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Redeem American Airlines Miles: Part 10 — Redeeming for Australia and New Zealand

Jun 18, 2016

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Let’s talk about how to use American Airlines miles for awards to Australia and New Zealand. American Airlines miles have access to incredible economy award space to Australia and New Zealand.

Fireworks in Sydney over NYE. Source: — Fireworks in Sydney over NYE

“Redeeming American Airlines Miles” Series Index

Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand are part of the South Pacific region on American Airlines’ award chart. This post only focuses on Australia and New Zealand. Some of the Pacific Islands are covered in a different post. Here are all the places in the South Pacific:

Australia
Easter Island
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Republic of Tonga
Republic of Vanuatu
American Samoa
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu

The Partners for Australia and New Zealand Awards

As I noted in the post on American Airlines award routing rules, awards to Australia and New Zealand must fly directly from North America to the South Pacific region. They cannot transit East Asia. That would break the trip into two awards and increase the miles price.

American Airlines partners with direct flights to the Australia and New Zealand from North America:

American Airlines
Qantas
Hawaiian

Other American Airlines partners with on which you can reach Australia and New Zealand on a single award:

Air Tahiti Nui
Fiji Airways

Air Tahiti Nui and Fiji Airways aren’t all that useful to Australia and New Zealand because no connections of longer than 24 hours are allowed on American Airlines awards. If you want to stop in Fiji on the way to Australia, use Alaska miles instead.

Award space on American, Qantas, and Hawaiian is searchable on aa.com. Here’s how to search aa.com.

Award space on Air Tahiti Nui is searchable on Expert Flyer. Here’s how to search Expert Flyer.

Award space on Fiji Airways is searchable on alaskaair.com. Here’s how to search alaskaair.com.

Pricing

From North America to Australia and New Zealand, American Airlines charges:

40,000 miles one way in economy
80,000 miles one way in Business Class
110,000 miles one way in First Class

Compared to competitors, American charges similar and in some cases cheaper prices:

Economy: United charges 40k, Delta charges 45k or 50k depending on the date
Business: United charges 70k or 80k, Delta charges 80k or 95k
First: United charges 80k or 130k, Delta miles cannot book First Class

Routes & Award Space

American flies from:

Los Angeles to Sydney
Los Angeles to Auckland (starting June 23, 2016)

Qantas flies from:

Los Angeles to Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne
Dallas to Sydney
San Francisco to Sydney
Honolulu to Sydney
New York-JFK to Los Angeles to Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne

Hawaiian flies from:

Honolulu to Auckland, Sydney, and Brisbane

Award Space on Hawaiian

The Hawaiian Airlines routes have uniformly excellent availability in economy for two passengers. However American Airlines no longer allows you to book from the United States mainland to Asia or Australia on a single award that flies Hawaiian Airlines from Hawaii to Asia or Australia.

You will have to pay two awards: your home to Hawaii plus Hawaii to Australia. That will be very expensive, so ignore Hawaiian award space unless you live in Hawaii.

Award Space on Qantas

Qantas runs three-cabin planes with economy, Business (trip report), and First. Economy award space for two passengers is very good on all routes for most of the year. I never see Business or First Class space for two passengers on the same Qantas flight between the United States and Australia. Occasionally there is one award seat in Business or First Class, but even these are extremely rare.

San Francisco to Sydney typifies the good award space on Qantas flights in economy for two passengers right now (with about half the month displayed having at two seats available).

Business Class award space on Qantas between the United States and Australia is rare, but it exists if you’re traveling solo.

First Class award space is even rarer. I sometimes see it like these seats that were available for booking in February 2015 for October 2015 travel, but I don’t see any at the moment.

It is a shame because Qantas First Class looks awesome!

Award Space on American

There is pretty good economy MileSAAver award space on the Los Angeles to Auckland flight from American Airlines that launches at the the end of this month, through the rest of the year:

But there’s not nearly as much space in the return direction in economy and virtually nothing available in Business Class in either direction.

From Los Angeles to Sydney, there lots of economy award space (the calendar below is for two people):

We also saw American Airlines release Business Class award space within a week of departure recently, but I don’t see any Business seats available at the moment between Los Angeles and Sydney nor Los Angeles and Auckland. Hopefully that will become more of a trend– keep an eye out if you the flexibility to book last minute.

Another American Airlines Option to Australia

I can’t mention Australia with American Airlines miles and not mention Etihad’s First Class Apartments from Abu Dhabi to Sydney.

For 110,000 American Airlines miles, you can get about 14 hours in the world’s nicest First Class. Getting to Abu Dhabi would require a different award.

Read my full write up in Amazing Award Space for Two on Nicest First Class in the World? 14 Hours in Etihad A380 First Class.

Bottom Line

American Airlines miles are fantastic to get two people to Australia and New Zealand in economy. There is almost zero premium cabin award space.

For a limited time, the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® is offering 60,000 bonus American Airlines miles and Admirals Club lounge membership, among other awesome benefits, after spending $5,000 in the first three months.

By meeting the $5,000 total spending requirement you’ll earn at least 65,000 American Airlines miles, which is almost enough for a roundtrip economy award to Australia!

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Redeem American Airlines Miles: Part 8 — East and Southeast Asia

Jun 15, 2016

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Let’s talk about how to use American Airlines miles for awards to East and Southeast Asia. Business and First Class awards from the United States to Japan and Korea, in terms of duration and partner product (Japan Airlines), have the best value on the new American Airlines award chart.

Hiking the Great Wall of China outside Beijing in September

“Redeeming American Airlines Miles” Series Index

Asia 1 and Asia 2

This post deals with American Airlines awards to what it calls “Asia 1” and “Asia 2.”

Asia 1 is Korea and Japan.

Asia 2 is:

Brunei
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
the Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam

The Partners for East and Southeast Asia Awards

As I noted in the post on American Airlines award routing rules, awards to Asia 1 and Asia 2 must fly directly from North America to East Asia. They cannot transit Europe, the Middle East, India, or any other continent. That means I’ll focus just on airlines with direct flights to East Asia and within East Asia.

