Hawaiian Airlines is just weeks away from dismantling its loyalty program as travelers have known it. On June 30, 2025, a widespread reset begins. Airline partnerships will be terminated, redemption options will vanish, and key credit card transfer benefits are expected to disappear. Mileage awards have already changed, and largely not for the better.
These changes mark the start of Hawaiian’s transition into Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan. Eventually, that will bring access to oneworld’s global network—but for now at least, the result is more loss than gain.
For those sitting on HawaiianMiles or using any of the connected programs, this is a final chance to take action before key benefits vanish.
What was HawaiianMiles and why it matters now.
HawaiianMiles has been Hawaiian Airlines’ frequent flyer program for more than forty years. For decades, it has allowed travelers to earn and redeem miles for flights, interisland connections, shopping, dining, and a limited but valuable set of international partner airlines.
With the upcoming merger, that structure is being replaced. Mileage earnings and redemptions will shift under Alaska’s system, which operates under different pricing rules and with different crossover partnerships. Travelers who’ve built up miles expecting fixed-value awards or Hawaii lifestyle perks are now seeing those assumptions erased.
These 18 HawaiianMiles partnerships end June 30.
Hawaiian Airlines is ending nearly all of its current HawaiianMiles partnerships at once. This includes airline, credit card, dining, shopping, and other lifestyle connections that have defined how members earn and redeem miles.
Airline partnerships ending:
The last day to book award flights with these airlines is June 30, 2025. Travel must be completed by February 28, 2026. Earning HawaiianMiles on these partner flights also ends with travel completed by June 30.
- Virgin Australia
- Virgin Atlantic
- China Airlines
- Japan Airlines (transitioning to Alaska)
- Korean Air
- JetBlue
Other HawaiianMiles partners ending:
These dining and shopping partners will no longer earn or accept HawaiianMiles after June 30, 2025. Redemptions must be made before that date. For many, they were part of how the program delivered value beyond airfare. Their removal signals a clear shift toward a more traditional airline-forward loyalty model.
- Boyd
- Foodland
- Hele
- Koa Pancake
- Konos
- Maui Jim
- The Alley
Additional earn-only partners ending:
These mileage-earning partners will also be removed.
- Rocket Mortgage
- University of Hawaii
- Carmel
- Island Art
Amex transfers to HawaiianMiles end June 30.
It’s now confirmed that American Express will end its transfer partnership with Hawaiian Airlines on June 30, 2025. A banner announcing the cutoff has appeared directly on Amex’s Membership Rewards transfer screen.
For years, this option allowed travelers to move Amex points into HawaiianMiles to fund award redemptions, which we can confirm has been super useful. With the program now shutting down, travelers lose that major source of flexibility.
Part of a broader shift at Alaska.
Alaska Airlines does not support transfers from Amex and has made clear that its credit card partnerships will remain focused on Bank of America and Bilt. Through Bilt, members can transfer rewards points directly to Alaska at a 1:1 ratio, and Alaska’s co-branded Visa card now earns bonus miles when used to pay rent through the Bilt platform.
The loss of Amex is now confirmed and immediate. Travelers still intending to transfer points should do so before the June 30 deadline.
Award prices soar under new model.
HawaiianMiles is also changing how much awards cost. The fixed-price charts that once capped First Class flights at 80,000 miles round-trip have been replaced by a demand-based model with far higher ceilings.
New award pricing ranges now show some one-way First Class tickets as high as 250,000 miles. In some searches, travelers have reported seeing round-trip quotes of 500,000 miles. This mirrors Alaska’s approach to award travel: more availability (to the last seat), while sometimes at dramatically higher mileage costs.
That flexibility comes at a price. Gone are the more predictable redemptions that made it possible to plan around peak seasons. What remains is a system where timing and luck heavily influence whether an award makes sense—or becomes worthless.
Loyalty backlash—and quiet resignation.
Frequent Hawaiian traveler frustration is clear, with readers expressing disillusionment not only with the changes but also with how they’ve been introduced.
Lynette said she had saved miles for years to take her parents to Maui, only to find she could no longer afford the redemption. Puyo noted that flights from Boston to Honolulu jumped from 130,000 miles to 500,000.
Franklin called the merger a cultural erasure of what Hawaiian Airlines once stood for. Others reported canceled bookings, poor communication, and an overall sense that long-term loyalty has been punished.
At the same time, some readers acknowledged that Hawaiian was struggling financially and likely headed toward another bankruptcy without Alaska’s acquisition.
What you can still do before June 30.
Travelers have limited but important options left. HawaiianMiles can still be redeemed for award flights on outgoing airline partners if booked by June 30. Those tickets will remain valid for travel into early 2026.
Anyone planning to use Amex or other point transfers should act now. These will end without further warning, and there will be no grace period once they’re gone.
If you’ve earned miles through lifestyle partners like Foodland or Hele, now is the time to use them before those connections disappear.
