Award flights from the US
How many miles it takes to fly to Hawaii
What it takes to fly one way from the US mainland to Honolulu with miles, from every program's own award chart, with Los Angeles and New York as the examples.
Some programs count Hawaii as part of North America, some give it a zone of its own, and distance-based charts price the flight's length, so the East Coast trip, nearly twice as far, often costs much more. Prices are before taxes and fees, which are listed after the tables.
Written and reviewed by the Points Plug team. Last reviewed .
The lowest published prices
Economy from the West Coast
from 12,500
Air Canada Aeroplan on United, one way, Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Business from the West Coast
from 25,000
Air Canada Aeroplan on United, one way, Los Angeles to Honolulu.
Economy from the East Coast
from 17,500
Air Canada Aeroplan on United, one way, New York to Honolulu.
Business from the East Coast
from 35,000
Air Canada Aeroplan on United, one way, New York to Honolulu.
Miles and points are counted in each program's own currency, before taxes and carrier charges. A range in the tables below is the program's own lowest-to-highest price, such as off-peak to peak; these cards use its low end.
From the West Coast: Los Angeles to Honolulu
One-way prices for Los Angeles to Honolulu (2,556 miles), from each program's own chart. Programs that price by distance are shown at the band for this flight. Rows run from the cheapest economy price.
| Program | Flights on | Economy | Premium economy | Business | Chart row |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada Aeroplan | United | from 12,500 | from 20,000 | from 25,000 | Within North America, 1,501 to 2,750 miles, Air Canada and select partnersStarting levels that rise at busy times. The United States is in Aeroplan's North America zone, and the chart has no separate Hawaii zone.Aeroplan: Flight Reward Chart (PDF, August 2026) |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Star Alliance partners | 20,500 | – | 43,000 | North America to Hawaii and Central America, Star Alliance chartOne way is half the round-trip chart (41,000 / 86,000).Singapore Airlines: KrisFlyer Star Alliance award chart (PDF, from 1 November 2025) |
| Emirates Skywards | United | 22,000 | – | 65,000 | Zone 5 (2,001 to 3,000 miles)Emirates Skywards: United Airlines partner page |
| Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | Delta | 22,000 | 46,000 | 66,500 | All other routes, 2,001 to 3,000 milesEach flight is priced separately, so a connection adds its own price.Virgin Atlantic: Delta Air Lines partner page |
| Lufthansa Miles & More | Star Alliance and other partners | 22,500 | – | 37,500 | North America to HawaiiOne way is half the round-trip chart (45,000 / 75,000). Hawaii is its own region.Miles & More: Award Flight chart (PDF, correct as of 3 March 2026) |
| JAL Mileage Bank | Alaska, Hawaiian or American Airlines | 23,000 | 30,000 | 42,000 | Partner airline chart, 2,001 to 4,000 milesFirst Class on Alaska-operated flights and on American's two-class aircraft costs these Business miles.JAL: JMB Partner Airlines Award Ticket chart (Americas site) |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | American Airlines | 23,300 | 50,600 | 68,400 | Qantas table, zone 4 (2,401 to 3,600 miles)Qantas: Classic Flight Reward tables |
| ANA Mileage Club | Star Alliance and other partners | 23,500 | – | 42,500 | North America (Zone 6) to Hawaii (Zone 5), partner one-way chartANA: Partner flight awards (US site) |
| Virgin Australia Velocity | United | 23,500 | 37,500 | 51,500 | United and Virgin Atlantic table, zone 4 (2,401 to 3,600 miles)The minimum on the most direct route.Velocity Frequent Flyer: Use Points for flights (Reward Seat tables) |
| Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles | Star Alliance and other partners | 25,000 | – | 40,000 | Hawaii domestic flights, partner tableFor direct flights; the page doesn't say how a connecting trip is priced.Turkish Airlines: Miles&Smiles award ticket mileage tables |
| Korean Air SKYPASS | Delta and other SkyTeam airlines | 25,000 | – | 45,000 | SkyTeam chart, within North AmericaNorth America includes Hawaii. A round-trip price: a one-way award costs the same miles.Korean Air: SkyTeam award redemption table |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | Alaska or Hawaiian Airlines | 28,200 | 58,200 | 73,400 | Partner table, zone 4 (2,401 to 3,600 miles)Qantas: Classic Flight Reward tables |
| Korean Air SKYPASS | Alaska Airlines | 30,000 | – | – | Alaska Airlines table, US to HawaiiA round-trip price: a one-way award costs the same miles.Korean Air: non-SkyTeam partner award redemption table |
From the East Coast: New York to Honolulu
One-way prices for New York to Honolulu (4,983 miles), from each program's own chart. Programs that price by distance are shown at the band for this flight. Rows run from the cheapest economy price.