To East Asia, American Airlines miles can be redeemed on:

American Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Malaysia Airlines (does not fly to North America)
Japan Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
SriLankan Airlines (does not fly to North America)
any combination of the six

Award space on American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines is searchable on aa.com. Here’s how to search aa.com.

Award space on Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Japan Airlines, and SriLankan Airlines is searchable on ba.com. Here’s how to search ba.com.

Pricing

To Asia 1, American Airlines charges:

32,500 miles one way in economy during Off Peak dates ONLY on American Airlines flights:
- Asia Region 1 (Japan):
  - To Japan: January 1 – April 30, July 1 – November 30
  - From Japan: January 16 – April 19, May 2 – 31, September 1 – December 31
- Asia Region 1 (Korea):
  - To Korea: January 1 – April 30, July 1 – November 30
  - From Korea: January 16 – May 31, September 1 – December 31
35,000 miles one way in economy the rest of the year and on all partner flights
60,000 miles one way in Business Class
80,000 miles one way in First Class

To Asia 2, American Airlines charges:

32,500 miles one way in economy during Off Peak dates ONLY on American Airlines flights:
- Asia Region 2:
  - To China/Hong Kong: January 1 – April 30, July 1 – September 30, October 11 – November 30
  - From China/Hong Kong: February 1 – May 31, September 1 – 19, October 2 – December 31
37,500 miles one way in economy the rest of the year and on all partner flights
70,000 miles one way in Business Class
110,000 miles one way in First Class

Screen Shot 2014-07-30 at 1.42.22 AM — All Smiles in the Huge Bed in Cathay Pacific First Class

Cathay Pacific First Class is one of the nicest First Class products in the world (read my review).

Prior to their devaluation, American’s under-pricing of awards to Southeast Asia relative to its competitors was one of the main reasons that American miles were the best miles to Southeast Asia. Now I recommend using Alaska or Etihad miles instead if you have them (SPG and ThankYou Points both transfer 1:1 to Etihad Airways), because you can book awards to Asia with either of those miles at the same prices American had pre-devaluation.

To be clear, you can only use Alaska and Etihad miles to book American Airlines flights at those pre-devaluation prices– different prices apply to fly different carriers, like Cathay Pacific for example.

However, United and Delta charge 65k to 80k miles one way in Business Class and 80k to 120k in First Class to Japan and Korea, so American awards to those areas are still cheaper than the main competitors’.

Booking the Awards

To book an American Airlines award to Asia that features only American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines flights, you can book right on aa.com.

If you want to include even a single segment on Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, or SriLankan Airlines, you need to call American Airlines at 800-882-8880 to book. There is no phone fee to book awards that can’t be booked online. I recommend searching award space on ba.com before calling and feeding the agent the date, cabin, and flight number of each flight with award space instead of relying on the agent’s searching skill.

Routes and Award Space

To Asia 1 (Korea and Japan), the possible routes are on Japan Airlines, American Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines.

You cannot fly Cathay Pacific to Asia 1 because you cannot transit Asia 2 en route to Asia 1. (For instance, Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Seoul would price as Los Angeles to Hong Kong plus Hong Kong to Seoul. Read the award routing rules post.)

American flies:

Dallas to Tokyo-Narita
Chicago to Tokyo-Narita
Los Angeles to Tokyo-Narita
Los Angeles to Tokyo-Haneda
Dallas to Seoul

Japan Airlines flies:

Boston to Tokyo-Narita
Dallas to Tokyo-Narita
New York to Tokyo-Narita
Chicago to Tokyo-Narita
Honolulu to Tokyo-Narita
Los Angeles to Tokyo-Narita
San Diego to Tokyo-Narita
Vancouver to Tokyo-Narita
San Francisco to Tokyo-Haneda
Honolulu to Tokyo-Haneda
Los Angeles to Osaka-Kansai
Honolulu to Osaka-Kansai
Honolulu to Nagoya-Cetrair

Hawaiian Airlines flies:

Honolulu to Seoul
Honolulu to Tokyo-Haneda
Honolulu to Tokyo-Narita (resumes July 23, 2016)
Honolulu to Osaka-Kansai
Honolulu to Sapporo-Chitose (Japan)
Honolulu to Sendai (Japan)

American Airlines

The American Airlines flights to Asia 1 have good economy award space, especially during the off peak window.

Business and First Class space is generally not great, unless you can book ahead of time. I see plenty of First Class space and some Business Class space on the Los Angeles to Tokyo route in 2017.

You can sometimes find Business and First Class Saver award space in the last few days before departure as well…

Japan Airlines (JAL)

The Japan Airlines flights show more Business Class than First Class award space. The best route is probably San Francisco to Tokyo-Haneda, which has award space two days in First Class next week (each day with one seat), and one day in Business Class (with four seats). I found award space on every route I searched, though, so with flexibility, you can fly Japan Airlines Business Class or First Class with American Airlines miles.

To Asia 2, you can route via Asia 1. That means you can fly any of the transpacific flights above and connect on intra-Asia flights to Southeast Asia. Or you can fly directly to Asia 2 on American, Hawaiian, and Cathay Pacific.

I’m going to focus on Cathay Pacific’s award space patterns because it has one of the nicest Business and First Class products in the world and the most consistent award space.

Cathay Pacific Routes

Cathay Pacific has eight current North American destinations. All routes offer First Class except Newark and Toronto, which top out at Business Class.

Cathay Pacific Award Space 11 Months Out

Cathay Pacific opens up to five Business Class and one First Class award seat on a ton of flights when the schedule opens 11 months in advance. I ran a search 11 months from now on the following routes:

Boston, New York/Newark, and San Francisco to Hong Kong
Hong Kong to Los Angeles and Chicago

Over the seven day period I searched (May 6-12, 2017), there were Business and First Class award seats open every day on at least one route (with space on every route many of the days). Many days had multiple flights with up to 5 Business Class seats and 1 First Class seat.
To get Cathay Pacific Business Class award space, try to book 11 months in advance. Space gets worse from that point, though it does reappear in large quanitities the last week before departure.

