent three hours in, a week and a half ago.

Again, nothing much to do but stroll and sit, stroll and sit, stroll and sit.

I might consider going to Oakland and driving to next time. Jo says she services that flight; she’ll be looking for us.