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Jul 17, 2003 | 7:41 am

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Both United and American allow open jaws within the islands in addition to a stopover at a hub on the mainland. (Other airlines probably do too.)

Last year, I flew AA into Maui, out of Kona, stopover weekend in Chicago. Paid $49(!) for a OGG-KOA nonstop (or could have used 5,000 miles).

This year, I flew UA into Lihue, out of HNL, stopover weekend in Denver. Used 5,000 miles for LIH-HNL (or could have paid $80).

Only restriction is that you can't use your stopover in HNL. On the UA trip above, we spent 6 nights on Oahu, and there was no way to get around having to get a separate LIH-HNL ticket.

We always use the mainland stopover with award seats: it's one of the few unique perks left with a basic 35,000 mile award ticket. Next trip will be back to Maui with a few days in Northern Cal.

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