| Program | Flights on | Economy | Premium economy | Business | Chart row |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Canada Aeroplan | United | from 17,500 | from 30,000 | from 35,000 | Within North America, 2,751 miles and over, Air Canada and select partnersStarting levels that rise at busy times. The United States is in Aeroplan's North America zone, and the chart has no separate Hawaii zone.Aeroplan: Flight Reward Chart (PDF, August 2026) |
| Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer | Star Alliance partners | 20,500 | – | 43,000 | North America to Hawaii and Central America, Star Alliance chartOne way is half the round-trip chart (41,000 / 86,000).Singapore Airlines: KrisFlyer Star Alliance award chart (PDF, from 1 November 2025) |
| Lufthansa Miles & More | Star Alliance and other partners | 22,500 | – | 37,500 | North America to HawaiiOne way is half the round-trip chart (45,000 / 75,000). Hawaii is its own region.Miles & More: Award Flight chart (PDF, correct as of 3 March 2026) |
| ANA Mileage Club | Star Alliance and other partners | 23,500 | – | 42,500 | North America (Zone 6) to Hawaii (Zone 5), partner one-way chartANA: Partner flight awards (US site) |
| Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles | Star Alliance and other partners | 25,000 | – | 40,000 | Hawaii domestic flights, partner tableFor direct flights; the page doesn't say how a connecting trip is priced.Turkish Airlines: Miles&Smiles award ticket mileage tables |
| Korean Air SKYPASS | Delta and other SkyTeam airlines | 25,000 | – | 45,000 | SkyTeam chart, within North AmericaNorth America includes Hawaii. A round-trip price: a one-way award costs the same miles.Korean Air: SkyTeam award redemption table |
| Virgin Australia Velocity | United | 30,000 | 46,000 | 62,000 | United and Virgin Atlantic table, zone 5 (3,601 to 5,000 miles)The minimum on the most direct route.Velocity Frequent Flyer: Use Points for flights (Reward Seat tables) |
| Korean Air SKYPASS | Alaska Airlines | 30,000 | – | – | Alaska Airlines table, US to HawaiiA round-trip price: a one-way award costs the same miles.Korean Air: non-SkyTeam partner award redemption table |
| Emirates Skywards | United | 32,000 | – | 92,500 | Zone 7 (4,001 to 5,000 miles)Emirates Skywards: United Airlines partner page |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | American Airlines | 36,200 | 73,800 | 98,400 | Qantas table, zone 6 (4,801 to 5,800 miles)Qantas: Classic Flight Reward tables |
| JAL Mileage Bank | Alaska, Hawaiian or American Airlines | 37,000 | 46,000 | 60,000 | Partner airline chart, 4,001 to 6,000 milesFirst Class on Alaska-operated flights and on American's two-class aircraft costs these Business miles.JAL: JMB Partner Airlines Award Ticket chart (Americas site) |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer | Alaska or Hawaiian Airlines | 43,500 | 85,000 | 108,000 | Partner table, zone 6 (4,801 to 5,800 miles)Qantas: Classic Flight Reward tables |
| Virgin Atlantic Flying Club | Delta | 44,000 | 75,000 | 105,000 | All other routes, 4,001 to 5,000 milesEach flight is priced separately, so a connection adds its own price.Virgin Atlantic: Delta Air Lines partner page |
What you pay on top of the miles
Air Canada Aeroplan
Rewards on any airline other than Air Canada, including United, carry a C$39 partner booking fee per ticket.
Source: Aeroplan: Flight Reward policy
American Airlines AAdvantage
Awards on American carry taxes and carrier-imposed fees from $5.60 per person, per award.
Source: American Airlines: AAdvantage awards on American Airlines
Delta SkyMiles
Award tickets carry at least $11.20 in US government taxes and fees on domestic trips.
Source: Delta: SkyMiles Program Rules
JetBlue TrueBlue
Award taxes and fees are $5.60 one way on domestic flights.
