All travel (including post-stopover travel) must be completed within one year of award-ticket issuance, not within one year of the first flight on the award. So if you want to fly to BCN in April, 2013, you would have to wait until the Spring of 2012 before trying to book the HNL-NYC-BCN award.

Thanks, I did not realize that part of it-- this might be a stupid question, but what are the odds that I would still find available awards erom HNL at that time?

how many pax?.....what aa cabin?..


2 people, leaning towards first class but can go coach if I need to.