Cathay Pacific First Class Award Space Within a Week of Departure

Some Cathay Pacific First Class award space is available throughout the schedule but not a ton.

Within a week of departure though, Cathay Pacific releases up to nine Business Class and two First Class award seats per flight.

Here is a flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on Tuesday, June 21. The far right column shows that the flight has 2 First Class seats available.

Here are tomorrow’s flights from New York to Hong Kong with 2, 0, 0, 0 and 0 First Class award seats and 0, 3, 4, 5, and 5 Business Class award seats respectively.

If you can wait until the last week, your chance of booking Cathay Pacific’s mind-boggling First Class is very good, and if you can’t, you can probably book Business. Review of Cathay Pacific First Class.

Just because you want Cathay Pacific First Class doesn’t mean you want the stress of not having any flights booked until 48 hours before departure. That’s not what I’m recommending.

American Airlines does not charge a change fee to “upgrade” an award reservation, so a great strategy is to book two Business Class seats on Cathay Pacific when the schedule opens and then change the award to First Class in the last two days. This would cost 70,000 miles each way per person when first booked and 40,000 more miles per person at the time of the change. And if the plan fails, your consolation prize is Cathay Pacific Business Class–hardly a loss.

Beyond Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific and its affiliate Dragonair–both bookable with AA miles, both searchable on ba.com–offer excellent award space from Hong Kong throughout China and Southeast Asia.

Bottom Line

American Airlines miles are the strongest miles to Japan and Korea out of the three American legacy carriers. Also, American partners with very nice products on Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines.

Cathay Pacific premium cabin award space, which is useful to China and Southeast Asia, is widely available 11 months out and within a week of departure.

Japan Airlines Business Class award space is available on all its routes if you have date flexibility.

American’s own flights have good economy award space, but Business and First Class are spotty unless you can book far ahead of time or within a few days of departure.

To fly to Asia 1 (Japan, Korea, Mongolia) on a single award, you must fly directly there from North America without connecting in any other region. To fly to Asia 2 (China and Southeast Asia) on a single award, you must fly directly there or connect in Asia 1. You cannot connect in Europe or the Middle East on a single American Airlines award to East or Southeast Asia from the United States.

By meeting the $5,000 total spending requirement you’ll earn at least 65,000 American Airlines miles, which is enough for a roundtrip ticket to Japan or Korea during Off Peak dates!

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The Cheapest Ways to Get to Hawaii

May 23, 2016

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Hawaii is one of the best places in the world to visit, and judging by the number of inquiries I get about booking awards to Hawaii, it’s clear that many people agree. There are a number of cheap ways to get there that I’ll list in order.

Screen Shot 2013-06-11 at 10.15.24 PM — Waikiki at Sunset

1. Allegiant Air $314+ roundtrip (ending 8/2016)

Allegiant Air is an ultra-low cost carrier that flies from Las Vegas and Los Angeles to Honolulu. The flights are as cheap as $314 roundtrip, but a carry on will cost $50 roundtrip and a checked bag is $70 roundtrip. Additionally if you want to select your seat or board early, you have to pay extra.

If you live in LA or Vegas, don’t mind a middle seat for six hours, and can travel with only one carry on, $364 roundtrip to Hawaii including a carry on is the best deal in my opinion–better than burning 25,000+ miles on the trip.

You can always pay for your Allegiant flights, bag fees, seat fees, and food with the $250 Air Travel Credit on your Citi Prestige® Card, which comes with 40,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $4,000 in purchases made with your card in the first 3 months the account is open.

Check out my review of the Citi Prestige Card which explains its many benefits like $250 in airfare or airline fee credits per calendar year, access to the American Airlines Admirals Clubs and Priority Pass lounges, 3x points per dollar on air travel and hotels, and a $450 annual fee.

With $250 off the price of an Allegiant ticket, you could get one to Hawaii for about $100 roundtrip.

Here’s my review of paying $90 extra to get a “Giant Seat” up front from Los Angeles to Honolulu when I flew Allegiant.

Allegiant has announced that it will terminate Hawaii service in August 2016.

2. Avios Award: 25,000+ Avios and $11+ roundtrip

I love that British Airways Avios has a distance-based award chart. For 25,000 Avios and $11, you can fly roundtrip on American Airlines or Alaska Airlines planes from the West Coast to Hawaii. Here are the possible routes.

Screen Shot 2015-12-03 at 6.21.15 PM — 1: Seasonal

Avios can be used for one way awards at half the price of a roundtrip award, which means that if you can’t get the Avios deal both ways, it’s still a good idea to go one way for 12,500 Avios and use another one way deal.

See here for an Anatomy of an Award post for a step-by-step breakdown of the time I booked a one way award from Honolulu to Los Angeles with Avios.

Getting British Airways Avios

You can get Chase’s British Airways card, transfer Ultimate Rewards 1:1, transfer Starpoints 4:5, or transfer Membership Rewards 5:4.

The British Airways Visa Signature card comes with 50,000 bonus Avios after spending $2,000 in the first three months on the card.Spend $15,000 in the first 12 months for another 25,000 bonus Avios. The maximum bonus is 75,000 total Avios for spending $15,000 in the first 12 months of which $2,000 came in the first three.
While I can not directly link to the current British Airways Visa offer, you may find it by clicking below if you decide to apply. (I receive a commission, and your support keeps this blog going.)
- View Additional Airline & Frequent Flyer Credit Card Offers Here

3. Korean Miles Award: 25,000+ Korean Miles and $11 Roundtrip, First Class from 45,000 Korean Miles Roundtrip

Korean miles can book a roundtrip in Delta economy from anywhere in the United States to any of the four major Hawaiian islands for 25,000 Korean miles. A roundtrip in Delta First Class is 45,000 Korean miles.

You just have to find Saver award space on Delta flights on delta.com and transfer your Ultimate Rewards or SPG Starpoints to Korean miles.

More info on the process: Guide to Booking Delta Flights to Hawaii for 25k Korean Miles Roundtrip, 45k in First

Korean miles can also book Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines Saver award space, but the price is higher: 30k/60k Korean miles roundtrip in economy/First.

