Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles Loyalty Program

- June 19, 2017October 1, 2018

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Hawaiian Airlines Summary Table

Home Country U.S.
Major Hubs Honolulu, Kahului, Kailua-Kona, Lihue
Airline Alliance None
Points Are Worth ~1.1 cents/point
Signature Lounge Premier Club, Plumeria Lounge
Earn Points/Miles
- How to Earn Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles
Redeem Points/Miles
- Best Ways To Redeem Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles
Airline Fees
- Hawaiian Airline Baggage Fees (& How To Avoid Paying Them)
Award Chart Link
- Hawaiian Airlines award chart
- Partner airlines award chart

Branded and Partnered Credit Cards

There are a few credit cards that can help you collect HawaiianMiles which can be redeemed for some amazing flights.

Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles Credit Cards

You can earn HawaiianMiles directly with two co-branded cards from Barclaycard.

Loyalty Program	Credit Card Review
Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles Frequent Flyer Program	Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard®
	Hawaiian Airlines® Business MasterCard®

American Express Membership Rewards Credit Cards

Earning Membership Rewards is probably the best way to earn lots of HawaiianMiles with numerous cards with bonus categories.

Recommended Amex Cards (Personal)

AMEX CARD	BENEFITS & INFO
American Express® Gold Card	BRAND NEW CARD! Earn 25,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $2,000 on eligible purchases with your new card within the first 3 months. Receive 20% back as a statement credit at U.S. Restaurants within the first 3 months, up to $100 back. Offer available to new Card Members who apply by 1/9/2019. Earn 4X Membership Rewards® points at US restaurants. Earn 4X Membership Rewards® points at US supermarkets (on up to $25,000 per year in purchases, then 1X). Earn 3X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com. $100 Airline Fee Credit: up to $100 in statement credits per year for incidental fees at one selected airline. Terms Apply. Annual Fee: $250
The Platinum Card® from American Express How We Get $1,500+ In Value From This Card (Per Year) >	Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you use your new Card to make $5,000 in purchases in your first 3 months. 5X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel. Access more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries and counting, including the amazing Centurion® lounges. Up to $200 Uber Savings Annually. $200 Airline Fee Credit. Terms. Annual Fee: $550

AMEX CARD

BENEFITS & INFO

American Express® Gold Card

BRAND NEW CARD! Earn 25,000 Membership Rewards® Points after you spend $2,000 on eligible purchases with your new card within the first 3 months.
Receive 20% back as a statement credit at U.S. Restaurants within the first 3 months, up to $100 back. Offer available to new Card Members who apply by 1/9/2019.
Earn 4X Membership Rewards® points at US restaurants.
Earn 4X Membership Rewards® points at US supermarkets (on up to $25,000 per year in purchases, then 1X).
Earn 3X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or on amextravel.com.
$100 Airline Fee Credit: up to $100 in statement credits per year for incidental fees at one selected airline. Terms Apply.
Annual Fee: $250

The Platinum Card® from American Express

How We Get $1,500+ In Value From This Card (Per Year) >

Earn 60,000 Membership Rewards® points after you use your new Card to make $5,000 in purchases in your first 3 months.
5X Membership Rewards® points on flights booked directly with airlines or with American Express Travel.
Access more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries and counting, including the amazing Centurion® lounges.
Up to $200 Uber Savings Annually.
$200 Airline Fee Credit. Terms.
Annual Fee: $550

Recommended Amex Cards (Business)

AMEX CARD	BENEFITS & INFO
The Blue Business℠ Plus Credit Card from American Express	Earn 2X points on everyday business purchases such as office supplies or client dinners. 0.0% intro APR on purchases and balance transfers for 15 months, then a variable rate, currently 13.24%, 17.24% or 21.24%. Terms. Annual Fee: $0
The Business Platinum Card® from American Express See How To Also Get $1,250+ in Value Per Year >>	Welcome Offer: Earn up to 75,000 Membership Rewards® Points. Earn 50,000 Membership Rewards® points after you spend $10,000 & an extra 25,000 points after you spend an additional $10,000 all on qualifying purchases within your first 3 months of Card Membership. Get 5X Membership Rewards® points on flights and prepaid hotels on amextravel.com. Access more than 1,200 airport lounges across 130 countries and counting, including the amazing Centurion® lounges. $200 Airline Fee Credit. Terms. Annual Fee: $450
American Express® Business Gold Card	More Rewards: Get 4X Membership Rewards® points on the 2 select categories where your business spent the most each month. These categories include Airfare purchased directly from airlines, U.S. purchases for advertising in select media (online, TV, radio); U.S. purchases made directly from select technology providers of computer hardware, software, and cloud solutions; U.S. purchases at gas stations; U.S restaurants or for U.S. shipping. 4X points apply to the first $150,000 in combined purchases from these 2 categories each calendar year. Airline Bonus: Get 25% points back after you use points for all or part of an eligible flight booked with Amex Travel, up to 250,000 points back per calendar year. Pay Over Time Option: A flexible payment option to help manage cash flow on purchases of $100 or more. Terms. Annual Fee: $295
For more details, see our American Express business credit cards article or in-depth 2018 business credit cards guide to find the most suited product for your company.

