Originally Posted by
fzwinter
Just saw the drop in required miles to reach Gold to 10,000 miles. It's unclear to me how Hawaiian calculates elite qualifying miles. In February, as a general member, I flew from the West Coast to HNL and then HNL to AKL, in paid first/business and I've received just over 10,000 miles for the two flights. My profile still shows "General Member" and not Gold Elite. Do front-cabin mileage bonuses apply to elite qualifying miles or just to redeemable miles?
If I don't fly anymore this year (2020) with HA, could it mean that I'd get Gold status for 2021 but that I would still be a General Member for the rest of 2020?
You are still a general member this year and next year. You got a 50% bonus of Hawaiian Miles for First/Business - but the bonus doesn't count toward elite status. You are still a few thousand elite miles short of 10,000