Getting Korean Miles

Korean miles are a 1:1 transfer partner of Ultimate Rewards and 4:5 transfer partner of Starpoints.

The Chase Sapphire Preferred is a personal card that earns 50k Ultimate Rewards after spending $4k in 3 months.You also get 5k bonus points for adding an authorized user while applying, so I think of this as a 55k bonus point card. (Adding an authorized user does not prevent that person from getting the card at the same time or in the future as a primary account holder and getting the full sign up bonus.)
The Sapphire Preferred earns 2x points on dining and travel. Dining includes bars, restaurants, and fast food. Travel includes airfare, hotels, taxis, rental cars, tolls, parking, and much more.

The Sapphire Preferred has no annual fee the first year, then $95 thereafter.

While I can not directly link to the current Sapphire Preferred offer, you may find it by clicking below if you decide to apply. (I receive a commission, and your support keeps this blog going.)
- View Additional Airline & Frequent Flyer Credit Card Offers Here

4. Singapore Miles Award: 35,000+ Singapore Miles and $11 Roundtrip, First Class from 60,000 Singapore Miles Roundtrip

Singapore miles can book United economy from anywhere in the United States to any of the four major Hawaiian islands for 17,500 Singapore miles each way. One way in United First Class is 30,000 Singapore miles.

You just have to find Saver award space on United flights on united.com and transfer your Ultimate Rewards, Membership Rewards, ThankYou Points, or SPG Starpoints to Singapore miles.

More info on the process: Guide to Booking United Flights to Hawaii with Singapore Miles

While it’s ideal to use one of the three previous options to book an award to Hawaii, you might not live in a place that can take advantage of Allegiant flights or Avios awards, and Delta is notoriously poor for releasing award space (which means Korean miles are useless.) The best bet on this list is definitely United opening up award space, which you can then book with Singapore miles.

Getting Singapore Miles

Singapore miles are a partner of every transferable points program. Cards I like that earns points that transfer:

Citi Prestige® Card: 40,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $4,000 in purchases made with your card in the first 3 months the account is open. The card also comes earns 3x points on airfare and hotels and has a host of benefits like lounge access and $250 in free airfare per year.

What Wasn’t On the List

United miles
Delta miles
American Airlines miles

Flights on those airlines can be booked cheaper with Singapore, Korean, and British Airways miles respectively.

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25% Transfer Bonus AMEX to Hawaiian Miles; Cheap Partner Awards

Dec 9, 2015

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Until December 21, 2015, there is a 25% transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Miles. One thousand Membership Rewards transfer to 1,250 Hawaiian Miles.

This is actually the third ongoing offer at the moment, with transfer bonuses to Iberia (and indirectly British Airways) Avios and Virgin America points that I have already covered.

Good Deals with Hawaiian Miles

Hawaiian Airlines is not a member of any alliance, but it has a number of partners. You can use Hawaiian miles on:

Hawaiian Airlines
ANA
American Airlines
China Airlines
JetBlue
Korean Airlines
Virgin America
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Australia

Check out the award charts for all partners here and for Hawaiian Airlines flights here.

Here are some deals I like.

Flying Hawaiian

20,000 MILES (16k Membership Rewards)

Economy, one-way, Hawaii to:

New York City

Las Vegas

British Airways offer excellent deals from most West Coast cities to Hawaii, but they do not have any partner flights directly from Las Vegas. Thus, Hawaiian miles are the best miles to use for award flights from Las Vegas to Hawaii.

The Hawaiian Airlines award chart states that flights from Hawaii to the mainland cost 20,000 miles. However, for holders of the Hawaiian Airlines credit card the price is discounted to 17,500 miles.

27,500 MILES (22k Membership Rewards)

Economy class, one-way, Hawaii to:

Pago Pago, Samoa
Papeete, Tahiti

40,000 MILES (32k Membership Rewards)

Economy class, one-way, Hawaii to:

Brisbane
Sydney
Auckland

First class, one-way, Hawaii to:

Seattle
Portland
Sacramento
Oakland
San Francisco
San Jose
Los Angeles
San Diego
Las Vegas
Phoenix
New York City

Here is a trip report of Hawaiian Airlines First Class.

47,500 MILES (38k Membership Rewards)

First class, one-way, Hawaii to:

Pago Pago, Samoa
Papeete, Tahiti

65,000 MILES (52,000 Membership Rewards)

First class, one-way, Hawaii to:

Brisbane
Sydney
Auckland
Taipei
Beijing

Flying Partners

30,000 MILES (24k Membership Rewards)

Economy class, round-trip, Korean Air, Seoul to all its destinations in Asia:

Akita
Aomori
Fukuoka
Hakodate
Kagoshima
Komatsu
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Niigata
Oita
Okayama
Osaka
Sapporo
Shizuoka
Tokyo (Narita, Haneda)
Beijing
Changsha
Dalian
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Jinan
Kunming
Mudanjiang
Qingdao
Shanghai (Hongqiao)
Shenyang
Shenzhen
Tianjin
Tunxi
Weihai
Wuhan
Ximen
Xian
Yanji
Zhengzhou
Irukutsk
Taipei
Ulaanbaatar
Vladivostok
Bangkok
Cebu
Chiang Mai
Da Nang
Denpasar Bali
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh City
Jakarta
Kota Kinabalu
Kuala Lumpur
Manila
Palau
Phnom Penh
Phuket
Siem Reap
Singapore
Yangon
Guam
Colombo
Malé
Mumbai
Kathmandu
Tashkent

Korean Air, a transfer partner of Ultimate Rewards and SPG, charges 30,000 to 75,000 miles for the above itineraries.

30,000 Hawaiian miles could also be used for a round-trip ticket departing from any of the Asian cities listed above and going to Seoul.

35,000, 45,000, 60,000 MILES (28k, 36k, 48k Membership Rewards)

The chart to fly American Airlines with Hawaiian Miles is similar to what American charges for its own flights. With the 25% transfer bonuses, some of the deals get very good indeed.

Roundtrips to the Caribbean, Central America, Southern South America, and Europe are good deals in economy.

