Originally Posted by
COS flyer
I would buy a ticket on an airline that can get you there in 1 day. The hotel costs in Portland/Seattle add a good amount to the ticket and you only lose days in Hawaii. Save the hotel and buy E+ on United and get there in 1 day. Or get AS miles by flying DL or AA.
But the EQMs are a greater % of MVP status on AS, AA has gutted a lot of BOS service, perhaps the OP is using a companion pass, and perhaps the OP just wants to fly AS and also, doesn't want to do it all in a day. And perhaps cost and time isn't that big of an object. We don't know these things. But we do know that the OP asked for our input about AS specifically, via SEA or PDX.