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<p>[QUOTE="knick1959, post: 824126, member: 1415"]</p><p>My wife would disagree, and I would too but less adamantly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />. We're in CLE, so we're only an hour or 2 less that what you would need to get there. We've been to Hawaii twice and both times have been great experiences. We will go again, even though we've already tackled both National Parks and checked them off our list. Hawaii is also the logical stepping stone to get to American Samoa with another US National Park. Not everyone follows a NP checklist, but even without parks Hawaii (and Samoa) are cool places.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, we never used our Hawaii miles to get there or back. We did do a couple of intra-island trips, and with too many miles to spare, one in J (for 50 minutes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />). These miles did help us cover the relatively expensive, longish (5+ hours) flight in coach to American Samoa (from HNL). We've had a total of 3 CC's between us and still have 30k miles in the bank. This isn't enough (nor is 40k) to cover a complete trip, but IMO opinion, Hawaii is worth the hours (although we have made each trip a 2-week, 16+ day experience). I certainly respect your opinion that it's not.</p><p></p><p>I held 250k BA miles for the longest time and was thinking I'd never find a way to use them. I still have 113k and the miles I have spent since have been worth their weight in gold. I know I can find uses for the 113k remaining. Our 30k HA miles don't have a purpose unless we do get back to Hawaii, but I'll maintain them just in case.</p><p></p><p>I'm with you, though. I just had 275 SPG points expire from my account (my wife's is the active one). And I was upset. Not quite as upsetting was my < 1k Aeroplan miles that expired. I did get annoyed when 26k of LAN KM went away unexpectedly (each, from 2 accounts), as I had plans for those and that's a big chunk. This was more of a personal mistake not understanding how these work .. but 150k is something I'd find a use for.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="knick1959, post: 824126, member: 1415"] My wife would disagree, and I would too but less adamantly :). We're in CLE, so we're only an hour or 2 less that what you would need to get there. We've been to Hawaii twice and both times have been great experiences. We will go again, even though we've already tackled both National Parks and checked them off our list. Hawaii is also the logical stepping stone to get to American Samoa with another US National Park. Not everyone follows a NP checklist, but even without parks Hawaii (and Samoa) are cool places. Interestingly, we never used our Hawaii miles to get there or back. We did do a couple of intra-island trips, and with too many miles to spare, one in J (for 50 minutes :)). These miles did help us cover the relatively expensive, longish (5+ hours) flight in coach to American Samoa (from HNL). We've had a total of 3 CC's between us and still have 30k miles in the bank. This isn't enough (nor is 40k) to cover a complete trip, but IMO opinion, Hawaii is worth the hours (although we have made each trip a 2-week, 16+ day experience). I certainly respect your opinion that it's not. I held 250k BA miles for the longest time and was thinking I'd never find a way to use them. I still have 113k and the miles I have spent since have been worth their weight in gold. I know I can find uses for the 113k remaining. Our 30k HA miles don't have a purpose unless we do get back to Hawaii, but I'll maintain them just in case. I'm with you, though. I just had 275 SPG points expire from my account (my wife's is the active one). And I was upset. Not quite as upsetting was my < 1k Aeroplan miles that expired. I did get annoyed when 26k of LAN KM went away unexpectedly (each, from 2 accounts), as I had plans for those and that's a big chunk. This was more of a personal mistake not understanding how these work .. but 150k is something I'd find a use for. [/QUOTE]
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