How to book 34,000 Point Lie Flat Business Class to Hawaii

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🔻 LifeMiles Devaluation

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How to Book Hawaiian Airlines Business Class (First Class) with 34,000 Amex Points

This month, there’s a new 20% transfer bonus when you transfer Amex points to Hawaiian Airlines.

So, let’s go over how you can maximize this and book Hawaiian Airlines lie-flat business class/first class flights to Hawaii with points.

Earn

For this redemption, you need to have Amex points because Amex currently has a 20% transfer bonus through the end of this month. You can also transfer Bilt Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines, but you won’t get a transfer bonus right now.

Redeem

There are two ways to search. The first and most obvious way is to search on Hawaiian Airline’s website, but you'd need to search day by day, which can take a while because there is no award calendar.

Another option is to use Seats.aero.

Step 1
On seats.aero, select Explore. Select JetBlue. We are searching using JetBlue because JetBlue has a partnership with Hawaiian Airlines.

Step 2
Filter the results in the search bar or the column filters at the bottom of the screen for a Hawaiian Airlines-operated route.

Filter results using the filters and search bars

Step 3
Pick and choose which dates have award availability and then run the same search on the Hawaiian Airlines website to confirm the award availability.

Find direct flights operated by HA (Hawaiian Airlines)

Run the search on the Hawaiian Airlines website

Step 4
Transfer your Amex (or Bilt) points and book the flight.

Maximize

For business class, the Saver Award rate is as low as 40,000 Hawaiian Airline Miles, but with the 20% transfer bonus like the one Amex has right now, you only need to transfer 34,000 Amex points (one-way).

If you want to maximize your trip further, choose the business class seats on the B787, their newest business class product.

I'll have a full YouTube tutorial video next week, so stay tuned for that!

LifeMiles Devaluation

Merp. Another devaluation. What makes this particularly painful is that LifeMiles did not give us a notice and just made the devaluation overnight.

U.S. to Europe (first class)
Old rate: 87,000 Lifemiles
New rate: 130,000 Lifemiles (ouch)

U.S. to Europe (business class)
Old rate: 63,000 Lifemiles
New rate: 70,000 Lifemiles

U.S. to Europe (economy class)

Old rate: ~30,000 Lifemiles
New rate: ~35,000 Lifemiles

Weirdly enough, as Award Wallet reported, there are some routes where the redemption improved. For example, from some cities on the East Coast, you can fly to Britain or Ireland for 45,000 Lifemiles, where it used to be 60,000 Lifemiles.

I have a few YouTube videos on Lifemiles, which you can check out below:

Easy Way to Search for Award Flights

Maximizing Your Points with Avianca Lifemiles

Top Credit Card Picks to Replace Amex Gold

American Express has raised the annual fee for their Gold Card, and has many cardholders ready to cancel. If you're on board with possibly canceling your American Express Gold, these are great alternatives for those who still want to continue earning miles and points for travel.

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