Summer may be coming to an end but it doesn’t have to end when deals to Hawaii are popping up.
What’s the deal
- Los Angeles or Seattle to Kona (Big Island of Hawaii)
- As low as $247 roundtrip (Basic Economy)
- Or as low as 16,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards (using your points with Chase Sapphire Reserve)
- Travel as early as Aug thru September
- Airline: Delta or American
- Start your search using Google Flights
- Flexibility is key
- Other cities and other islands could be available for slightly more than $247
What is Basic Economy
Shown below are the descriptions from Delta and American Airlines. It’s not for every traveler out there. But if you’re a traveler who can make a trip work with just a carry on and personal item, this is all about you!!!
Image courtesy of Delta
Image courtesy of American Airlines
Sample from Seattle to Kona (Delta)
Image courtesy of Delta
Sample from Los Angeles to Kona (American Airlines)
Image courtesy of American Airlines
Sample flight from Seattle to Kauai
Image courtesy of Delta
Sample flight from Los Angeles to Kauai
Image courtesy of Delta
Fly to Hawaii for as low as 16,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards
You can use your Chase Ultimate Rewards. The typical sweet spot to Hawaii is 25,000 points. With this deal, especially if you have points with your Chase Sapphire Reserve, the required amount of points is down to 16,440 Ultimate Rewards
Sample from LAX to Kona at 16K URs
Image courtesy of Chase
Sample from Seattle to Kona at 16K URs
Image courtesy of Chase
There’s no telling when this deal will expire. Chances are, this is only a limited time offer. So if you’re schedule allows you to fly to Hawaii soon, this could be your ticket to aloha!
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What is the best way to book a travel award, Business/First, One-way, LAX /HNL for 2 and Bus/First, One-way, HNL/JFK ?
For me, I always start by going to Awardhacker.com. Enter the airports that you plan on flying out of and flying to, and in this case, instead economy, pick the class that you want to fly. The results should give you an idea how many points are required depending on the currency or points program you have access to – UR, SPG, TYP, MR. I, myself, have not flown first or biz to Hawaii, so I always budget 25K per person as the sweet spot. Which was why the 16K deal I posted was even sweeter.
If you’re looking for an award booking service, I offer one – feel free to email me at dan at pointswithacrew dot com
oh my gosh, why would you show basic economy fares when flights w/out redeyes to/from LAX are available on HA every day til 9/23?
If that’s what you’re seeing now, that’s great news. Yesterday when this deal was posted, the low fare was for a basic economy.