Originally Posted by
WaterBottle18
Hi all,
Does anyone know if you're able to use the enhanced companion certificate on a flight to Hawaii that includes a flight operated by Hawaiian Airlines? For example, on a route like MSN-MSP-LAX-LIH-HNL-DTW-MSN, where all segments are operated by Delta
except for the LIH-HNL segment. I've been using the ITA Matrix search (
this Reddit thread) to look for flights compatible with the companion cert for MSN-LIH, but the search results include mostly flights that go through HNL and have a short hop Hawaiian flight from LIH-HNL. You can book the entire trip on Delta (I've tested this), but just not sure if companion certs have unique rules about booking on a flight operated by another carrier. I don't have a companion cert in my account yet so can't check if it actually works, so just wanted to see if anyone knew if this was possible!
Thanks!
You can't, although you could book a ticket just to HNL with Delta and then separately book LIH-HNL (likely for cheap) with Hawaiian. Though note that if you book two separate tickets, you wouldn't necessarily be protected if you missed your connection to the other ticket, so you might want to include a night (or more) stay in HNL if you took that option.
Also, MSN-MSP-LAX-HNL-LIH is a monster day of travel, so worth considering if it's better to just pay full price for a more direct routing and use the companion certificate for something else.