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Yes, HawaiianMiles expire if you have had no activity on your account in the last 18 months. Per Hawaiian Airlines:
Earned mileage will expire when a member does not earn or redeem miles for 18 consecutive months from the last date of member activity.
What Qualifies As Activity?
Hawaiian Airlines deems any earning or redemption as qualifying activity. The following activities qualify to reset your mileage expiration clock:
- Book a Hawaiian Airlines flight with your miles
- Earn miles through shopping with Hawaiian’s shopping partners
- Use the Hawaiian Airlines MileFinder
- Rent a car with a Hawaiian car rental partner
- Stay at a Hawaiian partner hotel
- Earn miles when you book a cruise with a Hawaiian Airlines vacation partners
- You can also earn miles through everyday spend with the Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite Mastercard® (See Terms)
Can I Purchase Miles to Extend the Life of My Miles?
Yes, if you have been unable to meet any of the other activity requirements, purchasing miles will extend your mileage validity. You can purchase miles online or via phone, with a minimum purchase requirement of 500 miles.
Can Expired Miles Be Reinstated?
Expired miles may be reinstated for a fee. Members will need to call the HawaiianMiles Service Center toll-free 1-877-HA-MILES (426-4537). for assistance with the reinstatement of expired miles and payment of the associated fee.
For rates and fees of the cards mentioned in this post, please visit the following links: Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite Mastercard® ((See Terms))
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Thanks for the heads up! Booking a flight to hawaii as we speak!
I’ve just joined the Hawaiian Airlines program due to a large purchase with one of their shopping portal partners. (It didn’t earn points with any other airline). Does transferring points from any one of the flexible points currencies also keep your account active?
Yes, transferring points from flexible rewards currencies will extend the life of your miles.
Aside from flights, what can you redeem your Hawaiian airline miles for?
Car rental, a few hotels, magazines, etc. We don’t recommend redeeming for anything other than flights as the value isn’t great. If you have a few orphaned miles with Hawaiian, the best bet is to transfer them via Points.com to a program you will use. The transfer ratios aren’t great, but it’s better than your miles expiring.
thanks for the info
Wow, great tip, I didn’t realize the MileFinder was still working; thanks!
I use a survey site called Opinions Take Flight to earn miles which keeps my Hawaiianmiles active.
Thanks for the info!
So nice to have this reminder about how to keep HA miles from expiring. I like to use HA miles for interisland flights and try to keep a healthy balance always for that purpose.
I think I will do this one as I have not been to Hawaii and want to travel there. Thank you.
To answer your question, YES!
I don’t know anything about this program. Thanks.
And in the past it was possible earn one point each three search on their bar. But this stopped some years ago.