How to Book Partner Awards

You need to find Saver availability on the partner, which you cannot do on hawaiianair.com. For American Airlines space, I’d search aa.com; for Korean space, I’d search delta.com; for other partners, I’d search wherever its award space was searchable. Hawaiian Airlines should have access to all its partners’ Saver award space.

Then you book by calling 877-HA-MILES from 7 AM – 4:30 PM HST Monday through Friday, which is currently noon to 9:30 PM ET.

Other Ways to Get Hawaiian Miles

The Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard® comes with a 50,000 mile sign-up bonus after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days.

Hawaiian Airlines cardholders with family members who also accrue Hawaiian miles can take advantage of a unique benefit: Hawaiian miles can be combined into one account through the share miles program. This free benefit can turn worthless “leftover” miles into an award goldmine.

Anyone who has a card open can receive Hawaiian Miles from another account for free. Most airlines charge over 1 cent per mile for transfers of this kind!

The other benefit of the Hawaiian Airlines card, that I mentioned earlier, is that you get to book Super Saver economy awards between the United States and Hawaii for 17,500 Hawaiian miles each way instead of the 20,000 mile price on the chart.

Bottom Line

You have 12 days to transfer 1,000 Membership Rewards to 1,250 Hawaiian Miles. That will be a good deal for people who want to book the sweet spots on the Hawaiian Airlines chart that I laid out in this post.

Hat Tip View from the Wing

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Hawaiian Airlines Will Offer Flat Beds to Hawaii. Here’s How to Book Them.

Hawaiian Airlines

Oct 21, 2015

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Hawaiian Airlines will install fully flat beds in First Class on its A330s in 2016 and 2017. This is fantastic news for people who want to get to Hawaii in style with miles.

Here’s the layout of the new Hawaiian F cabin, call it the reverse Lufthansa #HAGlobalMediaDay pic.twitter.com/NA57ivlhaq

— Brett Snyder (@crankyflier) October 19, 2015

The A330 currently features First Class in a 2-2-2 configuration of recliners with 8″ more legroom than domestic First Class on United, Delta, and American. It will soon feature 6’4″ beds in a 2-2-2 configuration. Here’s a shot looking down on one of the new seat/beds.

No announcements about putting beds on Hawaiian’s other longhaul plane, the 767, have been made. To see whether a 767 or A330 currently operates on the route that interests you, look at its seat map. 2-4-2 in economy is the A330; 2-3-2 in economy is the 767.

When the new First Class beds appear, let’s hope that Hawaiian releases Saver award space in First Class. That space costs:

40,000 Hawaiian miles between the mainland and Hawaii each way
47,500 Hawaiian miles between Samoa or Tahiti and Hawaii each way
65,000 Hawaiian miles between Australia, New Zealand, or Asia and Hawaii each way
American Airlines miles can NOT book Hawaiian Airlines flights between the mainland and Hawaii
50,000 American Airlines miles between Japan or Korea and Hawaii each way
55,000 American Airlines miles between China and Hawaii each way
62,500 American Airlines miles between Australia or New Zealand and Hawaii each way
60,000 Korean miles between the mainland and Hawaii roundtrip
90,000 Korean miles between Samoa or Tahiti and Hawaii roundtrip
140,000 Korean miles between Australia, New Zealand, or Asia and Hawaii roundtrip

Delta and United currently fly fully flat beds between the United States mainland and Hawaii. The Delta flights should be booked with Korean miles for 45,000 miles roundtrip, and the United flights should be booked with Singapore miles for 30,000 miles one way. Here is a list of the cheapest ways to get to Hawaii.

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50,000 Hawaiian Mile Sign Up Bonus, and How to Use Them

Oct 12, 2015

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Log into your Hawaiian Miles account or create one and log in. You should see an offer of 50,000 bonus Hawaiian Miles after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days on a new Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard from Barclaycard. The offer expires November 30, 2015.

This offer is a big improvement on the normal 35,000 mile sign up bonus on the card. Other features of the card:

2x Hawaiian Miles on Hawaiian airlines purchases, 1x on all other purchase
Free checked bag when you book directly with Hawaiian Airlines and pay with the Hawaiian Airlines card
Get 50% off the base fare of a roundtrip flight between North America and Hawaii for one companion within 13 months of getting the card. Every year after you pay your annual fee, get a $100 discount on a companion’s roundtrip ticket between North America and Hawaii.
“Discounted award travel” but the discount isn’t specified. I believe, from past experience, the discount is 2,500 miles per one way SuperSaver award between North America and Hawaii, bringing the price down to 17,500 miles one way. Let us know in the comments if you’ve gotten other discounts.
Cardholders can receive free Hawaiian Miles transfers from any other account. (Since you can book anyone a ticket from anyone’s account, this is a great way to pool miles for free.)
Hawaiian Airlines elites get up to a $10 credit per day, up to $100 total in the first 12 months of holding the card to offset drinks, meals, and entertainment purchased onboard.
5,000 Hawaiian Airlines bonus miles when you spend $10,000 within your cardmember year
$89 annual fee, not waived

This card is terrible for every day spending because Hawaiian miles are worth about 1.2 cents each, and you can earn 3x ThankYou Points per dollar on all travel and gas purchases including Hawaiian Airlines purchases with the Citi ThankYou® Premier Card. You also really shouldn’t spend $10,000 on this card to get a bonus 5,000 miles (that’s like getting 1.5 Hawaiian Miles per dollar on $10,000 in spending) because you could get so many more miles putting that spending toward clearing new minimum spending requirements and sign up bonuses or at least by putting it on a card that rewards every day spending more.

The ability to share miles is really cool and the various award and cash ticket discounts are nice, but nothing really gets me excited about this card other than the sign up bonus.

What can you do with 50,000 miles? Here’s the award chart. (I hate that Hawaiian calls their medium priced award tickets “Coach Saver.” Only pay attention to the “Coach SuperSaver” and “First Class Saver” columns.)

