Sisters Caryl Henderschot and Barbara Wise of Waikiki arrived at 7 p.m. last night and slept overnight in beach chairs to be the first in line for free tickets outside the entrance to Aloha's ticket counter.

At 6:40 a.m. today — 20 minutes ahead of schedule — the sisters became the first passengers to receive vouchers for free, round-trip Neighbor Island flights.

By then, about 420 people had lined up on the sidewalk outside Aloha. Monica Bridle of Manoa and her boyfriend Deane (CQ) Salter showed up early for their Aloha Airlines flight to Maui this morning and decided to stand at the end of the line and take their chances at a shot for free tickets.

They stood in the back of the line at 7:30 a.m. and by 9 a.m. were among the last to get the freebies at Honolulu International Airport.

"We were No. 493 and No. 494," Bridle said. "We just made it but we got tickets."

Like others standing in line, Bridle said she was glad that passengers were benefitting by the fare wars — and didn't care what it might mean for the future of Hawai'i's airlines.

"It's capitalism at its best," she said.

Meanwhile the first two flights for go! airline arrived in Honolulu from Maui and Kauai at around 6:40 a.m. Go! is a new interisland airline started by Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group Inc.