Wife and I are looking to do a 7-8 day trip to Hawaii in mid to late April, will be our first time visiting Hawaii. Looking to do Oahu for Pearl harbor and 1 other island, leaning towards Maui right now (But open to suggestions). We both enjoy hiking, outdoors, snorkeling, etc. but want to spend at least 1 lazy/drunk day on the beach (wedding anniversary trip).

Right now I have 205k SPG points. Wife and I both have our own SPG cards for referral bonus, signup bonus. Last time I had asked here for some advice it was suggested I get Chase Sapphire Preferred and then the Chase Hyatt. One thing to mention is that we live in Houston, so we would really, really like to take the direct United flight there and back.

Looking for advice on:
-Where to go / what to do
-How to best utilize my points
-How to best utilize any sign up bonuses, credit cards, etc to help with the trip

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Posted by AmeriKop45

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Posted on 12/8/16 at 2:16 pm to LSU Delirium

If you can spend 7 nights on 1 island:

Use Marriott nights and flights. Choose Korean skypass miles. You will need 25K per person rt. Get Marriott points from SPG at 3 marriott from 1 spg. Will cost you about 101K SPG for 7 nights and the flights in Cat 8 marriott. Maui has a ritz too which will cost you 163K for the same.

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If you def wanna do 2 islands:

Transfer 40K spg to korean and fly on delta. Korean allows open jaws so you can fly into HNL and out of OGG.

Use SPG to marriott to stay 5 nights on 1 island (since 5th night is free). Transfer 10K to AA to get the inter island on AA (5k pp)

This post was edited on 12/8/16 at 2:17 pm

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