Hawaiian Airlines will no longer be an Amex transfer partner

[Mattg]

The following notice has been added to the Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners page, beside HawaiianMiles:



Get in by 30 June if you want to transfer into HawaiianMiles (you can transfer onwards from Hawaiian to Alaska Airlines at a 1:1 rate )

 

[aus_flyer]

Sad news

 

[ms1]

Very sad news indeed. I've really taken advantage of Alaska redemptions the last few months. Much better value compared to QF.

 

[Disco]

The following notice has been added to the Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners page, beside HawaiianMiles:

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Get in by 30 June if you want to transfer into HawaiianMiles (you can transfer onwards from Hawaiian to Alaska Airlines at a 1:1 rate )

bother, that's a pity. Are they going to replace with another airline partner? i.e. the list is shorter and less attractive.

 

[elanshin]

I think we all saw the writing on this wall and it was simply a case of how long could we abuse this.

 

[Viridis]

They've only been there for about 5mins haven't they?

 

[levelnine]

They've only been there for about 5mins haven't they?

Yes, was a short term loophole emerging from the Alaska-Hawaiian merger.

Alaska don't ordinarily partner with Amex (they partner with BOA in the US), but Hawaiian did, so it was a backdoor route to converting Amex to Alaska.

The main question for me is how many US MR I want to park with Alaska.

 

[laffer]

Whats the play here? Alaska does seem to have genuine availability. But I am nervous sending a whole heap of points out without an immediate use to park in Alaska. What are peoples experiences with Alaska?