Using AA for HNL-PPG (Pago Pago, Am. Samoa) Award on HA
Feb 27, 2020, 7:06 pm
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Using AA for HNL-PPG (Pago Pago, Am. Samoa) Award on HA
I'm currently looking to get to Pago Pago, American Samoa (PPG). It looks like the only airline that flies there is HA, from HNL. Since the flight won't earn me any EQM/EQD's on AA, but HA is a partner of AA's, I was thinking this could be a good opportunity to burn some miles. When searching for flights online, I'm not able to find any available. Are award flights on HA using AA miles only bookable over the phone?
Would appreciate anyone's advice on booking this route.
Would appreciate anyone's advice on booking this route.
Feb 27, 2020, 8:02 pm
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An obscure way to get to PPG, but would mean several airlines. FJ is an AA ff partner. Flys from LAX, SFO, HNL and other airports
Time goes slower in the south west pacific
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pago_P...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faleol...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_I...tional_Airport
Great Circle Mapper
Time goes slower in the south west pacific
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pago_P...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faleol...tional_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadi_I...tional_Airport
Great Circle Mapper
Feb 28, 2020, 5:52 am
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I'd prefer to take the nonstop HNL-PPG flight than bouncing around the South Pacific. My question is in regards to how best to book this non-stop flight with AA miles. Are HA flights only bookable over the phone?
Feb 28, 2020, 6:09 am
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Yea, when searching HNL-PPG, you always get the immediate "no flights found" error as if aa.com doesn't recognize or support PPG as a valid destination.
One weird theory, HA flights between the mainland US and Hawaii are not available to be booked using AA miles. Since American Samoa is a US Territory, wonder if the flight to PPG falls under the same umbrella?
In any event, you have nothing to lose by calling AA and seeing if a phone agent can see any space. Keep in mind the HNL-PPG only runs twice a week, so make sure you're asking about a day the flight is operating.
