Daily Getaways: May 2-4 (Iast week)

  It’s the last week for Daily Getaways, which is sponsored by the US Travel Association and offers discounts for hotels, car rentals, attractions, and more. There are some good deals available, so it’s a good idea to browse the list on the calendar. Each listing begins at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time/7am Hawaii Standard Time. …

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Winner of Prize Giveaway!

Thanks for visiting my blog! It’s been a great start to 2016, and to thank you for celebrating my official launch I want to give one lucky person an awesome prize. Everyone who qualified was entered into a random drawing using the site: randomresult.com. I Googled it online to find a fair way to randomly …

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My First Trip to Japan: Tokyo

  I live in a melting pot that is Hawaii, and the Japanese culture is largely included in the multicultural mix. It has always been a travel goal of mine to explore the origins of the food, people, history and culture that I experience on a daily basis. And what better way than flying to …

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Daily Getaways: April 25-29

Daily Getaways is sponsored by the US Travel Association and offers discounts for hotels, car rentals, attractions, and more. There are some good deals available, so it’s a good idea to browse the list on the calendar. Each listing begins at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time/7am Hawaii Standard Time. The catch? There aren’t many packages offered, …

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My First Trip to Japan

  I visited Japan for the first time and didn’t eat any sushi! Well, I don’t particularly like to eat all the rice in sushi, but I love sashimi and I ate a lot of it. I chose Japan during Cherry Blossom (sakura) season because my mom had this on her bucket list. We decided …

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Apr 01

Prize Giveaway!

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I apologize for the delay. I’ve been traveling and having too much fun the last couple months, but I’m back and still celebrating the launch of my blog. I’ll be sure to update all of you on my travels soon. In the meantime, I appreciate all my new readers and would like to award one of you with another prize. Good luck!

 

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Mar 05

Mistakes from a World Traveler: Passport Renewal Procrastination

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If you’ve read my trip reports, especially my Round The World trip last year, you’re probably thinking how organized and methodical I am when planning a vacation. It may appear that way now, but I’ve experienced a lot of mishaps along the way that helped me become better prepared before I travel.

In my series Lessons Learned: Mistakes from a World Traveler, I want to chronicle the mistakes I’ve made in the hopes that others will not make the same errors as well. Some of my experiences aren’t so bad, although others may seem catastrophic at the time.

My next installment reflects an incident that occurred a few years ago. I thought I had it all figured out until I realized I didn’t.

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Feb 25

Earn Miles by Flying

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Top: Delta’s miles calculator. Bottom: United’s mileage calculator.

I’ve spend the past few months discussing ways to earn miles without flying: Shopping Portals, Dining Rewards Network, and Partner Programs. I think it would be appropriate to discuss the old fashioned way of earning miles, the method in which frequent flyer mile programs started – flying on an airplane.

I considered briefly naming this post, “Death of Frequent Flyer Miles,” but that’s a bit melodramatic. Two of the major US carriers (Delta and United) have transitioned their frequent miles programs from a distance-based system to revenue-based for earning miles. This change greatly benefits the airlines, following trends set by smaller airlines such as Southwest, Virgin America and Jet Blue, who already hand out miles based on ticket fare. Not to mention, Business and First Class passengers as they will earn more miles by paying for expensive tickets.

What does this mean for the average traveler?

 

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Feb 02

Flight Deal: Virgin America (Honolulu to San Francisco or Los Angeles)

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A friend of mine alerted me today that Virgin America, who recently launched services from the West Coast to Hawaii, has a great fare sale between Honolulu-Los Angeles and Honolulu-San Francisco. She just booked a roundtrip ticket for $340 HNL-SFO. That’s an awesome deal!

I know I promote miles and points to fly for almost free, but sometimes it’s not a bad idea to pay for flights if there’s a great deal. As of this post, Virgin America still has flights available at $169 one-way. This is a great deal to the West Coast.

 

What’s the Offer?

Flights between Hawaii and San Francisco or Los Angeles are available for $169 one-way from now until May 2016.

