As this was a domestic flight, I didn’t have lounge access included in my first-class ticket. At Boston Logan, Terminal E is the international terminal.īeing in the first-class cabin and having TSA PreCheck (included with Global Entry, which I got thanks to the up to $100 credit on my Chase Sapphire Reserve card), I knew I had leeway when it came to beating the morning-rush security line.

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. Related: Planes versus train: What’s the fastest way from Boston to NYC? That being said, I’d be staying overnight at the airport hotel, so coming right into the airport did make sense in this case. Factoring in rush-hour traffic, crowded public transit and flight and taxi delays, you’ll by lucky if you get in any earlier than if you’d come by train (or even bus, for that matter). Word to the wise: Don’t let the 40-minute flight time between New York and Boston fool you. We decided to use JetBlue for the positioning flight the evening before. Being based in New York City, I needed to get to Boston before catching the long-haul to Honolulu.

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