Best ways to get to Hawaii | Ep260

Best ways to get to Hawaii | Ep260 | 6-22-24

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(00:00) Intro: There are a multitude of ways to fly to Hawaii using miles and points (and even many ways to get a deal on cash tickets). On this week's show, we discuss ways to fly to Hawaii from around the US from as few as 10K or 13.5K points each way.
(01:06) Giant Mailbag
(03:22) Card Talk: Sonesta World Mastercard
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(16:00) What crazy thing . . . did Marriott and Starbucks do this week?
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(19:51) Mattress running the numbers: Wyndham Rewards Hotel Pass
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(27:48) Award Talk
(27:55) New Reasonable Redemption Value for Hotel Points
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(30:29) Aeroplan promotion with Miles4Migrants)
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(34:19) 15% transfer bonus from Citi to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
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(27:03) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Status Match
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(30:29) Amex referral bonuses now as high as 45,000 points for targeted cardholders
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(42:44) Main Event: Best Ways to fly to Hawaii
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(43:04) Cash deals
(43:30) Delta companion certificates
(44:55) Alaska Companion Fare
(46:13) Southwest Companion Pass
(47:32) Vacation packages
(29:15) Award deals: Economy
(49:24) United flights via Turkish Miles & Smiles for 10K each way
(50:48) Finnair Avios for American Airlines (15K) or Alaska Airlines (13.5K)
(52:52) Alaska Mileage Plan for Alaska from 15K
(53:35) Singapore Krisflyer for central/Western US to Hawaii (13-14K)
(54:33) Using Alaska miles to fly AA for 17.5K from Dallas and west coast
(55:32) Use United to fly United from 11.1K from the west coast
(56:42) Aeroplan for 12.5K from the west coast to Hawaii on United
(58:00) Qatar Avios for 13K one way from the west coast
(59:00) Flying Blue for Delta from 18K
(59:16) Virgin Atlantic for Hawaiian Airlines for 20K each way from the west coast
(1:00:16) JetBlue for Hawaiian Airlines for 20K each way from the west coast
(1:00:48) American Airlines miles for AA from 20K each way
(1:01:39) Southwest Airlines when cash fares are cheap
(1:02:00) "First class" flights to Hawaii with miles
(1:02:57) Turkish miles for United: 15K miles each way
(1:05:35) Finnair Avios for American Airlines" 38K miles each way
(1:07:00) Alaska Miles for Alaska from 40K miles each way
(1:07:21) Hawaiian miles to fly Hawaiian: 40K one way or upgrade from 25K. Possibly more availability with status or as a cardholder.
(1:09:25) Virgin Atlantic miles to fly Hawaiian: 40K one way from the west coast
(1:09:48) Alaska Mileage Plan for American Airlines: 35K one-way from as far east as Dallas
(1:10:10) Air Canada Aeroplan for United for 25K from the west coast
(1:10:50) Qatar Airways Avios for American or Alaska for 38,750 Avios from the west coast
(1:11:50) Example for how to find award availability
(1:19:33) Question of the Week: Is reselling a good low-energy way to generate points?
Music credit: Annie Yoder

Пікірлер: 17

@iankm1 Ай бұрын

The best part of waking up is frequent miler in your cup. Love my Saturday mornings.

@erikpeterson2461 Ай бұрын

LOL @ the Starbucks Marriott promotion. What a crappuccino!

@jimmyjames6492 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great info + video!!!

@yvjyang Ай бұрын

Great episode! Definitely going to hop on to look at award flights just for funsies lol.

@YanLuo Ай бұрын

Not sure if you are aware: be careful when you are attaching an intended to flow away economy leg to Cathay Pacific upper class flights to save on miles: they don’t allow you to take out your checked luggage at HKG. We bought a cash ticket earlier this year which involved a 23 hr layover in HK intended for my uncle to get good rest at his apartment in Hong Kong and drop off his big bags before heading to Malaysia for a 2 day business trip: that “no take out” rule was not mentioned during booking, during online checked in and NO exceptions could be made despite we have begged the JFK counter agent, the U.S./hong Kong/mainland china Cathay Pacific agents and even filed a complaint

@yanli7011 Ай бұрын

Just what we need now!

@iankm1 Ай бұрын

What’s the best current buying group in your option? Anything besides aligned?

@disc0ver155 Ай бұрын

Ive only used BFMR

@jameso7785 Ай бұрын

Does BA still charge 12.5k miles for west coast- Hawaii flights? In case of changes, I much prefer BA cust. service to FinnAir, with whom I have no experience.

@frequent-miler Ай бұрын

No. Qatar offers a better deal from the west coast, that's why we talked about Qatar. More details in this post: frequentmiler.com/best-ways-to-fly-to-hawaii-from-the-us-mainland/ In terms of customer service, I wouldn't expect Finnair or Qatar to offer wildly worse service than BA. Obviously YMMV, but neither has a reputation for bad service. -Nick

@scrumcaptain Ай бұрын

What is "mattress running the numbers"? Am I hearing that correctly? Have been listening for a while and enjoy your content but can't figure out what you are saying. Chris

@get2dachoppa249 Ай бұрын

You are hearing correctly. It’s a malaphor of mattress running (staying at a hotel mostly to earn points/free nights/status) & running the numbers.

@maoworkshen2564 Ай бұрын

First to leave PRAISE! 😁

@nraghu99 Ай бұрын

The time stamp for Amex 45k referral is missing Amex context

@druiz012 Ай бұрын

I fly from PDX to BOS every year to visit family. I was thinking maybe I can do a Hawaii-PDX-BOS BOS-SAN-PDX companion pass... 🤔 buy a one way to Hawaii and have a long stop-over in PDX? Its definitely going to take some creativity. 😅😅

@iankm1 Ай бұрын

Come get some pizza next time you are in BOS - Super Dough Pizza Co.