The chart is quite expensive:

Most of Hawaiian’s North American destinations are on the West Coast where an Avios award would be 12,500 miles one way. Hawaiian charges 17,500 miles one way after the cardholder discount.
Hawaiian basically charges for every segment, so North America to Asia or Australia is 60,000 miles one way in economy when American Airlines charges as little as 25,000 miles from the United States to Japan.
Hawaiian charge 7,500 miles one way interisland for what is often and $80 flight. American charges 5,000 miles for the same flights.

The awards that attract me the most are New York to Honolulu one way in economy for 17,500 miles after cardholder discount and Honolulu to Samoa or Tahiti in economy for 27,500 miles one way, and both are pretty niche.

For most people, they just won’t get much value out of Hawaiian miles, so even 50,000 can be skipped.

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American Airlines Miles No Longer Book Hawaiian Airlines’ Mainland to Hawaii Flights from September 1

Aug 29, 2015

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Update August 30, 2015: You must book your Hawaiian Airlines awards between the United States mainland and Hawaii by Monday August 31 if you want to use American Airlines miles.

Starting September 1, 2015, you can no longer use your American Airlines miles to book Hawaiian Airlines flights between the mainland United States and Hawaii.

You will still be able to use American Airlines miles to fly inter-island flights on Hawaiian and to fly to Hawaiian’s destinations in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

You will still be able to use American Airlines miles to fly to Hawaii on American Airlines, US Airways, and Alaska Airlines flights.

How Big of a Loss for AAdvantage Miles is Losing Hawaiian Flights to Hawaii?

I’d categorize this as a minor loss. Hawaiian has a nice route network to the west coast, but so do Alaska, American, and US Airways. All this cities will still have direct flights to Honolulu that you can book with American Airlines miles after September 1. (Of course, if you only want the direct flight, book it with Avios not American Airlines miles to save 5k to 10k miles each way.)

The big losses are Hawaiian’s flights from Las Vegas and New York-JFK to Honolulu. If you live in Las Vegas, substitute with cheap cash fares on Allegiant and consider upgrading to its First-Class-sized Giant Seat. If you live in New York, you can fly United’s direct flight from Newark to Honolulu, which features a flat bed in First Class (trip report), and costs only 30,000 Singapore miles one way.

It’s not like Hawaiian offers great award space from New York to Honolulu any way. There’s a smattering of days with economy award space for two on the route, but no days with First Class award space.

Hawaiian First Class is a little bit nicer than American, US Airways, or Alaska First Class on their mainland routes (Trip Report: Hawaiian Airlines First Class from Honolulu to Las Vegas), but losing the ability to book it on mainland flights isn’t huge.

If you want to book Hawaiian Airlines award space between the mainland and Hawaii with your American Airlines miles, you can do that through August 31, 2015 at which point flights will be bookable through July 2016. American charges:

17.5k miles each way in economy during off peak dates
22.5k miles each way in economy during peak dates
37.5k miles each way in First Class

Even after September 1, American miles will remain a valuable currency to Hawaii for the award space on American, Alaska, and US Airways flights.

Flights You Can Still Book with American Airlines Miles After September 1

Interisland

Hawaiian Airlines and subsidiary Ohana have an extensive intra-Hawaii route network that you can book for 5,000 miles one way.

Generally I pay for interisland flights with cash as they’re often about $80, which I think is a better deal than 5,000 American Airlines miles + $5.60, but if flights are expensive when you want to travel, this can be a good deal.

Hawaii to Asia, Australia, and New Zealand

Hawaiian flies from Honolulu to:

Japan: Tokyo-Haneda, Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo, Sendai (ends 9/30)
China: Beijing
Australia: Sydney, Brisbane
New Zealand: Auckland
South Korea: Seoul
Tahiti: Papeete
American Samoa: Pago Pago

Australia and New Zealand could be useful destinations with American Airlines miles. Sometimes the only premium cabin awards to Australia and New Zealand are bookable in Hawaiian First Class for 62,500 miles one way because Qantas releases very little space on its American flights in Business and First Class.

Bottom Line

If you want to book Hawaiian Airlines flights to Hawaii with American Airlines miles, do it now.

Starting September 1, 2015, you can no longer use your American Airlines miles to book Hawaiian Airlines flights between the mainland United States and Hawaii.
You will still be able to use American Airlines miles to fly inter-island flights on Hawaiian and to fly to Hawaiian’s destinations in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
You will still be able to use American Airlines miles to fly to Hawaii on American Airlines, US Airways, and Alaska Airlines flights.
You can also book Hawaiian Airlines flights with Hawaiian miles, a transfer partner of Membership Rewards and Starpoints

Hat Tip The Forward Cabin

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LAN Award Flights to Easter Island and Tahiti

Jul 21, 2015

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LAN Airlines, the flag carrier of Chile, has daily flights from Santiago to Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui and Isla de Pascua. That route makes sense to connect Easter Island to its capital city.

What makes far less sense is the weekly flight from Easter Island another five hours west to Tahiti. There’s also usually a summer seasonal (our winter) route from Lima to Easter Island, though it hasn’t been announced for 2015/2016.

LAN is a member of a oneworld, so you can use American Airlines miles or British Airways Avios to book the flights. These flights can be a creative use of either type of miles. For instance, with American Airlines miles, you could take a trip like this to South America, Easter Island, Tahiti, and Hawaii.

The Routes

Santiago to Easter Island is daily.

Easter Island to Tahiti operates on Mondays with the return flight on Tuesdays. It doesn’t appear to operate every Monday, but I don’t discern a seasonal pattern. You can check LAN’s timetable one week at a time to see when the flight operates.

Lima to Easter Island has been seasonal during our winter (their summer.) It is not yet on the schedule for our 2015/2016 winter, but I also don’t see any announcements that the route has been discontinued, so I think it will appear.

Award Price

Different miles, different price.

American Airlines Miles

American Airlines considers Tahiti and Easter Island to both be part of the South Pacific.

That makes tickets from Lima or Santiago to Easter Island outrageously expensive with American Airlines miles.

