What airline do you fly?

Previously, my answer would have unquestionably been Aloha Airlines.  Unfortunately, they went out of business in 2008.  I can still taste the warm white chocolate chip-macadamia nut cookies that they used to serve right before landing.  *sigh*

Nowadays, my family typically flies with Hawaiian Airlines.  However, we have occasionally flown with United and Alaskan.

In fact, if you apply for an Alaskan Airlines Visa Signature credit card and make $1,000 in purchases within the first 90 days of opening your account, you will get a companion round-trip ticket (it’s actually a discount code) for $99 plus taxes–that’s about $121 for a family member or a friend to fly with you!  This is really a good deal especially for couples and families.

Also, when flying with Alaskan, they might not give you a warm chocolate-mac nut cookie, but they do offer adults over 21 years old a complementary Mai Thai cocktail.

I, personally, however, really like Hawaiian Airlines.  From the first moment that you step onto the plane and hear the island music playing over the speakers, you immediately begin to relax and feel that–at last–your vacation has begun.

Yet, the music is not the only way that Hawaiian brings a little bit of the islands as you soar above the Pacific.  This may sound a little corny, but one can truly feel the aloha from the flight crew and agents; it’s a sense that I don’t really feel from the staff of other airlines that fly to Maui.