Originally Posted by Fishbait
In the back of my mind, I remember reading that one or two airlines offer reward travel from the West Coast to Hawaii for less mileage than others. Just decided to fly my Bro to Hawaii to join us on a trip, and can't seem to find the info anywhere. Anyone got any recommendations?
Robin
As someone state AA has a discounted rate, but not for Economy.
I know Hilton charges 100K HHonors points from CA and NV to HI. I think the rate for the rest of the US is 160 or 170K HH points. FWIW. At a time when I could get 4 35K AA awards SJC-OGG AA, there was nothing available in the class used for Hilton Rewards. The method for using a Hilton award on AA isn't clear and some Hilton people are confused.
1. Call HHonors and tell them the award you want. They will give you a special phone number at AA to call. Do NOT call the elite desk.
2. A person at the special AA number will book the flight
3. You then call HHonors back to and give them the reservation number.
After that, I don't know, since they had no more seats
FWIW, I was able to book a Friday night outbound with a return departure 8 days later (Sat) in Mid August. The booking was done in mid June and we got 4 seats at 35K miles.