Between Santiago (or anywhere else in Southern South America) and Easter Island one way:

37,500 AA miles in economy
50,000 AA miles in Business
LAN doesn’t have First Class

Between Lima (or anywhere else in Northern South America) and Easter Island one way:

40,000 AA miles in economy
65,000 AA miles in Business
LAN doesn’t have First Class

Easter Island and Tahiti are in the same region, so award prices are much more reasonable one way:

20,000 AA miles in economy
30,000 AA miles in Business
LAN doesn’t have First Class

BA Avios

Avios awards are distance-based, and all three segments discussed in this post are between 2,000 and 3,000 miles flown, which means they cost one way:

12,500 Avios in economy
37,500 Avios in Business

Other Interesting Routes

Tahiti to Bora Bora:

Miles cannot be used on the route. Purchase with cash or points that can be used like cash for airline tickets–like Arrival miles or ThankYou Points.

Tahiti to Honolulu:

27.5k/47.5k Hawaiian Miles one way in Hawaiian economy/First.
37.5k/62.5k American Airlines miles one way in Hawaiian economy/First

Bottom Line on Which Miles to Use

There are no fuel surcharges on any of these routes, and taxes and fees are the same no matter which miles you use.

Use Avios between South America and Easter Island. Also use Avios in economy between Easter Island and Tahiti
Use American Airlines miles to fly LAN Business between Easter Island and Tahiti.
Use Hawaiian miles between Tahiti and Hawaii.

Award Space on LAN

You can search LAN award space on ba.com. Since you basically have to search one day at a time, make sure a flight is operating before you bother searching that day for award space. Here is how to search ba.com.

I found decent award space for one passenger between Santiago and Easter Island. Business Class costs 37,500 Avios + $11.

Some days have as many as seven award seats in each cabin. Some days also have “First Class” award space listed. There is no LAN First Class, and if you try to select that space, you get an error.

Economy awards from Santiago to Easter Island cost 12,500 Avios + $11 or 4,000 Avios + $87, which is a better deal and ridiculously cheap. (Learn more about Cash & Avios awards.)When Easter Island to Tahiti is operating, award space is good in economy.

It prices slightly higher because of taxes, but you can still book one of the most interesting routes in the world for an astounding 4,000 Avios + $106. (Why my BA account is in euros.)

Getting Avios, American Airlines Miles, and Hawaiian Miles

For a limited time, the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months.

The British Airways Visa offers 50,000 bonus Avios after spending $2,000 in the first three months. You can also transfer Ultimate Rewards and Membership Rewards 1:1 to Avios.

The Hawaiian Airlines MasterCard offers 35,000 bonus miles after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days. You can also transfer Membership Rewards 1:1 to Hawaiian Miles.

Bottom Line

LAN flies some interesting routes in the South Pacific from Easter Island to Tahiti, Santiago, and Lima. Award space is searchable on ba.com and bookable with Avios and American Airlines miles.

Hawaiian Airlines flies Tahiti to Honolulu if you don’t want to backtrack.

All the necessary miles are easy to get with credit card bonuses from 35,000 to 75,000 miles.

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ITA Matrix: How to Search for Cheap Airfare with Flexibility

Apr 27, 2015

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I often use the ITA Software Matrix, which is one of the most useful tools to search for available flights and low fares.

First, go to matrix.itasoftware.com.

Type in your home airport and destination airport. You can use airport codes like JFK (New York-JFK) or even city codes like NYC (which includes JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark.)

For this example, let’s look at JFK to Honolulu.

ITA Matrix is awesome, in that you can type in all kinds of commands like which airline you want to fly. In the example above I wrote HA into the boxes, which means ITA Matrix will only return Hawaiian Airlines results. I did that because Hawaiian has a direct flight from JFK to Honolulu. If you leave that blank, all airlines will be returned.

After the cities, you can search the standard way by typing in departure and return dates or the way I prefer. I prefer to search certain length trips one month at a time for the lowest fares by selecting “See calendar of lowest fares.” I’ve asked the ITA Matrix to search for 3-8 night itineraries leaving in the month of January.

After you click “Search” you will be taken to a calendar displaying the lowest fare departing each day. You can ignore fares in light blue (though $447 is still a great price). You are targeting the cheapest days, which are in bold orange.

Clicking on a particular date will bring up the lowest prices departing on that date and returning 3-8 days later. Once you have found a comfortable length of time, click to display the flight.

Unfortunately the ITA Matrix is only for finding airfares. You don’t have the ability to book directly through this site. Write down the dates and flight numbers that work for you, and book directly through the airline site or online travel agency you prefer.

I use ITA Matrix because a quick one-minute search can show me a month at a time on a specific airline or all airlines. Then I can go the airline’s site, select seats, and purchase easily.

Best Card to Purchase Airfare?

Instead of using cash, you can use credit card points to book free flights. Buy the cheapest flights you find on ITA Matrix with credit card points you got for free for opening a card and meeting its minimum spending requirement.

The best one is the Citi ThankYou® Premier Card, which has a sign up bonus worth $625 in free flights on any airline with no blackouts.

My Review of the Citi ThankYou® Premier Card

Application Link: Citi ThankYou® Premier Card

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Great Deals with Hawaiian Airlines Miles

Jul 22, 2014

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Don’t ignore the Hawaiian Miles program. Hawaiian Miles are easy to earn, and there are sweet spots on the chart that offer solid value.

Hawaiian Airlines miles have never been easier to acquire. Anyone can get 71,000 Hawaiian miles by opening just two credit cards.

The Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard® comes with a 35,000 mile sign-up bonus after spending $1,000 in 3 months. The Hawaiian Airlines® Business MasterCard® comes with a 35,000 mile sign-up bonus after the first purchase. If you’re not sure whether or not you can open a business card, you probably can. See this post.

In addition, American Express Membership Rewards transfer 1:1 to Hawaiian Miles. (There is a fee of $0.60 per 1,000 points transferred.)

Opening Hawaiian Airlines cards also gives access to two unique benefits:

The ability to share miles freely between Hawaiian Airlines accounts
A 5,000 mile discount on roundtrip awards to Hawaii

Hawaiian Miles shine for itineraries involving their hub, Honolulu. For many of these routes, Hawaiian awards offer unparalleled value.

