Originally Posted by
Arkadyf
How do you find/book these?
I'm going ATL - HNL in early October.
Trying to get on the only non-stop flight I could find, by Delta. It costs 70k points round trip per person (140k total. two people). Seems kind of high.
I see on different websites mentions of 25k points flights, talk about Avios/British and Alaska/Korean. Tried both of those, but they didn't have direct flights, and the indirect flights (with 10h+ layovers) still are over 60k points per person. Korean was mentioned in some places as a cheaper (in points) alternative to Delta, but even after calling them, they told me they have no seats available on the direct flights.
Also tried AA, United and Southwest, and couldn't find anything worthwhile.
Is there some method that I'm missing, or is 140k points a reasonable/best price for two people RT from ATL to HNL?
From ATL, using BA Avios to get to Hawaii generally won't be as economical. They're priced by distance and per flight, and all of BA's partners (AA and/or AS) will require a connection for ATL-HNL. If you want non-stop ATL-HNL, flying on Delta is your only option. If for the flight/date you want, Delta charges 22.5k one way, you can book that for 15k Flying Blue (confirm on airfrance.us of course). If Delta charges > 22.5k one way, then Delta miles are the only way to book that award seat. Keep in mind that you can book these flights as one ways to save. For example, if the 70k round trip from Delta price is 22.5k one way and 47.5k the other way (doubtful, but it could be), then you could book one way for 15k Flying Blue and the other way for 47.5k Delta, saving you 7.5k Amex points per person.