Which Credit Card Points Transfer To Hawaiian Airlines?

Find out which partner credit cards earn rewards transferable to Hawaiian Airlines and calculate which cards will earn you the most miles.

Written By: Robert Flowers III

Updated On: 11-11-2024

Quick Overview

You can earn HawaiianMiles through over 15 partner credit cards, options beyond Hawaiian Airlines’ own co-branded cards.
AMEX Membership Rewards is a key Hawaiian credit card transfer partner, allowing transfers at a 1:1 rate, so 1,000 AMEX points equals 1,000 HawaiianMiles.
Co-branded Marriott and Hyatt credit card points are also transferable to HawaiianMiles, offering additional flexibility to top off your account.
With the Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines partnership, miles transfer 1:1 between programs, enabling Bilt Rewards members to indirectly earn HawaiianMiles via Alaska.

This page lists all Hawaiian credit card transfer partners and shows the conversion rates of partner credit card rewards to Hawaiian Miles. Use our calculator to determine which Hawaiian credit card transfer partners will earn you the most miles with Hawaiian Airlines based on your monthly spending.

Hawaiian Airlines credit card transfer partners

AMEX Membership Rewards credit cards

American Express Membership Rewards offers several of the best travel rewards credit cards in the state. On top of that, their cards offer intro bonuses of up to 100,000 points or more.

Membership Rewards points can be transferred to HawaiianMiles at a 1:1 rate. Every 1,000 Membership Rewards points you convert will give you 1,000 HawaiianMiles.

Here are the credit cards you can use to earn Membership Rewards points transferable to Hawaiian Airlines:

Marriott Bonvoy credit cards

Marriott Bonvoy offers a whopping six credit cards that you can use to build up points transferable to your Hawaiian Miles account.

Every 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy points you convert will give you 1,000 Hawaiian miles. On top of that, Marriott throws in a 15,000-point bonus for every 60,000 Bonvoy Points you transfer which is equal to an additional 5,000 Hawaiian Miles.

The Marriott Bonvoy program shines best if you're loyal to Marriott as you'll easily be able rack up points when staying at Marriott brand hotels and spending across Marriott's credit cards. If you have max status in the program and you use anything but their no-annual fee credit card, you'll earn a whopping 23.5 points per $1 spent which is equal to 7.83 Hawaiian miles... that's a lot.

Here are the credit cards you can use to earn Marriott Bonvoy points:

World of Hyatt credit cards

World of Hyatt offers two co-branded credit cards that you can use to earn points transferable to HawaiianMiles. Every 2,500 Hyatt points you transfer will give you 1,000 Hawaiian miles. You'll also receive a bonus 5,000 miles for every 50,000-point block of Hyatt points you transfer.

Hyatt points can easily be redeemed for upwards of 2 cents per point towards free nights at Hyatt brand hotels with very little effort. This means that transferring your points to Hawaiian Airlines and other partners will possibility devalue your points. Something to keep in mind when transferring them!

Here are the credit cards that Hyatt offers:

What's the best credit card for Hawaiian miles?

Input your monthly and yearly spend amounts into our credit card finder tool to find out which credit cards will earn you the most Hawaiian miles and best return per $1 spent.

Results will include all co-branded Hawaiian Airlines credit cards and all HawaiianMiles credit card transfer partners. Results will show up to the top 20 cards.

Want More Customization?

This calculator uses our valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, check out this tool:

Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator: Hawaiian Miles

Any currencies you add to the tool will be selectable when entering spend into the Spend Categories section of the calculator.

Do note that any foreign currencies selected will automatically be converted to the card's default currency when calculating rewards.

Currency Controls

Currencies

Sections of the calculator allows you to choose a currency. You will be able to choose from the options below. If you want more options, add them!

Currency Conversions

This site's currency rates update once per hour. If you have a different exchange rate in mind for any of the added currencies, you can change the rate here.

Calculator Options

Year 1 or Year 2+?

Year 1 - Calculate how much you will earn in your first year of being a cardmember. Includes Intro Bonuses (if toggled on) and will use the free or reduced first year annual fees for any cards that have them.

Year 2+ - Calculate how much the card will be worth the 2nd year and onward. Automatically turns off intro bonuses and will ignore first year free/reduced annual fees.

Include Intro Bonuses?

If set to yes, intro bonuses will be included for a card's calculation ONLY IF you have met the monthly spend criteria based on what's entered into the tool.

Note: We do not have intro bonuses for all credit cards (mainly partners and popular credit cards), and we cannot calculate intro bonuses for some cards due to the complexity of some spend requirements.

Rewards Value

Input how much you value Rewards. This will be the value used in the calculator. Leave it blank if you want to use our valuation.

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Authorized Users

Some banks charge an additional fee to add family, friends, or employees to the credit card account. If you plan on adding authorized users to your credit card(s), you can enter that amount here.

Note: Some credit cards have a cap on how many authorized users you can add. While we do keep track of the fee structures, we do not keep track of caps. So be sure to check the rates and fees before applying.

Max of 100.

Income Maximum

Select if you're looking for credit cards based on your own individual income or if you're looking for credit cards based on the income of the entire household -AND- select the maximum income requirement you want listed in the results.

Income Type

Income Amount

Calculate Foreign Transaction Fees?

Many cards will charge you a foreign transaction fee when making purchases in a foreign currency. This is typically between 2.5% and 3% for most credit cards.

If set to yes, we will calculate the estimated fee for any spend entered into the calculator that is considered foreign. This amount will appear in the calculations as well.

Note: We do not have the foreign transaction fee rates for all credit cards.

Monthly/Yearly Spending

Add Categories

Search for categories and click 'Add Category' to add selected categories to the calculator.

Show selected categories

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Show category descriptions

When On, shows the descriptions for each of the categories.

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Results

Listed below are the results based on what you entered into the tool above. These estimates are to help guide you towards making the best decision when it comes to picking up a rewards credit card.

You can click on "Show Calculations" to see a breakdown of how the rewards were calculated, click on the card itself to learn more/apply through our partners (big thanks if you do!), or click on any of the other links to learn more about the card and it's rewards.

Do note that some of the calculations are rounded so it is possible that the estimated values may be off by a point or two when added up.

Remember that this particular tool uses our point/mile valuations, the intro bonuses we have in the database, and includes the maximum (calculable) bonuses for each card. If you want to have control over these options and much more, slide over to the Rewards Credit Card Directory & Calculator.

These calculations should be used for illustrative purposes only.

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