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Hawaiian Airlines just debuted a beautiful new business class that will hit service in early 2024 and boy oh boy does it look nice! If you’re reading this in the lower 48 of the US you may not realize how many destinations Hawaiian services. Here’s a look at a route map from flight connections.By the looks of it, this will be undoubtedly be the nicest way for Americans to fly to Hawaii…perhaps those coming from Japan will prefer The Room or The Suite on ANA…but this looks mighty swanky.
The New Hawaiian Airlines Business Class on the 787-9 will be 1-2-1
- Designed by Adient Aerospace
- Officially called the Leihōkū Suites
- 34 suites
- Fully Flat
- 18 in screen
- Outlets
- Wireless Charging
- Doors
- Cabinets with doors to hold valuables
The ceiling will also be of a sky with stars a la
Main Cabin will have 266 seats
- Contoured seatbacks
- USB-A and USB-C
- 12 inch screen
- Collins Aerospace “Aspire” seats
Overall
I have yet to fly the fully flat Hawaiian Airlines A330, but I may have to just skip right over those and try out this gorgeous new bird. Wow…well done Hawaiian.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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