This is a super pleasant surprise... American expands award redemptions on Hawaiian American AAdvantage has just rolled out award redemptions on Hawaiian Airlines flights operated globally. Previously, AAdvantage members were able to redeem miles only for flights between Hawaii and international destinations, while redemption opportunities now include travel between the mainland United States and Hawaii.…
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Shame AS aren’t really focusing on ensuring AS elites get the same elite benefits on HA as they do on AS.
Mass cuts to AS Hawaii service recently with everyone rebooked onto HA but zero workaround to ensure AS elites get the same benefits on HA. Meaning free seat selection and free checked bags etc won’t be honored on HA.
Lucky - any idea if business/first on the JFK to HNL (or JFK to OGG via HNL, or similar routes) route on Hawaiian Airlines will be available via American Airline miles? Looks like there is no availability when I search.
This is supposed to change soon.
They're working on reciprocal status matching (unconfirmed rumor was by end of year), and once you match to Hawaiian status, the benefits would be available. They're moving to a single program in mid-2025 as well.
Lucky, I don't think your mileage earning part is correct. The AA website still says "You won’t earn AAdvantage® miles on flights operated by Hawaiian Airlines between the U.S. Mainland and Hawaii."
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/partner-airlines/hawaiian-airlines.jsp
It's fascinating to see oneworld taking over the US market, with a combined 11 hubs.
Really is impressive. Your mention of 11 made me wonder and to count them myself.
AA: NYC: LGA/JFK
PHL
DCA
CLT
MIA
ORD
DFW
PHX
LAX
9 or 10 hubs with AA depending on how you measure NYC.
Alaska:
ANC, SEA, PDX, SFO, LAX, HNL (I thought Alaska considered SAN a hub but Oneworld doesn't mention it as a hub and I can't find it mentioned as a hub in the last few SEC Filings)
https://www.oneworld.com/members/alaska-airlines
6 Alaska hubs (if you include HNL in OneWorld)
Total OneWorld future with overlap:
14 or 15 hubs (LAX overlap and how you look at NYC).
The truly fascinating thing for OneWorld is how OneWorld went from easily the weakest West Coast Alliance to, without a doubt, the strongest with the best network up and down with an Alaska hub or focus city in every major city, not to mention having the largest hub on the West Coast in SEA.
This flight has been around for awhile (5+ years), typically on an A330 - so plenty of folks taking it. I guess it works, at least for those on Hawaiian time (HST), essentially getting sleep 11p-5a HST.
The point redemption for Hawaiian Business Class from HNL to Japan raised from 52.5k to 65k
I had a question about this as well. The lack of earning ANY AAdvantage miles on HA flights from the US Mainland to Hawaii is a major bummer. Bloggers seem to miss this extremely important detail.