Award pricing is already volatile. Monitor fares closely, and if you see a redemption that makes sense, don’t wait. Many travelers—including the BOH team—have already moved to lock in value and convert miles to tickets while it’s still available.
What’s next may offer significantly more—but not yet.
Alaska and Hawaiian have promised broader reach through oneworld. This opens new redemptions on airlines like American, British Airways, Japan Airlines, and Qantas.
But that entirely revamped system hasn’t launched. We’re still waiting on new redemption charts, earning structures, and elite benefit rules to be announced. For now, what matters most is what ends June 30—more so than what might arrive later.
This isn’t a loyalty transition. It’s a loyalty reset. And time is running out to make the most of what’s left before we step into Alaska’s future.
Where do you stand on all the frequent flyer program changes unfolding right now? Let us know. Mahalo.
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First the hotel is charging me almost double. The rental car went up at $10-$15 per day and now the airlines are joining the madness. Island people are getting charged with the tourist tax. Being a “kamaaina” doesn’t mean anything anymore.
Oh, come on.
You’re going to be in OneWorld.
Qantas, Japan Airlines, British Airways, American Airlines, and more.
The Foodland points to Hawaiian miles transfer is something that I really hope becomes a Foodland points to Alaska miles transfer. It would keep a small amount of the local “flavor” for those of us in Hawaii. However, I think the focus will move to Safeway customers in Hawaii given that Alaska already has this in place: “Shop in Carrs/Safeway stores in the state of Alaska and earn a point for every $1 you spend on groceries…. Every 100 points gets you a Reward to clip for 100 Mileage Plan miles or more. Link your Mileage Plan and Carrs/Safeway accounts for U Rewards.”
Interisland travelers are screwed the most. No Loyalty, Ju$t Monopoly will soon be the mantra… Especially if Southwest pulls out. 😯
Do you know if hawaiian airlines gift cards can still be used after the merger?
The company continues as a merged entity. The buyer of the company purchased the assets and the liabilities.
So the gift cards would have to continue as a matter of law. Now how that occurs remains to be seen.
I currently have, 900,000 Hawaiian miles. What is going to happen to my Hawaiian miles come July 1, 2025? Will I still be able to use my miles on Hawaiian flight’s? Do I need to move them to Alaska Air by July 1, or loose them? Will Hawaiian miles and Alaska miles automatically combine without me doing anything?
Hawaii, I think this is a great decision that was made!
Hawaii, you are the best!
This reminds me of the time i lost 350,000 points when Aloha Airlines closed down. I was a loyal traveler with Hawaiian now, i am going to lose it all again.
Alaska Airlines is partners with Japan Airlines. Hawaiian will be part of Alaska. It’s misleading to say that Hawaiian is ending partnership with JAL.
So do I need to close my hawaaiian airlines credit card?
Right now it’s the only thing that will get you into the lounges and/or free luggage!
I think IMO airlines are not willing to offer anything, Food, limited drinks, complementary upgrades, nothing. They are putting their foot down on the shop somewhere else and use accumulated points to fly for free. IMO use em or loose em is the bottom line. Is the annual fee worth the card? I guess Hawaiian is now owned by Alaska airlines but with these occurrances maybe the big question is How Long?
After the transition is completed, we plan to fly Southwest to Las Vegas. That’s 5-6 times a year. No more Hawaiian.
So sad that Hawaiian ending with losses for loyal flyers. Traveling with miles were very affordable and allowed many local families to do family trips. This is now gone with the tremendous increases in mileage travel. Hopefully, Alaska will consider reasonable mileage travel. Have already seen big increases in prices for travel from Hawaii. Hopefully, Hawaiian will still be the face of travel for locals.
I’m still a little confused and getting straight answers is difficult. If I keep my Hawaiian credit card and miles earned, will I still be able to fly Hawaiian and use these existing benefits past the June 30th cut-off. I fly at least once a year to the big island and I’m not really interested in the Alaska benefits. Thanks
Hi, may I ask if Hawaians recent 5 June 2025 partnership with Qantas is also going to be cancelled on 30 June 2025 like the other airline partnerships?
I have advised my family and friends in Australia about this new HAL/Qantas partnership and now I may have to be the bearer of bad news if it is cancelled like 4 weeks later. Auwē
To me, it doesn’t make sense for AAG to cancel JAL’s partnership with HAL considering JAL & Qantas are both with the Oneworld Alliance and HAL is supposedly joining Oneworld in 2026 too.
Anywho, Thank you for allowing me to comment and for your reply as well!
So glad I read this. Has everything in place to transfer Amex points to buy a ticket for June 2026. Now concerned I’ll be wasting those points as you suggested ticket might not be valid that far into the year!
I have over 20k hawaiian miles to use before june 30. What is the equivalent ticket/s I am able to get. I would be able to get the ticket/s to use by 2026?