Hawaiian Airlines also partners with several airlines, including ANA, American, China Airlines, Jet Blue, Korean Air, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia. On many partner routes, using other miles can provide better value. However, there is one major exception that could save you tens of thousands of miles.

Why does Hawaiian Airlines have one of the best award programs for families?
What are the best deals using Hawaiian miles?
When should you use Hawaiian miles for partner flights?

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20% Transfer Bonus from Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Miles

Jun 15, 2014

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There is a 20% transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Airlines miles until June 23, 2014.

This can be a good way to top up your Hawaiian Miles balance if you’ve recently gotten The Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard® with 35,000 bonus miles after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days.

Is this a good deal?
What is the fee to transfer Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Miles?
What are the best deals with Hawaiian Miles?

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Trip Report: Hawaiian Airlines First Class from Honolulu to Las Vegas

Jun 14, 2014

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Saturday night I had the pleasure of flying Hawaiian Airlines First Class from Honolulu to Las Vegas.

I had an internet outage at home that day, so I headed to the airport about four hours early to try to get some work done on more reliable wifi.

Hawaiian Airlines has the largest check in area of any airline at Honolulu International Airport. When I arrived, I didn’t immediately see a First Class check in area, so I just used a kiosk to print my boarding pass.

I did see a First Class and Premier check in right after that, and I went over to ask whether my ticket entitled me to lounge access.

The agent’s answer was hilarious and prophetic: “Yes, but it’s more of a glorified waiting area.”

How was the lounge?
How was the flight?
How was the service?
How was the food?

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Ten Minute Three Day Trip with Avios and Hawaiian Miles

Jun 11, 2014

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Anatomy of an Award posts highlight real awards I’ve booked to show you the techniques needed to book your dream trip.

I recently made a last-second decision to head to Las Vegas and Phoenix for three days for a mix of work and pleasure.

I planned and booked the trip in 10 minutes with miles and points, saving myself $1,500 in the process and getting to fly First Class on one long flight. The cost? Only 40,000 Hawaiian Miles, 8,500 British Airways Avios, and $102.50.

When you need to make a last minute trip for a family or work emergency or when you want to take a last minute trip for spontaneous adventure, having balances with the right types of miles is key.

When I decided to travel to Phoenix and Las Vegas, what miles did I immediately think to use?
How did I find my direct flight options?
Which airlines charge a booking fee for last-minute awards and which don’t?
How did I search for award space?
How did I book my awards?

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Get the Hawaiian Miles Card and Take Your Friends Orphan Miles through Share Miles

Jun 5, 2014

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I know a lot of people with around 5,000 Hawaiian miles. Until recently, I was one of them. That’s about what you’d have if you’ve flown one paid roundtrip on Hawaiian Airlines.

For a lot of people, those miles are headed to an unused expiration.

But if you have The Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard®, you can receive miles from other Hawaiian Miles accounts for free through the online share miles promotion. So get the Hawaiian card and relieve your friends of their orphaned miles.

Or combine all your Hawaiian Miles into one account before making a booking for you and travel companions.

How does the Hawaiian Share Miles work?
Who can send and receive Hawaiian Miles?
How can you use it to make family bookings easier?

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The Cheapest Way to Get to Hawaii is Not the Best Way

Hawaiian Airlines

Apr 22, 2014

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A teenager hopped a fence at San Jose Airport (SJC), climbed into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines 767 and survived almost six hours at heights up to 38,000 feet on his way to Maui (OGG).

He was apparently unharmed and released by the FBI after they realized he wasn’t a security threat. Although another article I read quoted a doctor saying it is “more likely than not” that the boy suffered permanent brain damage during the flight.

CNN even included a video showing you exactly how to get into a 767’s wheel well.

I don’t recommend copying this teen’s free flight to Hawaii. There are a ton of cheap ways to get to the islands without having to stowaway.

What are the cheapest awards to Hawaii? Trust me that you probably aren’t aware of all of the cheapest options because they often require easy-to-obtain foreign miles.

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“Redeeming American Airlines Miles” Series Index

Australia and New Zealand

The Partners for Australia and New Zealand Awards

Pricing

Routes & Award Space

Award Space on Hawaiian

Award Space on Qantas

Award Space on American

Another American Airlines Option to Australia

Bottom Line

“Redeeming American Airlines Miles” Series Index

Asia 1 and Asia 2

The Partners for East and Southeast Asia Awards

Pricing

Booking the Awards

Routes and Award Space

Cathay Pacific Award Space 11 Months Out

Cathay Pacific First Class Award Space Within a Week of Departure

Bottom Line

1. Allegiant Air $314+ roundtrip (ending 8/2016)

2. Avios Award: 25,000+ Avios and $11+ roundtrip

Getting British Airways Avios

3. Korean Miles Award: 25,000+ Korean Miles and $11 Roundtrip, First Class from 45,000 Korean Miles Roundtrip

Getting Korean Miles

4. Singapore Miles Award: 35,000+ Singapore Miles and $11 Roundtrip, First Class from 60,000 Singapore Miles Roundtrip

Getting Singapore Miles

What Wasn’t On the List

Good Deals with Hawaiian Miles

Flying Hawaiian

20,000 MILES (16k Membership Rewards)

27,500 MILES (22k Membership Rewards)

40,000 MILES (32k Membership Rewards)

47,500 MILES (38k Membership Rewards)

65,000 MILES (52,000 Membership Rewards)

Flying Partners

30,000 MILES (24k Membership Rewards)

35,000, 45,000, 60,000 MILES (28k, 36k, 48k Membership Rewards)

How to Book Partner Awards

Other Ways to Get Hawaiian Miles

Bottom Line

How Big of a Loss for AAdvantage Miles is Losing Hawaiian Flights to Hawaii?

Flights You Can Still Book with American Airlines Miles After September 1

Bottom Line

The Routes

Award Price

American Airlines Miles

BA Avios

Other Interesting Routes

Bottom Line on Which Miles to Use

Award Space on LAN

Getting Avios, American Airlines Miles, and Hawaiian Miles

Bottom Line

Best Card to Purchase Airfare?

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