HawaiianMiles elite standing for frequent flyers brings further mileage incomes, upgrades, and different advantages – however solely on Hawaiian Airways.
Elite standing with HawaiianMiles is called Pualani Elite. That is earned by frequent flying with Hawaiian Airways and companions, however as advantages are principally simply with Hawaiian Airways, it’s actually geared toward these in Hawaii. In contrast to many different airline loyalty applications, you may earn standing simply from flying, with even the lowest-priced tickets making a very good contribution.
The 2 ranges with Pualani Elite
You might be questioning the place the identify Pualani comes from. Pualani is the identify of the lady who seems on the tails of all Hawaiian Airlines plane. It interprets as “heavenly flower.”
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There are simply two ranges inside Pualani Elite, Pualani Gold and Pualani Platinum. These may be earned as follows:
- Pualani Gold: 20,000 elite qualifying miles or 30 segments.
- Pualani Platinum: 40,000 elite qualifying miles or 60 segments.
Elite qualifying miles are the identical as the bottom miles earned when flying on Hawaiian Airways or any of its companions. This doesn’t embrace any standing bonuses or any miles earned from credit score or debit card spending.
For Hawaiian Airways flights, that is merely 100% of the miles flown for essential cabin tickets, and 150% for first and enterprise class tickets. To see all companion airways’ charts, go to the HawaiianMiles website. The instance beneath is the mileage incomes for companion Virgin Atlantic.
Any mileage-earning section counts as a qualifying section. Standing relies on the variety of miles or segments awarded inside every calendar 12 months – the standing turns into legitimate as quickly because the goal is reached and stays legitimate for the entire subsequent 12 months.
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Advantages when flying on Hawaiian Airways
Standing brings a number of advantages when touring with Hawaiian Airways. At every stage, these embrace:
Pualani Gold:
- Two free checked baggage.
- 50% mileage incomes bonus on all Hawaiian Airways flights.
- Use of firstclass verify in at Hawaiian airports.
- Precedence safety in some airports.
- A minimal incomes stage of 500 miles per flight.
- Entry to Hawaiian Airways Premier Golf equipment in Hawaii.
- Complimentary upgrades to Additional Consolation seating on all flights.
- Reductions on upgrades to firstclass.
- Complimentary same-day standby for earlier flights in Hawaii.
Photograph: Vincenzo Tempo I Easy Flying
Pualani Platinum provides the next:
- Three free checked baggage.
- 100% mileage incomes bonus on all Hawaiian Airways flights.
- Greater precedence for complimentary upgrades.
- 72-hour seat assure for paid fares inside Hawaii.
- Entry to lounges in some worldwide locations.
- Complimentary upgrades to firstclass on flights in Hawaii.
- Certificates for upgrades on US and worldwide flights (two improve certificates are awarded after qualifying for standing, six extra certificates after reaching 75,000 qualifying miles, and another for each further 10,000 qualifying miles.
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Providing advantages with different airways is one space in that HawaiianMiles differs from different loyalty applications. As Hawaiian Airways will not be in any of the three main airline alliances, there isn’t any alliance requirement to supply advantages on different airways.
Though Hawaiian Airways has a number of partnerships in place with different airways, they don’t typically acknowledge Pualani Elite standing. You’ll not obtain advantages or preferential remedy when flying with these airways.
Do you maintain standing with HawaiianMiles, or are you working in direction of it? Be at liberty to share what you consider the Pualani Elite program within the feedback.