Award Travel to Hawaii
Nov 1, 2002, 3:43 pm
#1
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Award Travel to Hawaii
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting award travel from New York area to Hawaii at the end of July next year?
Thanks!
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Nov 1, 2002, 7:55 pm
#2
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: U.S.A.
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Hawaii can be tuff but if you are flexible....
Hawaii gets booked pretty far in advance but here are some tips--
inventories are constantly reviewed and inventory is loaded at midnight CST. the farthest out one can book is approx 352 days.
if you dont find any availability then you may find something open up as you get closer to your preffered travel dates but that is no guarantee.
have the agent try to see if they can get you on HA (hawaiian air) from SFO--also another tip if you are going to mauii HA has a nonstop flight from SFO so no connecting in HNL.
now an agent is unable to see exact availability on HA and has to request it...if the link is up and running they should get a response in about 30 sec.
also many times (depending on the city you are traveling out of) the gateway to HNL is not the culprit but your outbound city to the connecting point. You might want to consider using miles from a gateway city (LAX/SEA/MSP/DTW-seasonal nonstop) but purchasing a ticket from you originating city to the gateway.
for example i had a passenger last week who wanted first class (A) to HNL and i did have seats available from SEA-HNL but i didnt have first(a) or coach(W) from his originating city. so i grabbed the first class from SEA-HNL and then checked a fare for him out of BNA-SEA. he got a coach rate of like $198.00 and he then used miles to upgrade that to F class.
now it did cost him extra miles to upgrade the coach to first on the purchased ticket but he was really happy he was now going all the way to HNL for miles and only about $220.00-including his taxes on his award ticket.
or one other sugestion is to purchase a coach class ticket and use you miles to upgrade and go first class--also if you do that you will *earn* more miles for the actual flight.
hope this was some help
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!!!
Hawaii gets booked pretty far in advance but here are some tips--
inventories are constantly reviewed and inventory is loaded at midnight CST. the farthest out one can book is approx 352 days.
if you dont find any availability then you may find something open up as you get closer to your preffered travel dates but that is no guarantee.
have the agent try to see if they can get you on HA (hawaiian air) from SFO--also another tip if you are going to mauii HA has a nonstop flight from SFO so no connecting in HNL.
now an agent is unable to see exact availability on HA and has to request it...if the link is up and running they should get a response in about 30 sec.
also many times (depending on the city you are traveling out of) the gateway to HNL is not the culprit but your outbound city to the connecting point. You might want to consider using miles from a gateway city (LAX/SEA/MSP/DTW-seasonal nonstop) but purchasing a ticket from you originating city to the gateway.
for example i had a passenger last week who wanted first class (A) to HNL and i did have seats available from SEA-HNL but i didnt have first(a) or coach(W) from his originating city. so i grabbed the first class from SEA-HNL and then checked a fare for him out of BNA-SEA. he got a coach rate of like $198.00 and he then used miles to upgrade that to F class.
now it did cost him extra miles to upgrade the coach to first on the purchased ticket but he was really happy he was now going all the way to HNL for miles and only about $220.00-including his taxes on his award ticket.
or one other sugestion is to purchase a coach class ticket and use you miles to upgrade and go first class--also if you do that you will *earn* more miles for the actual flight.
hope this was some help
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!!!
Nov 2, 2002, 1:43 am
#3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FLYNW1:
have the agent try to see if they can get you on HA (hawaiian air) from SFO--also another tip if you are going to mauii HA has a nonstop flight from SFO so no connecting in HNL.
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have the agent try to see if they can get you on HA (hawaiian air) from SFO--also another tip if you are going to mauii HA has a nonstop flight from SFO so no connecting in HNL.
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If so, there's a few other places one could depart from, using HA (Sacramento, Phoenix, etc.).
But I kind of doubt this.
Nov 2, 2002, 7:37 am
#4
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According to the NWA.com website page located here:
http://www.nwa.com/freqfly/earn/airfl.shtml#hawaii
The only Hawaiian flights that have WorldPerks benefits are "All Hawaiian Airlines operated inter-island flights and Hawaiian Airlines flights from Honolulu to American Samoa and Tahiti (French Polynesia)."
You can fly Continental using WorldPerks miles to Hawaii... I would look into this option as well.
