Missing Aloha Airlines coupons? For those who are still waiting for their Aloha Airlines’ $58 dollar coupon packet specials, have no fear. Though the coupon offer ended August 30, there are still some coupon orders being processed, according to Stu
Missing Aloha Airlines coupons?
For those who are still waiting for their Aloha Airlines’ $58 dollar coupon packet specials, have no fear. Though the coupon offer ended August 30, there are still some coupon orders being processed, according to Stu Glauberman, vice president of corporate communications. The airline’s special deal was so good that thousands ordered the coupon packets n and they waited patiently for them to be delivered. Only problem was that many of the coupons were delivered via Federal Express or Certified Mail. For those who weren’t at their addresses when the delivery came, they missed out. Even worse, buyers who used Post Office Box numbers didn’t get their packets at all. That’s because FedEx doesn’t deliver to P.O. Boxes, Glauberman discovered.
“It became quit a complicated undertaking,” Glauberman recalled. To rectify the situation, Aloha contacted as many coupon buyers as possible, and had their internal accounting office handle the situation. According to one Kaua‘i buyer, the tickets took so long to arrive that, in a panic and just before her and her family’s date of departure, she called Aloha with her tale of woe. “Aloha did a great job and got me on the plane,” she recalled. “It all worked out.”
Kaua‘i hotels down, rates up
Hospitality Advisors LLC reports hotels across the state were 77.7 percent full through Sept. 25, 10.8 points better than the same time last year despite 2.3 percent higher room rates. Kaua‘i hotels charged more and were less full than last year. Oahu hotels were as full last week as they are at the height of the summer, and Maui occupancy was far above year-before levels. Big Island occupancy was flat but with higher room rates.
Kaua‘i: 73.9 percent, down 7.7 points, but with room rates up 3.8 percent from last year to more than $172 a night.
Oahu: 81.6 percent, up 17.6 points, with room rates up 2.4 percent to an average of more than $123 a night.
Maui: 78.7 percent, up 10.7 points, with room rates up 3.9 percent from last year to an average of nearly $165 a night.
Big Island: 64.3 percent, down three-tenths of one point, with average room rates up 2.7 percent to nearly $130 a night.
Kaua‘i man UH Regent
Hawai‘i Gov. Linda Lingle named Ramón de la Peña, a UH emeritus professor, agronomist and Kaua‘i resident, to serve on an interim basis on the UH Board of Regents. De la Peña, whose appointment is effective at once and runs through June 30, 2008, subject to state Senate confirmation, will serve as the Kaua‘i representative on the board. The Philippine-born De la Peña has researched methods of improving wetland and dryland taro through selection and breeding, and management and production of tropical root and tuber crops, rice, corn and other plants. He has also served as director of the Kaua‘i County Office of Economic Development, the County of Kaua‘i Planning Commission and the Kaua‘i Filipino Community Council. He is the current president of the Kaua‘i Pangasinan Association, and a member of the Kaua‘i
Filipino Chamber of Commerce and the St. Catherine Filipino Catholic Club.
HNL finger printing travelers
Beginning September 30, 2004, travelers under the Visa Waiver Program were processed under the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) entry-exit system at all national ports of entry, including Honolulu International Airport. The US-VISIT program will require all international passengers to the U.S. to have their two index fingers scanned and a digital photograph taken to verify identity at the air or sea port of entry. An estimated 5,500 international passengers arrive at HNL each day, with most international flights arriving between 7 and 11 a.m. HNL officials are promising:
No passenger shall experience standing in line for more than 30 minutes; Arriving passengers will have a comfortable, hospitable, organized environment; No passenger will be required to ride a Wiki Wiki bus more than once.
Bottle deposit
The Hawaii Deposit Beverage Container Program doubled its container-handling fee paid by beverage distributors to 1 cent per container Friday. Also, glass beverage containers moved out of the Advance Disposal Fee Program and moved into the Deposit Beverage Container Program. The fee funds the program, which puts a nickel deposit on every beverage can or bottle to encourage recycling, but that won’t start until the state is ready with labels, which is weeks off. Approximately 800 million beverage containers are sold in the state.
