Originally Posted by
HaleiwaFlyer
My biggest wish is that AS will build HNL as a true hub. How many Hawaii residents have tried to use award points with HNL as the origin airport, to only see this route pop up: "HNL-mainland US-final destination" rather than giving the HNL-final destination direct option. Fingers crossed for HNL-onward destinations as an option with OW.
FWIW, this is quite common with all the US airlines IME, and not just for Hawaii flights. They believe they can get a premium for the non-stop flights so they try not to give them away easily for miles.
For example, I can't count the number of times AA has offered me LGA-OMA-DFW, LGA-BNA-DFW, LGA-MCI-DFW, LGA-ATL-DFW for far far far less than LGA-DFW.