Hawaiian Airlines Overview

HawaiianMiles is one of the few remaining mileage programs that is not revenue based. With HawaiianMiles, a mile flown is a mile earned.

Joining HawaiianMiles

To join, simply enroll online for free. You’ll immediately be eligible to earn miles in the future as well as retroactively.

You start off at the basic membership level. Rather that wait to earn elite status, you can gain travel benefits quickly by purchasing a Premier Club membership.

How to Sign in to Your HawaiianMiles Account

Sign in on the HawaiianMiles homepage. You’ll need to enter your account number, username, or email address along with your password.

Viewing Your Account Activity

View your HawaiianMiles account activity on the Mileage Statement page.

Points Expiration

HawaiianMiless expire after 18 months of inactivity. Any time you earn or redeem miles, the 18-month clock resets.

HawaiianMiles Mileage Program

HawaiianMiles Elite Status

HawaiianMiles has 2 elites status levels plus the Premier Club, which you can buy without prior travel.

Elite Status	Status Qualifications (per calendar year)
Pualani Gold	Fly 20,000 miles or 30 segments
Pualani Platinum	Fly 40,000 miles or 60 segments

All miles must be flown on Hawaiian Airlines flights to qualify. Partner flights do not count for elite qualification.

Pualani Gold:

Discounted award ticket offers
Discounted upgrades 24 hours before departure
Neighbor island flights: free same-day change to earlier flight
1-2 day fare holds on paid tickets
Priority check-in and security
2 free checked bags
Premier Club access
50% mileage bonus

Pualani Platinum:

All the benefits of Pualani Gold, plus:
3 free checked bags
100% mileage bonus
Complimentary upgrades

See the full HawaiianMiles elite benefits for details and terms.

Premier Club

For $299 or 40,000 miles, you can enroll in Premier Club without ever having flown a Hawaiian Airlines flight.

With Premier Club you get a number of travel benefits:

Discounted award ticket offers
2 free checked bags
Priority check-in and security
Premier Club access

After your first year, annual renewal is $249 or 35,000 miles

Value of Hawaiian Airlines Elite Status

If you are earning Hawaiian Airlines Elite status, it’s because you travel heavily on Hawaiian Airlines. Their route network can’t be beaten for frequent travel in Hawaii, particularly to neighbor island and Pacific island destinations.

Pualani Gold generously offers Premier Club access, but not complimentary upgrades.

Pualani Platinum adds prized complimentary upgrades.

The ability to earn miles based on actual miles flown for JetBlue and Virgin America is attractive, especially if that partnership continues when Alaska absorbs Virgin America.

Occasional fliers on partner airlines such as All Nippon Airways and Korean Air may find it useful to pool their miles in HawaiianMiles.

How to Earn Hawaiian Miles

HawaiianMiles can be earned through the traditional methods of flying, credit card spending, and an online shopping mall. However, Hawaiian Airlines has distinguished itself with a way to earn bonus miles on in-store purchases.

These options provide you with plenty of opportunities to earn HawaiianMiles for your next vacation.

Earn Miles Through Flying

HawaiianMiles can be earned on all Hawaiian Airlines marketed flights.

All Hawaiian Airlines flights earn miles by distance flown. There is no mileage bonus for business class flights.

Earning varies by member status:

Base member – actual miles flown
Pualani Gold – actual miles flown + 50% mileage bonus, with 500-mile minimum on neighbor island flights
Pualani Platinum – actual miles flown + 100% mileage bonus, with 500-mile minimum on neighbor island flights

Miles can also be earned retroactively for flights taken up to 120 days before signing up with HawaiianMiles.

HawaiianMiles can also be earned on partner airlines.

Earn Miles with Partner Airlines
All Nippon Airways (ANA)	Korean Air
China Airlines	Virgin Atlantic
Japan Airlines (JAL)	Virgin Australia
JetBlue

Earning varies by fare class, with some fare classes excluded.

Earn Miles With Credit Cards

Hawaiian Airlines has 2 credit cards which allow you to earn HawaiianMiles directly: the Hawaiian Airlines® WorldElite MasterCard® and Hawaiian Airlines® Business MasterCard®, both offered through Barclaycard.

