Hawaiian Airlines Credit Card 2 x 35K offers [ARCHIVES]
Jan 26, 2013, 10:29 am
#736
Join Date: May 2011
Programs: As many as I can!
Posts: 344
Except that the Hawaiian Airlines cards aren't affiliate links.
Jan 26, 2013, 1:49 pm
#737
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Programs: SPG Gold, HHonors Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 363
It's nothing personal, but I wrote "looking through" a lot of links, not "looking for" or "clicking through". If all the links for credit cards associated with airlines starting with the letters A through G, and the several up and down and on both sides of the home page and the airline page, are all non-affiliate links, I apologize.
Jan 26, 2013, 9:53 pm
#738
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,404
The problem is, a lot of people, including myself, started accumulating the bonuses with expectations that we would be able to use the miles on Delta. That apparently is a near impossibility. Combine that with the devaluation from Virgin Atlantic, the high cost of awards on ANA and Korean, and partner awards are difficult to use.
It seems like the best options for the miles right now are Hilton points or flights on Hawaiian.
It seems like the best options for the miles right now are Hilton points or flights on Hawaiian.
Since I don't have a better option to use the miles (I don't really need them for tickets to Hawaii), I'm planning on transferring them to HHonors. Not the best deal in the world -- and certainly nowhere near as much value as the Virign ticket I was supposed to be able to get -- but not the end of the world. That said, I don't think I'd bother with this card again. I understand that it might be churnable, but I recall that I had to pay the annual fee. Not attractive enough just to get relatively low-value HHonors points.
Jan 27, 2013, 5:18 am
#739
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: PHX & AGP
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, Hilton Gold
Posts: 11,449
Yeah, my wife and I kind of got stuck with these HA miles because we each got the 2 cards in order to get anywhere-in-the-world coach tickets on Virgin Atlantic. Right before we were about to get our tickets issued, they pulled the award.
Since I don't have a better option to use the miles (I don't really need them for tickets to Hawaii), I'm planning on transferring them to HHonors. Not the best deal in the world -- and certainly nowhere near as much value as the Virign ticket I was supposed to be able to get -- but not the end of the world. That said, I don't think I'd bother with this card again. I understand that it might be churnable, but I recall that I had to pay the annual fee. Not attractive enough just to get relatively low-value HHonors points.
Since I don't have a better option to use the miles (I don't really need them for tickets to Hawaii), I'm planning on transferring them to HHonors. Not the best deal in the world -- and certainly nowhere near as much value as the Virign ticket I was supposed to be able to get -- but not the end of the world. That said, I don't think I'd bother with this card again. I understand that it might be churnable, but I recall that I had to pay the annual fee. Not attractive enough just to get relatively low-value HHonors points.
Jan 27, 2013, 10:06 am
#740
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SMF
Programs: Hilton Diamond-Marriott Platinum-life
Posts: 1,015
The problem is, a lot of people, including myself, started accumulating the bonuses with expectations that we would be able to use the miles on Delta. That apparently is a near impossibility. Combine that with the devaluation from Virgin Atlantic, the high cost of awards on ANA and Korean, and partner awards are difficult to use.
It seems like the best options for the miles right now are Hilton points or flights on Hawaiian.
It seems like the best options for the miles right now are Hilton points or flights on Hawaiian.
Since I don't have a better option to use the miles (I don't really need them for tickets to Hawaii), I'm planning on transferring them to HHonors. Not the best deal in the world -- and certainly nowhere near as much value as the Virign ticket I was supposed to be able to get -- but not the end of the world. That said, I don't think I'd bother with this card again. I understand that it might be churnable, but I recall that I had to pay the annual fee. Not attractive enough just to get relatively low-value HHonors points.
Jan 28, 2013, 9:17 pm
#741
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,556
Note: The Bank of America link provided by the OP (https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...000|2072169|6U) now brings you to a Bank of America credit card page with a message stating "this offer is no longer available". But the offer is still available via the Hawaiian Airlines webpage: http://www.hawaiianairlines.com
Jan 29, 2013, 6:37 am
#742
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,404
Regardless, it's going to be hard for 140,000 HHonors points to equal the real value of a go-anywhere-in-the-world ticket on Virgin Atlantic from the USA. In your case, you obviously could have found other reasonable accomodations in London for $200/night.
Oh, well. Not much I can do about it now. I've gotten a bit unlucky, and will make the most of the HHonors points.
Jan 29, 2013, 7:06 am
#743
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion
Posts: 449
As an update to my earlier woe; I called in, spoke with a VERY pleasant agent who looked at my two denials and said she disagreed with the system and asked to fwd me to a CA for review. She forwarded me, another cheerful agent said he agreed with the front line woman and told me he would be happy to approve me for 2x signature cards with 5-10k limits, asked me to verify income again and wished me a nice day. 8 for 8 on this AOR, thanks everyone for your encouragement and the great info in this thread.
I just got a double instant denial
My credit history/score isn't super great, but I have a good income and have been approved to every card I applied for in the last year (mostly chase/citi/amex).
Jan 29, 2013, 8:12 am
#744
Join Date: May 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: AA, UA, SPG
Posts: 105
Did not wait, called during business hours the next day. I'd call around 10am est to make sure you get their good squad in Delaware 
Jan 29, 2013, 9:00 am
#745
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion
Posts: 449
For some reason they were only talking about my BOH application, with no mention of the BOA application. Maybe that one got lost somehow or I messed up the SSN? I don't know if I should call again, but happy enough with one card.
Jan 29, 2013, 2:48 pm
#746
Join Date: May 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: AA, UA, SPG
Posts: 105
Thanks! Just called and after questions about my car loan and employment I got approved with a high enough CL for the signature card!
For some reason they were only talking about my BOH application, with no mention of the BOA application. Maybe that one got lost somehow or I messed up the SSN? I don't know if I should call again, but happy enough with one card.
For some reason they were only talking about my BOH application, with no mention of the BOA application. Maybe that one got lost somehow or I messed up the SSN? I don't know if I should call again, but happy enough with one card.
Jan 29, 2013, 8:01 pm
#747
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SEA
Posts: 2,556
They told me the same thing when I canceled my card a few months ago. What they are stating is untrue. Cannot understand why they are making this claim. No miles get forfeited.
Jan 30, 2013, 8:54 am
#748
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: SMF
Programs: Hilton Diamond-Marriott Platinum-life
Posts: 1,015
They told me the same thing when I canceled my card a few months ago. What they are stating is untrue. Cannot understand why they are making this claim. No miles get forfeited.
Jan 30, 2013, 8:56 am
#749
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: ROC
Programs: Anything CC gives me
Posts: 1,118
Jan 30, 2013, 5:29 pm
#750
Join Date: Feb 2011
Programs: Delta Gold Medallion
Posts: 449
Thanks! Just called and after questions about my car loan and employment I got approved with a high enough CL for the signature card!
For some reason they were only talking about my BOH application, with no mention of the BOA application. Maybe that one got lost somehow or I messed up the SSN? I don't know if I should call again, but happy enough with one card.
For some reason they were only talking about my BOH application, with no mention of the BOA application. Maybe that one got lost somehow or I messed up the SSN? I don't know if I should call again, but happy enough with one card.
After all that he came back and said that he agreed to split the line from the first approved card and that they were both visa signatures and I would get the 35k bonus for each of the cards. Happy ending for me
