Originally Posted by
VegasGambler
...Then I'd book HNL-SYD-HNL in Qantas F using AS miles. You get a free stopover, so, if you wanted, you could visit another place on that trip for the same number of miles (treating SYD as a stopover). I'd be tempted to pop into New Zealand for a couple of nights, but then, I really like visiting multiple places on the same trip.
No first class on the QF HNL flights. A route that does not get the best QF aircraft as its mainly a leisure destination.
HNL-SYD is a day flight (10:00 - 1710) and SYD-HNL is a redeye night flight (19:00 - 08:10).
Agree just to SYD as the final & only destination is not making the best of the AS award rules. The free stopover is worth using.