Please advise.
Mai
Hi Lilson.
Your miles aren’t expiring. Just these partnerships.
Aloha.
All I can say is…
…I’m glad we’ve been with United since the 70’s (and I don’t get a dime for saying that!)
Every time there was any kind of issue, they came through. Even if we caught an employee on a bad day, management always made good on it.
Airline Loyalty? The only reason I continue to ride UA is because of my million miler status which give me (and my wife) E+ seating. Otherwise it would be a number of other issues. The airlines have clearly defined “loyalty” in one way only. And that doesn’t benefit the frequent traveler in their seats.
How do I transfer Hawaiianmiles to ? I don’t have a credit card with them so are we then penalized because we in Australia & have been buying miles since COVID & now HA don’t fly from BNE to HNL TIA
I fully support any legal action against Alaska Airlines for alleged “bait and switch” practices. There is substantial concern that Alaska Airlines, in conjunction with Hawaiian Airlines (HA), continued to aggressively market the purchase of miles—both through the HA credit card and direct sales—while already planning significant devaluations of point redemption rates. This pattern of conduct, if substantiated, could constitute deceptive business practices under consumer protection statutes, such as those enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and analogous state laws.
Courts have recognized that knowingly inducing consumers to purchase products or services under materially false pretenses may give rise to claims for fraud, breach of contract, and violations of unfair or deceptive acts or practices (UDAP) statutes. For example, in Klein v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 202 Cal. App. 4th 1342 (2012).. Be Warned Alaska We Are Out Here
On my recent flight home from Hawaii on HA they were promoting the Barclays credit card & that you could get 70,000 miles. I thought that odd since they were merging with Alaska.
Frequent flyer Schemes have had their day. They were a real benefit in the 80’s and 90’s but since then the hassles outweigh the benefits. I just keep my two lifetime statuses and take the best flight irrespective of ffb scheme now. The commercial pressure to move towards card schemes and devalue the redemption values and availability has just sucked the value from their proposition.
I didn’t see any mention of transferring or converting Hawaii miles to Alaska mikes? Is it 1 to 1?
I’m wondering also…will my current Hawaiian miles automatically roll over to Alaska mileage program?
You need to link your Hawaiian & Alaskan mileage program. If you don’t have Alaskan’s, I would recommend enrolling just because you’ll be able to use the mileage points between the 2 to schedule flights for either airline.
Its a 1:1 ratio
Any word on how the Barclay’s HA credit card will change?
Why bother to save miles? The way airlines change award rates makes it a big guessing game with you the loser
We transferred our Amex points to Hawaiian. There, we will be able to use them on Alaska flights,, correct?
It’s sad to see to see the airline we have been
faithful to for decades treat us like this. l have flown for years on Hawaiian and have always had a pleasant trip. RIP Hawaiian Airlines
The airline you flew on all those years died in 2019. That was the last year Hawaiian Airlines made a profit and there is no sense they were going to do anything differently going forward.
That’s why the stockholders agreed to sell out to Alaska Airlines while there was still a carcass to harvest.
I know this isn’t the end—it’s the middle of the story. Yes I’m frustrated, but I’m also watching closely. Maybe Alaska has something better in store than we realize yet.
It’s all weirdly freeing. I’ve spent years stressing over “perfect redemptions,” and how to earn miles, and now I’m just happy I used the miles I had. I’m done chasing frequent flyer program, theirs or anyone else’s. Only the airlines win at that game.
You finally see the light ! … One less thing in life to stress over. Congratulations getting off the ‘hamster wheel’ ! Just like Las Vegas, there’s a reason these entities make $$$$ & profits !
I’d barely heard of Bilt before this article. But Amex I know. Now I’m looking into that while trying to make the best of ongoing changes with no end in sight.
It’s a very confusing transition. I just looked into booking business class (Hawaiian doesn’t have first class) Honolulu to Osaka and they wanted 400,000 miles. Absolutely ridiculous. I don’t even know what to do with the miles I have left as there had been no instructions whatsoever. It’s sad because I’ve been a platinum flyer for almost 2 decades.
Alaska has a solid program if you’re in the right network. But for Hawaii, feels like we’re losing more than we’re gaining—at least for now. Time will tell.
I like many are saddened by the change. But the fact is Hawaiian Airlines was run into the ground by bad management. Less Alaska, or someone had acquired it., it would’ve been aloha airlines all over again
Hopefully, Alaska Airlines will be fair
I didn’t even know there were lifestyle partners. I just used miles for flights and transferred Amex to Hawaiian routinely. That will be missed. But the ones who knew about those might be pretty bummed.
Confusing…Please advise if Hawaiian miles can still be redeemed for flights on Hawaiian?…. is that also changing soon?
Thanks!
Hi John.
You will still have use of your HawaiianMiles for flights on Hawaiian. That has not changed.
Aloha.