Originally Posted by
javabytes
The more current route is Amex --> Hawaiian --> Alaska, tends to be much better than Avios redemptions with the recent devaluations.
Agreed, however I went that way for a last minute transfer, setting up a new Hawaiian account, and it took over 2 days and several calls to Amex to get my accounts linked, and in that time the space disappeared. I did not know that OP didn't need to travel immediately when posting, hence stating the quickest setup and transfer time paths.