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And so we leave off with us saying goodbye to the Big Island cheap airline flight and taking an island hopper to Maui. It s not common to take boats between the islands as it s not cost effective or environmentally friendly which is a big deal in Hawaii. We dropped off our rental car and took the shuttle to the airport, only this time we didn t get dropped at the main entrance. Instead we were taken to a shack of a building away from the main airport. And this is why this flight earned cheap airline flight it s own post.
So it s the three of us and another two couples in this terminal . We approach the desk to get our tickets (since they don t let you get boarding passes ahead of time which should have been a warning sign). Instead of a person, there is a courtesy phone where you speak to an operator to check-in .
We had a lot of time to kill, considering it s Hawaii (and they have issues with plants cheap airline flight and soil) we got their super early because of security. It turns out island hoppers cheap airline flight don t require you to go through security. So yes, lots of time to kill. The sunset was beautiful, watching it over the tarmac. And you know me, I made friends with an older couple waiting for their flight so that helpped time go by.
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Captain Tim loaded cheap airline flight all of our luggage cheap airline flight himself, and even called out our seat assignments. It was pretty funny, given that this plane fit 8 people? What an awesome/frightening/cool/scary experience. He put the three of us directly behind him. My knees were hitting the pilots back, that s how small this plane was. We could see all the gauges, maps, whistles. Given how flying is these days, this was such a unique chance to see how pilots cheap airline flight fly. It was totally new to me.
I was a tad worried, since the plane was so small and my stomach gets motion sickness sometimes, but it was all perfectly fine. Our only regret was that we didn t do the flight during the day. Most travel companies had $100+ helicopter tours of The Big Island, but this plane was only $60 and was low flying enough that you could get the island tour experience. We booked our flight for just after sunset so we couldn t see very clearly. Trust me, book a flight to another island and do it during cheap airline flight the day time.
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