Flight attendants called each passenger by name throughout the flight, and were more than willing to help out with any requests. Without a doubt, the strongest part of this flight was the service. Even though it wasn't even 8am, I couldn't refuse a mai tai, which came in a real glass. Right after taking my seat after boarding, the flight attendants came around, introduced themselves and handed out a choice of beverages: mai tais, prosecco, water or juice. Hawaiian's A330s aren't equipped with Wi-Fi, which is a bummer for business travelers and really anyone who would like to get some work done on such a long flight, but most people go to Hawaii to relax, and being disconnected for about 11 hours was a pretty great feeling, not gonna lie.

With another USB charging slot, he could have also charged his personal device if he needed to, as well. It seemed easy, given the charging port to the side of the seat. The cabin crew was quick to deliver him a charger. The iPad I received had no problem lasting the entirety of the flight, though I noticed that my seatmate's needed a charge. At Boston Logan, Terminal E is the international terminal.

Hawaiian Airlines 89 had a scheduled departure time of 8:10am, with boarding scheduled for 7:25am from Gate E5. We earned a total of 10,725 Membership Rewards points for the purchase, which are worth about $204 according to TPG's current valuations. 1, 2021, earn 5x points on up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year). We charged the ticket to The Platinum Card® from American Express to take advantage of the card's 5x bonus category on flights purchased directly with the airline or through Amex travel (starting Jan. Predictably, there was no availability at the saver level for the brand-new flight, so we paid $2,145 for a round-trip flight between Boston and Honolulu, with the outbound segment in first class and the return in economy. And, Hawaiian is a 1:1 transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards, so it's relatively easy to build your account balance with Hawaiian. If you get lucky and find a saver award, you'll need 40,000 HawaiianMiles for a one-way ticket in first class.

You can redeem your points and miles for Hawaiian Airlines flights, but availability is quite hard to come by. New to The Points Guy? Sign up for our daily newsletter and check out our beginner's guide.īy signing up, you will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. We were aboard the carrier's very first flight from Boston (BOS) to Hawaii's capital city, in first class, no less. In April 2019, Hawaiian Airlines broke its own record for the longest domestic nonstop - New York-JFK to Honolulu (HNL) - by going about 100 miles farther to another East Coast metropolis, also with the Airbus A330-200. On Hawaiian Airlines' nonstop from Boston to Honolulu, the longest US domestic flight in history, this isn't the case. Under most circumstances, flying over 11 hours nonstop across six time zones means you're flying internationally. This article has been lightly edited from the original. According to a schedule published by Hawaiian Airlines, all flights to the mainland except for one daily service each to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle are suspended until May 20, 2020. Note that the flight reviewed in this article is currently suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. We hope this will help you choose once we're all ready to start booking trips again. To help keep you entertained - and maybe inspire you - we are also republishing a selection of our most popular reviews from 20, including the one below, which was originally published in April 2019. However, we have resumed the publication of new, previously unpublished flight, hotel and lounge reviews, from trips taken before the lockdown. During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips.

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