The Offer
- Receive a 25% transfer bonus when you transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles. The standard rate is 1:1, so this means it would be 1:1.25. So if you transfer 1,000 Membership Rewards you’d receive 1,250 HawaiianMiles.
The Fine Print
- Valid until June 21st, 2016
Hawaiian Airline Mile Uses
You can get flights for 35,000 miles round trip with the card from mainland USA to Hawaii, but there isn’t a lot of space available. Another good use of the miles is for inter island flights in Hawaii, they come out at 7,500 miles per one way trip.
You can also transfer to Hilton at a rate of 1:1.5 (meaning you’d get 1.875 Hilton point per Membership Rewards point), but I think that’s a massive waste. Update: These miles cannot be transferred to Hilton due to this fine print:
Note: Transfers will be made immediately, however, please allow up to 48 hours for the transfer to be complete. Points transferred into HawaiianMiles accounts may not be transferred to a third party loyalty program.
Our Verdict
You can view a full list of transfer bonuses American Express has offered here. This is what they have offered for Hawaiian Airlines in the past:
- December 8th – 21st, 2015: 25% bonus
- June 11th – June 23rd, 2014: 20% bonus
They are also offering a 30% transfer bonus to Etihad until June 15th. Barclaycard are currently offering a 50,000 mile bonus on their Hawaiian Airlines credit card.
