Originally Posted by PHLGovFlyer
I also had to fly mainland to Oahu, even though my destination was Kona. There were no outbound award flights to Kona open for awards. I managed to get Kona to mainland on the return. The open jaw is not such a bad deal since you get to see more than one island and the inter-island flights are only about $80 per person one-way IIRC.
Also, note that interisland flights on Hawaiian Airlines now earn HP FF credit and hopefully DM credit in the new program.