HA Pualani Platinum 75K Status?
Jun 27, 2018, 6:12 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Honolulu, HI
Programs: HA Platinum, UA Silver
Posts: 88
HA Pualani Platinum 75K Status?
Just got an email (June HA Miles statement) that said:
"You need 9 flight segments or (22,326) elite-qualifying miles to qualify for Pualani Platinum 75K status for 2019."
I know Platinum members earn 6 additional SWU certificates once you earn 75K+ elite-qualifying miles, but didn't realize it was a formal status level.
Are there any other benefits to Pualani 75K status level?
"You need 9 flight segments or (22,326) elite-qualifying miles to qualify for Pualani Platinum 75K status for 2019."
I know Platinum members earn 6 additional SWU certificates once you earn 75K+ elite-qualifying miles, but didn't realize it was a formal status level.
Are there any other benefits to Pualani 75K status level?
Jun 28, 2018, 4:10 pm
#4
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: HNL / OGG
Programs: HA Platinum
Posts: 10
Yeah, surprised that there's no segment requirement listed anywhere on the website for Platinum 75K. I'm going to guess about 100 segments based on the requirements of normal Platinum. Although to be fair, Pualani Platinum 75K is really just a little footnote on the website itself so its not like their trying to advertise it.
Jun 28, 2018, 6:07 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2012
Location: HNL
Programs: AS MVPG, HA Plat
Posts: 1,268
Yeah, surprised that there's no segment requirement listed anywhere on the website for Platinum 75K. I'm going to guess about 100 segments based on the requirements of normal Platinum. Although to be fair, Pualani Platinum 75K is really just a little footnote on the website itself so its not like their trying to advertise it.
Kidding aside, I really cannot understand HA's strategy for the elite program. Most of the meaningful benefits are for interisland travel, where it's not like we can choose to fly someone else, while status benefits are laughably uncompetitive on the routes on which they have competition. It's their airline and they get to decide when to be nice to us and when not to, but the incoherence is just aesthetically offensive.