Both of these cards earn 2X miles per dollar on purchases with Hawaiian Airlines and 1X mile per dollar on all other purchases.

You can also earn miles by transferring American Express Membership Rewards points at a 1:1 ratio. Many cards that earn Membership Rewards have multiple bonus categories so you can actually get more Hawaiian Miles by using these cards.

Earn Bonus Miles In Other Ways

You can earn miles through everyday shopping using the HawaiianMiles Online Mall. Chrome users can install HawaiianMiles MileFinder to automatically earn miles in their shopping.

Additional earning opportunities are available with HawaiianMiles partner airlines, rental cars, hotels, cruises, and more.

To top off for an award, HawaiinMiles can be purchased for $14.58 per 500-mile block.

How to Redeem Hawaiian Miles

HawaiianMiles can be used to book award travel on any Hawaiian Airlines flight and certain partner airline flights.

HawaiianMiles has 6 types of award flights:

Super Saver – lowest miles economy
Coach Saver – if Super Saver is unavailable; may be purchased online only
Coach Flex – if Coach Saver unavailable; twice the miles of a Super Saver
First/Business Saver – lowest miles for booking first/business
First/Business Flex – twice the miles of First/Business Saver
Upgrades – must be confirmed 26 hours prior to departure

Here is the neighbor island and North America award chart:

One Way Flight Awards	Coach SuperSaver	Coach Saver*	Coach Flex	First Class Saver	First Class Flex
Neighbor Island
Neighbor Island	7,500	10,000	15,000	15,000	30,000
Neighbor Island Upgrade				7,500	15,000
North America To/From Hawaii
North America-Hawaii	20,000	30,000	40,000	40,000	80,000
North America-Hawaii Upgrade				25,000	50,000

For other destinations, consult the HawaiianMiles award chart.

Miles are redeemed one-way, and therefore you can combine award levels including Super Saver, Saver, and Flex Awards.

Miles/Dollars awards may show in searches. These awards can be purchased for fewer miles and higher cash prices.

Partner airline awards are limited to round-trip travel. One-way, multi-city, and stopovers are not permitted.

Redeem Miles With Partner Airlines
All Nippon Airways (ANA)	Korean Air
China Airlines	Virgin Atlantic
Japan Airlines (JAL)	Virgin Australia
JetBlue

JetBlue awards are based on the price of a JetBlue revenue ticket, but they’re not a great value at less than 1 cent per point.

Other partners use traditional distance-based award charts and have some good values. Korean Air business class within Asia for 60,000 miles round-trip is an example.

You must call HawaiianMiles to check for partner award availability. Searches on the HawaiianMiles website only show Hawaiian Airlines flights.

FAQ

What is Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles? Is it worth it?

HawaiianMiles is the Hawaiian Airlines frequent flyer or loyalty program. By signing up to this free program, you get access to a range of additional benefits for flying with them as well as the ability to earn points and redeem awards.

We always find signing up to free programs worth it, because you’ll get some benefits at no cost!

What are the HawaiianMiles benefits? What are the elite status levels?

Benefits are based on your elite status level; you can be a basic member, Gold, or Platinum. Being a Premier Club member also offers some status benefits.

While Gold and Platinum levels are free (but earned), a Premier Club account costs $299 or 40,000 miles per year.

Benefits include no blackout dates on rewards travel, extra seat availability, discounted awards, priority services, fare holds, free bags, discounted upgrades, standby, and more.

Where is my HawaiianMiles account login? What is my HawaiianMiles number?

You can log in to your account here. If you’ve forgotten your number, you can find it by signing in to your account. If you can’t remember your account information, you can use the “forgot my password” tool or call customer service.

Are Hawaiian Airlines miles transferable? How do I transfer HawaiianMiles?

Yes, you can transfer HawaiianMiles to other HawaiianMiles members for free. You can also use miles on other partner airlines (Virgin, JetBlue, and more) or with travel partners such as Hilton Honors, Alamo, and Avis.

How do I use Hawaiian Airlines miles? What does a reward flight cost?

You can use your miles to purchase free flights on Hawaiian or any of their partner airlines. Awards start at 7,500 and go up to 200k+ miles, depending on the destination. The HawaiianMiles award chart can be seen here.

Is there a Hawaiian Airlines credit card?

Yes, you can use the Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite MasterCard®. Other credit cards that can earn miles and transfer to HawaiianMiles include the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express.

About Brian Graham

Brian's first ever airplane ride was in a private turbo-prop jet. He was merely an intern boy trying to make a good impression, but it turns out the plane made an impression on him. It wasn't until Brian relocated to Dallas, TX, and moved in with an American Airlines employee that he truly discovered how incredible travel could be.