JAL Mileage Bank
Partner awards add fuel surcharges and taxes: government taxes and fees start from US$13.40, and taxes plus carrier-imposed fees from US$37.50 per person, per award.
Source: JAL: JMB Partner Airlines Award Ticket chart (Americas site)
Korean Air SKYPASS
Each SkyTeam award adds taxes and charges of at least USD 5.60.
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
Star Alliance awards add taxes, surcharges and fees, which the chart says start from US$40 on a round trip.
Source: Singapore Airlines: KrisFlyer Star Alliance award chart (PDF, from 1 November 2025)
Lufthansa Miles & More
Every award adds taxes, fees and partner airline surcharges, paid by card. Rebooking a chart-priced award costs EUR 50 per person.
Qantas Frequent Flyer
Taxes, fees and carrier charges are paid in cash on top of the points and quoted at booking.
Programs that price by date
These programs publish no fixed price for this trip: the miles needed move with the date and the cash fare, so check the program's own search before moving points.
United MileagePlus
United publishes no award chart. Its MileagePlus investor presentation describes award prices that United sets itself, higher on peak days and lower off-peak, so the miles to Hawaii show only in its search.
Source: United Airlines: MileagePlus investor presentation (PDF, June 2020)
Delta SkyMiles
Delta prints no award chart: prices show by date in its award calendar, and award seats are capacity-controlled.
Source: Delta: Travel with Miles
American Airlines AAdvantage
Awards on American's own flights are priced by date, from as low as 7,500 miles one way on the cheapest routes, and its routing rules count Hawaii as travel within the United States and Canada. Its chart of starting prices loads only in a browser.
Source: American Airlines: AAdvantage awards on American Airlines
JetBlue TrueBlue
JetBlue has no award chart: points for its own flights follow the fare at booking, and partner flights must be paid entirely in points.
Under Blue Sky, TrueBlue points book eligible United flights, and JetBlue names Hawaii among the destinations.
Air France-KLM Flying Blue
Flying Blue prints no award chart: starting prices show only in its Miles price estimator, and its pages don't say which partner flights it books to Hawaii.
Source: Air France: Buy a plane ticket with your Flying Blue Miles
Charts that only show in the booking tool
These programs do publish prices, but only inside a calculator or booking page we can't quote, so they are left out of the tables rather than filled from other websites.
Alaska Atmos Rewards
Alaska's award charts page loads only in a browser, so its prices for Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines flights to Hawaii aren't quoted here. Its launch announcement says redemptions start at 4,500 points one way, without naming routes.
Source: Alaska Airlines newsroom: Introducing Atmos Rewards (20 August 2025)
American Airlines AAdvantage
AAdvantage prices Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines flights from its partner award chart, whose mile values load only in a browser.
Source: American Airlines: AAdvantage partner airline awards
British Airways Club
British Airways says partner flights may be priced differently from its own, by route and distance travelled, but its Reward Flights pages print no distance table.
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles
Asia Miles prices awards on partner airlines by the distance zone of each direction, but the award charts its terms point to load only in a browser.
Source: Cathay: membership programme terms and conditions (PDF, from 1 January 2026)
Qatar Airways Privilege Club
Privilege Club prices partner awards by the total flight distance of the itinerary, but its terms print no table, and its calculator shows the Avios only after a search.
Etihad Guest
Etihad Guest prints no chart or starting prices on its Fly with miles page: Promo seats come at fixed, reduced rates, and the miles for other seats show in its Miles Calculator.
Source: Etihad Guest: Fly with miles
Avianca LifeMiles
LifeMiles publishes no award chart: Avianca's help centre sends members to the flight search on lifemiles.com to see how many miles a route needs.
Source: Avianca help centre: redeeming miles on avianca and partner airlines
Getting the miles
Bank points that transfer to a program are the usual way to top up for one of these awards. Transfers can't be reversed, so confirm the seat is bookable first. The full list is on our transfer partners table.