Let’s take a look at Virgin’s monthly calendar for HNL-SFO to see what’s available at this moment. A quick check shows more availability in San Francisco.

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Jan 31

January 2016 Review

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At the end of every month, I’d like to do a quick summary of the month’s posts to highlight what you may have missed.

If you’re looking for a particular post, you can always search for keywords using the Search box at the top right, or the Categories or Archives widget boxes on the right side of the page.

 

January Highlights

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Jan 30

Winner of Prize Giveaway!

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Thanks for visiting my blog! It’s been a great start to 2016, and to thank you for celebrating my official launch I want to give one lucky person an awesome prize.

Everyone who qualified was entered into a random drawing using the site: randomresult.com. I Googled it online to find a fair way to randomly choose a winner.

 

And the Winner is…

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Jan 17

Prize Giveaway! 1 Week Left to Enter

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Thanks for visiting my blog! Just a reminder that there’s less than a week left to enter.

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Enter for a Chance to Win a $100 Hawaiian Airlines Gift Card!

To enter, all you need to do is write a comment on my blog (let me know your travel goals or ask me a question), like me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. You have 3 chances to enter, one entry per forum.

The deadline to enter is January 22nd. A winner will be chosen by random drawing a week later on January 30th. Please note, winners will need to sign a Prize Release & Waiver Form.

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Jan 16

Flight Deals: Airfarewatchdog

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I have spent the past couple of months touting miles and points as a means to earn and redeem for an almost-free vacation. However, sometimes paying for a flight is a necessity, for instance you may be short on points or have no points at all, the airline has limited award seats, or you prefer paying low fares for domestic flights to save your miles for a better redemption value like an international award ticket.

Finding cheap airline fares is not so easy to do. There’s no algorithm or magic ball that can predict when airline prices will fall. When I plan a trip I personally check online daily, sometimes every morning and evening, to find a low fare, and I have on multiple occasions. I’m well aware that most people aren’t as methodical or disciplined as I am to check daily (or you have better things to do with your time), that’s why there are other programs and websites that can do the work for you.

One such website is Airfarewatchdog. They identify low fares for your specific route and send you alerts when prices drop. It’s not a computer program scanning the web, rather, human beings searching hundreds of routes daily and actually verifying that the routes are bookable online. Saves you time and, in many cases, money.

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Jan 14

Earn HawaiianMiles at Pearlridge Center, January 16 & 17

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Shop at Pearlridge this weekend to earn HawaiianMiles! (Bottom row: example of previous promotions at Windward Mall & Kahala Mall)

Shop at Pearlridge this weekend to earn HawaiianMiles!                                                (Bottom: example of previous promotions at Windward Mall & Kahala Mall)

 

If you’re planning to go shopping this weekend, head over to Pearlridge Center to earn 3x HawaiianMiles per $1 spent. The deal is valid January 16-17.

If you’re a resident of Oahu and a HawaiianMiles member, you’ve probably received various emails throughout the year regarding bonus miles for shopping at Pearlridge Center, Windward Mall, Kahala Mall, and Kapolei Shopping Center. If you’ve elected not to receive marketing or partner promotion emails, you may be missing out on some deals. But don’t worry, I’ll let you know all about it.

I’m not familiar if there are offers for neighbor islands, but if there is, let me know.

 

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Jan 12

Fly Hawaiian Airlines with American AAdvantage Miles

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Did you know that Hawaiian Airlines and American Airlines are partners and that you’re able to redeem AAdvantage miles to fly on Hawaiian? And that sometimes it’s better to use AAdvantage miles because their redemption rates may be lower?

This partnership is unique because Hawaiian is not part of OneWorld Alliance that American is a member of, which includes international carriers like British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Air Berlin, Japan Airlines, and others. While the partnership is not as extensive as an alliance, there are valuable redemptions to be made that are better than using HawaiianMiles.

Important Note: American Airlines is making changes to its award chart, effective March 22, 2016, which will increase the miles redemption for certain award tickets. However, there’s still time to book before the changes go into effect, but even after the changes there are still valuable redemptions to be made.

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