Bankrupt

For all of those hoping to book a trip out to Hawaii to visit, or perhaps just cause you've never been...your window of opportunity may have come and gone. The Hawaiian tourist industry just took a major hit. Both Aloha Air and ATA declared bankruptcy this past week and shut down operations. Both happened very suddenly, leaving all those who had previously purchased tickets not only scrambling to find new flights on new carriers, but out the money spent on the old, now void ticket. A few airlines stepped up...Hawaiian Air giving allowing Aloha Air ticket holders to ride free with a valid now void Aloha ticket on a stand by basis and several other charter flights being made available by the tourist board....

But all the 777's a grounded for maintenance at the moment too. So most of United's fleet is grounded.

Thousands laid-0ff. Hundreds stranded. And ticket prices are only going to go up. Early last week when I was pricing a ticket back to Wisconsin for the festivities of October I was looking at about $650. In a week, that's jumped $200.

Yeah...I've a sneaking suspicion I won't be seeing many of you til I manage to move back. But at this rate...I may need to take out a loan just for the return flight...