[This message has been edited by steve100 (edited 11-02-2002).]
http://www.nwa.com/freqfly/earn/airfl.shtml#hawaii
The only Hawaiian flights that have WorldPerks benefits are "All Hawaiian Airlines operated inter-island flights and Hawaiian Airlines flights from Honolulu to American Samoa and Tahiti (French Polynesia)."
You can fly Continental using WorldPerks miles to Hawaii... I would look into this option as well.
[This message has been edited by steve100 (edited 11-02-2002).]
Nov 2, 2002, 7:07 pm
#5
Join Date: Oct 2002
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believe me you CAN use HA flts--but only from SFO.
NW does not allow you to use them from any other city.
Beleive me you usually find something as many many many people dont realize you can use them!
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!
NW does not allow you to use them from any other city.
Beleive me you usually find something as many many many people dont realize you can use them!
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!
Nov 3, 2002, 9:32 am
#6
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OK Tahiti (French Polynesia) Sounds really nice but what city do you fly into. I've never been there be4 but it sounds like a great Honeymoon place? What city do you fly into?
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can
Brian
Nov 3, 2002, 10:01 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FLYNW1:
also many times (depending on the city you are traveling out of) the gateway to HNL is not the culprit but your outbound city to the connecting point. You might want to consider using miles from a gateway city (LAX/SEA/MSP/DTW-seasonal nonstop) but purchasing a ticket from you originating city to the gateway.
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also many times (depending on the city you are traveling out of) the gateway to HNL is not the culprit but your outbound city to the connecting point. You might want to consider using miles from a gateway city (LAX/SEA/MSP/DTW-seasonal nonstop) but purchasing a ticket from you originating city to the gateway.
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A few questions for FLYNW1. These scenarios did not happen. I'm only curious.
1. What happens if my AMS-ORD flight were late and I did not show up for ORD-TYS in time? Would I be re-acommodated on another flight or ORD-TYS would be canceled? The fare bases for TYS-ORD was KE60QNR.
2. Can I be put on an earlier ORD-TYS flight if my AMS-ORD flight shows up in ORD way ahead of schedule and I do not want to wait in ORD 4 1/2 hrs instead of planned 3hrs? The fare bases for TYS-ORD was KE60QNR.
Thanks
Nov 3, 2002, 7:02 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: U.S.A.
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Jano
to answer your first question
it depends if you are on NW/KL on all flights you would want to let the originating city where you are departing from know your final destination and they should tag your bags correctly
if the flight was delayed and again you are on NW/KL you would be accomodated like any passenger who is ticketed all the way through on one tkt.
if you however are on a diff carrier then NW would not be obligated to accomodate you--even though it may be NW fault for a delay.
also you can always fly standby for an earlier flight than the one that you are confirmed for provided your ticket allows standby--most do--but you may want to check with reservations or the ticket counter before you attempt standby.
hope that helped
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!
to answer your first question
it depends if you are on NW/KL on all flights you would want to let the originating city where you are departing from know your final destination and they should tag your bags correctly
if the flight was delayed and again you are on NW/KL you would be accomodated like any passenger who is ticketed all the way through on one tkt.
if you however are on a diff carrier then NW would not be obligated to accomodate you--even though it may be NW fault for a delay.
also you can always fly standby for an earlier flight than the one that you are confirmed for provided your ticket allows standby--most do--but you may want to check with reservations or the ticket counter before you attempt standby.
hope that helped
SOME PEOPLE JUST KNOW HOW TO FLY!
Nov 7, 2002, 7:47 pm
#9
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not exactly what you asked, but here's my take on the issue -- don't try for award travel to hawaii. buy your tickets with dollars, then use miles to upgrade to first. the only thing better than spending time in hawaii is spending time in hawaii, and flying to and from in first class.
Nov 7, 2002, 9:10 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by brians51:
OK Tahiti (French Polynesia) Sounds really nice but what city do you fly into. I've never been there be4 but it sounds like a great Honeymoon place? What city do you fly into?
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OK Tahiti (French Polynesia) Sounds really nice but what city do you fly into. I've never been there be4 but it sounds like a great Honeymoon place? What city do you fly into?
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Nov 7, 2002, 10:36 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SeoulGold:
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