Best ways to get to Hawaii | Ep260 | 6-22-24
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Frequent Miler
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🗓️ 22 June 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
(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) New FM intro
(03:22) Card Talk: Sonesta World Mastercard
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-Card Details
-What are points worth?
(16:00) What crazy thing . . . did Marriott and Starbucks do this week? https://frequentmiler.com/link-marriott-starbucks-accounts-to-occasionally-earn-double-stars-minimal-bonus-points/
(19:51) Mattress running the numbers: Wyndham Rewards Hotel Pass https://frequentmiler.com/wyndham-rewards-selling-30-night-hotel-pass/
(27:48) Award Talk
(27:55) New Reasonable Redemption Value for Hotel Points https://frequentmiler.com/what-are-hyatt-points-worth/
(30:29) Aeroplan promotion with Miles4Migrants) https://frequentmiler.com/earn-7500-aeroplan-points-with-a-100-miles4migrants-donation/
(34:19) 15% transfer bonus from Citi to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles https://frequentmiler.com/citi-thankyou-offering-15-transfer-bonus-to-cathay-pacific-asia-miles/
(27:03) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Status Match https://frequentmiler.com/enterprise-status-match-giving-status-through-february-2026-match-from-hotel-airline-car-rental-programs/
(30:29) Amex referral bonuses now as high as 45,000 points for targeted cardholders https://frequentmiler.com/amex-referral-bonuses-now-as-high-as-45000-points-per-referral-up-to-100k-per-year-per-card/
(42:44) Main Event: Best Ways to fly to Hawaii https://frequentmiler.com/best-ways-to-fly-to-hawaii-from-the-us-mainland/
(43:04) Cash deals
(43:30) Delta companion certificates
(44:55) Alaska Companion Fare
(46:13) Southwest Companion Pass
(47:32) Vacation packages
(49:15) 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?
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.8 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? The main event. |
| 0:21.6 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:24.6 | Today's main event, best ways to fly to Hawaii. |
| 0:29.6 | For some reason I've got Hawaii on my mind. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm not really sure why and I'm kind of eager to go back. |
| 0:35.6 | So it's been fun collecting up all of the great ways to fly to Hawaii for our main event today so we can dream about our next trip there. |
| 0:43.6 | I mean, my mind is always somewhat on Hawaii. I'm always kind of looking at award availability to Hawaii even when I have no intention to go anytime soon. |
| 0:51.6 | So it'll be exciting to talk about that today. But before we do, don't forget that you can always find the timestamps in the show notes. So if you're looking to skip ahead to a specific segment or to return to one later on, you can always find those show notes in the description wherever you're watching. And speaking of wherever you're watching or listening, don't forget to leave us a comment, leave us some feedback, you know, give us a rating, give us a thumbs up if you're watching on YouTube, subscribe, enable notifications. |
| 1:15.6 | We appreciate all of those things. Now it's time to drag out this week's giant mailbag. |
| 1:20.0 | In today's giant mailbag, we've got Nikki 2009 via Apple podcast reviews. |
| 1:27.4 | Nikki gives us five stars, and the subject line is the hands down best podcast and blog for points and miles. |
| 1:36.3 | And she goes on to say, I can't say enough good things about frequent miler. |
| 1:40.3 | I found this podcast two years ago, and it's changed my life. |
| 1:43.3 | I went on my honeymoon to Australia |
| 1:45.8 | and New Zealand, just six months into the Points in Miles world, and didn't pay for a flight |
| 1:50.3 | or hotel for two straight weeks of travel. I've flown business class to and from Tokyo on points |
| 1:55.7 | and earned globalist status with Hyatt. This team is incredible and the best place for all your points and |
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