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The Hawaiian Airlines Business Mastercard is currently seeing an increased welcome bonus of up to 70,000 miles: That’s 60K after $1K in purchases within the first 90 days and a bonus 10K after making a purchase on an employee card. While Hawaiian miles aren’t the most valuable currency, this can be a good bonus if you have a good use in mind.
The Offer
| Card Offer |
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50k Miles ⓘ Non-Affiliate 50k miles after spending $4,000 within the first 90 days$99 Annual Fee Recent better offer: Expired 9/11/22: 80K + $99 statement credit after $2K spend in first 90 days |
Key Card Details
| Card Name w Details & Review (no offer) |
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$99 Annual Fee Earning rate: 3X Hawaiian Airlines ✦ 2x gas, dining, and office supply stores ✦ 1x everywhere else Card Info: Mastercard World Elite issued by Barclays. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Earn up to 40,000 annual bonus miles — 20k miles with $50-$99k annual spend or 40k miles with $100k or more annual spend; Noteworthy perks: One-time 50% off a companion discount on roundtrip coach travel between Hawaii and North America on Hawaiian Airlines |
Quick Thoughts
The new offer on this card might make it worth a look in certain spots:
- You have a good use for Hawaiian miles in mind (always a good reason)
- You live in or travel from Hawaii and can take advantage of partner awards with decent pricing from HI
- You want a non-Amex way to earn Hilton points (H/T to Richard Kerr on this one)
- You have a magic wand that makes saver business flights available between the continental US and Hawaii
If any of those apply to you, this offer may be worth it. If not, it’s a questionable proposition. In the past, I’d said that this one could be a value for flying a family on inter-island flights since those flights ordinarily cost $100 and you could get enough of them (or for enough passengers) with an offer like this to save a nice chunk of change.
However, now that Southwest has entered the inter-island market with flights from $29 each way, prices are already being competed down and the mileage rates just don’t make sense with Hawaiian.
Overall, this is probably a miss for most folks, but as it is a business card it should theoretically not add to your Chase 5/24 count and that might put it back into the realm of consideration for the truly dedicated among us.
H/T: Doctor of Credit
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What does this mean? “Existing cardmembers, existing accounts, and previous cardmembers with accounts closed in the past 24 months may not be eligible for this offer.” I take this meaning if I have the PERSONAL card I am not eligible? I will call and ask.
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Show me one Southwest flight from mainland to Hawaii under $100…it is all marketing, it does not exist
“inter-island flights since those flights ordinarily cost $100”
I’m referencing inter-island flights, as in flights from Honolulu to Kona, which are $29 right now on Douthwest and $59 on Hawaiian Airlines. They used to cost $100 each way, so paying 7500 mi one way with Hawaiian Miles meant you could save several hundred dollars with this offer. However, now that prices have been competed down, using Hawaiian miles for inter-island flights is no longer worthwhile. That point had nothing to do with flights from the mainland.
It see now, thanks for clarification.
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