There is a new method to make use of your American Airways AAdvantage miles for a flight to Hawaii.
As of this week, AAdvantage members can redeem miles for flights aboard Hawaiian Airways planes between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii.
Head over to American’s reserving channels and you will see the adjustments instantly.
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Contemplate, as an illustration, the longest home flight within the U.S. — Hawaiian’s nonstop from Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Honolulu’s Daniel Okay. Inouye Worldwide Airport (HNL) aboard a Hawaiian Airbus A330. Within the case of this February itinerary, it’d go for 35,000 AAdvantage miles.
Or, this is a one-way flight to Honolulu from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) on Hawaiian for 22,500 AAdvantage miles.
It is price noting that in each of the above itineraries (and a number of other others I searched), solely fundamental cabin redemptions had been accessible. So, you’ll have to be a bit versatile if, say, you are hoping to make use of your AAdvantage miles for a business-class seat on Hawaiian’s brand-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Increasing American-Hawaiian ties
American partnering with Hawaiian is not solely new. The 2 manufacturers have beforehand operated a extra restricted loyalty tie-up that allowed American loyalists to redeem AAdvantage miles for shorter, interisland flights aboard Hawaiian.
However now the ties between the 2 carriers appear to be deepening, with Hawaiian formally becoming a member of forces with Alaska Airways within the U.S. airline trade’s newest merger. Alaska was already a full-scale companion of American’s via the Oneworld alliance.
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As of Tuesday, AAdvantage members can redeem their miles on all flights operated by Hawaiian and booked via American’s web site.
For those who’re a frequent American flyer seeking to redeem miles on a flight between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, it means you will have extra flight choices to choose from.
Additionally price watching: how the partnership between American and Hawaiian evolves within the coming months and years.
Incomes stays restricted
Regardless of wider capability to redeem AAdvantage miles on Hawaiian-operated flights, there stay important incomes limitations on paid flights.
AAdvantage members can earn “bonus miles” on flights offered and operated by Hawaiian. Bonus AAdvantage miles do not include Loyalty Factors, which suggests these flights aboard Hawaiian nonetheless will not assist you to work your method towards AAdvantage elite standing.
Nevertheless, with the Hawaiian model set to hitch the Oneworld alliance as a part of its integration into Alaska Air Group, it appears a possible guess its relationship with American may deepen sooner or later.
Even when you do not have a big sum of AAdvantage miles in your account, there’s one other method to simply accrue Hawaiian miles. American Categorical Membership Rewards switch to Hawaiian at a 1:1 ratio.
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