- Air Canada Aeroplan: Chase (1:1), Amex (1:1), Capital One (1:1), Bilt (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles: Capital One (1:1), Citi (1:1), Bilt (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- Lufthansa Miles & More: no US bank program transfers in
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer: Chase (1:1), Amex (1:1), Capital One (1:1), Citi (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- ANA Mileage Club: Amex (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- Qantas Frequent Flyer: Amex (1:1), Capital One (1:1), Citi (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- JAL Mileage Bank: Capital One (4:3), Bilt (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
- Virgin Atlantic Flying Club: Chase (1:1), Amex (1:1), Capital One (1:1), Citi (1:1), Bilt (1:1), Wells Fargo (ratio not stated), Marriott (3:1)
- Virgin Australia Velocity: Marriott (3:1)
- Korean Air SKYPASS: no US bank program transfers in
- Emirates Skywards: Amex (5:4), Capital One (4:3), Citi (1:0.8), Bilt (1:1), Marriott (3:1)
Award flights to Hawaii FAQ
- What is the cheapest way to fly to Hawaii in economy with miles?
- The lowest published one-way economy prices are: from the West Coast (Los Angeles to Honolulu), from 12,500 Air Canada Aeroplan points on United; from the East Coast (New York to Honolulu), from 17,500 Air Canada Aeroplan points on United. These come from each program's own award chart, before taxes and carrier charges, and the seat still has to be available as an award. Miles aren't worth the same in every program, so compare what each currency costs you to get.
- What is the cheapest way to fly to Hawaii in business class with miles?
- The lowest published one-way business class prices are: from the West Coast (Los Angeles to Honolulu), from 25,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points on United; from the East Coast (New York to Honolulu), from 35,000 Air Canada Aeroplan points on United. These come from each program's own award chart, before taxes and carrier charges, and the seat still has to be available as an award. Miles aren't worth the same in every program, so compare what each currency costs you to get.
- Is Hawaii priced as a domestic flight?
- It depends on the program. Aeroplan's North America zone includes the United States with no separate Hawaii zone, and Korean Air's North America region names Hawaii, so both price it like other trips within North America. Miles & More, ANA and KrisFlyer give Hawaii a zone of its own (KrisFlyer's also covers Central America), and Turkish has a separate price for direct flights to Hawaii. Distance-based charts, such as JAL's partner chart, Qantas's, Velocity's, Virgin Atlantic's Delta chart and Emirates' United chart, price the length of the flight.
- Can you book Hawaiian Airlines flights with partner miles?
- Yes. Qantas's partner table and JAL's partner chart both cover Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines, and JAL charges its business miles for first class on Alaska-operated flights. Velocity's partnership with Hawaiian Airlines ended on 1 July 2025, and Alaska's own award charts load only in a browser.
Sources
- Aeroplan: Flight Reward Chart (PDF, August 2026) · official page
- Turkish Airlines: Miles&Smiles award ticket mileage tables · official page
- Miles & More: Award Flight chart (PDF, correct as of 3 March 2026) · official page
- Singapore Airlines: KrisFlyer Star Alliance award chart (PDF, from 1 November 2025) · official page
- ANA: Partner flight awards (US site) · official page
- Qantas: Classic Flight Reward tables · official page
- JAL: JMB Partner Airlines Award Ticket chart (Americas site) · official page
- Virgin Atlantic: Delta Air Lines partner page · official page
- Velocity Frequent Flyer: Use Points for flights (Reward Seat tables) · official page
- Korean Air: SkyTeam award redemption table · official page
- Korean Air: non-SkyTeam partner award redemption table · official page
- Emirates Skywards: United Airlines partner page · official page
- United Airlines: MileagePlus investor presentation (PDF, June 2020) · official page
- Delta: Travel with Miles · official page
- American Airlines: AAdvantage awards on American Airlines · official page
- JetBlue: Redeeming points for award travel · official page
- JetBlue: JetBlue and United Blue Sky · official page
- Air France: Buy a plane ticket with your Flying Blue Miles · official page
- Alaska Airlines newsroom: Introducing Atmos Rewards (20 August 2025) · official page
- American Airlines: AAdvantage partner airline awards · official page
- British Airways: Reward Flights (US page) · official page
- Cathay: membership programme terms and conditions (PDF, from 1 January 2026) · official page
- Qatar Airways: Privilege Club terms and conditions · official page
- Etihad Guest: Fly with miles · official page
- Avianca help centre: redeeming miles on avianca and partner airlines · official page
- Aeroplan: Flight Reward policy · official page
- Delta: SkyMiles Program Rules · official page
- Miles & More: flight award terms and conditions · official page