Hawaiian Airlines® World Elite Mastercard® Review
2024.2 Update: The new offer is 70k with different spending requirement.
2022.9 Update: The new offer is 70k. The link we use here is from in flight, and its spending requirement is only 1 purchase. Compared to the previous 80k offer ($4k spending in 6 months) the spending requirement is significantly lower.
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Application Link
Benefits
- 70k offer: earn 60,000 Hawaiian Airlines miles after spending $2,000 in the first 90 days. Add an additional user and make one purchase to earn another 10,000 miles. The recent best offer is 80k.
- Receive a one-time 50% off companion discount for round trip coach travel between Hawaii and North America on Hawaiian Airlines.
- Complimentary 1st checked bag for the primary cardmember when you use your card to purchase eligible tickets directly from Hawaiian Airlines.
- Earn 3X miles on eligible purchases made directly from Hawaiian Airlines. Earn 2X miles on gas, dining, and grocery. Earn 1X miles on all other purchases with no mileage caps.
- Allows you to receive miles from family and friends through HawaiianAirlines.com without a fee.
- Earn 5,000 annual bonus miles after spending $10,000 or more in purchases by your account anniversary.
- No foreign transaction fee.
Disadvantages
- $99 annual fee, NOT waived for the first year.
- If you can not get the World Elite version of this card, you might get a downgraded version which sucks.
- Hawaiian Airlines does not belong to the major 3 airline alliances, it also does not have good redemption rate for partner airlines. It’s basically only suitable for flights to/from Hawaii.
Introduction to HA Miles
Recommended Application Time
- Barclays value the number of recent hard pulls a lot, we recommend you apply when you have less than 6 hard pulls in the past 6 months.
- [6/24 rule] Similar to Chase 5/24 rule, Barclays will reject your application if you have 6 or more new accounts in the past 24 months. Note that this is a soft rule for Barclays.
- We recommend you apply for this card after you have a credit history of at least one year.
Summary
If you need Hawaiian Airlines miles or you want to travel to Hawaii, you can consider this card. The bonus is just so-so, and it is not worth keeping this card.
Related Credit Cards
- Barclaycard Hawaiian (this post)
- Barclaycard Hawaiian Business
After Applying
- Click here to check Barclays application status.
- Barclays reconsideration backdoor number: 866-408-4064. Barclays tends to ask various questions and you must know all the answers about personal information and credit report. Besides, you may get HP again, but will be informed in advance. Therefore, think carefully before calling.