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  • Report:  #633165

Complaint Review: Hawaiian Airlines - Internet Internet

Reported By:
Steve - Mesa, Arizona, USA
Submitted:
Updated:

Hawaiian Airlines
Internet, Internet, United States of America
Phone:
Web:
www.hawaiianairlines.com
Categories:
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What  Hawaiian Airlines  offers on their website is a  scam  and  I  am surprised  that  an airline  is  obviously  able  to  commit  false  advertising without having to take responsibility  for it.

This is  what  they  are  advertising on their website:

N E W !      Combined Dollar / Miles  Flights
You can now book award flights by  redeeming HawaiianMiles
for one way  and paying for the other.

Just log in to your account then visit the booking tool and
select "Miles" in one direction and "Dollars" in the other
direction.

*  Offering More Flexibility with Your Miles
*  Making Award Travel Even easier to Reach
*  Log in to your HawaiianMiles Account to view This Option

After  I  transferred  about 40,000  points from my Amex account into my  Hawaiian Miles account  I  tried to use  this option and  found  out  that it  would not  work.  For a  return ticket  I would have  needed at  least 120,000  miles  but  I  had only 95,000  miles on my account  and was  planning to pay  one leg  with 60,000 miles,  the other one in cash.  Each time when I  switched  on leg from  Dollars to Miles  the other leg would  switch as  well.  i  called their CS  and  their answer was "Sorry  for the  inconvenience but  this  only  works  on  specific routes,  we  are not  able  to  do this manually  for  you.

My  "Hawaiian Miles"   are going  to  expire in a few  months  and  again,  i  was  not  able to use them.  For  the 40,000  points  that I had  transferred from my  amex account  I  had  spent  roughly $ 40,000.-   and  I  could  have  ordered  some gift cards  instead.  I  feel  that  Hawaiian Airlines  cheated me.


3 Updates & Rebuttals

Steve

Mesa,
Arizona,
USA
Update: Hawaiian Airlines turned around and refused to make it right

#2Author of original report

Fri, October 29, 2010

Update:  First I was  under  the impression that  Hawaiian Airlines  acknowledged that they made a  mistake by  advertising something that  their  system would not allow and make it  right.

Now  it  is  a  rude  lady  from  Hawaiian Airlines  "Consumer Affairs Office"  who  is  taking  care  of  this  issue,  not  the  nice  guy  who  talked to me before anymore.  Her  name  is  Robyn  Lopez  -  today  she  informed me  that  she  closed  the  case.  Until now  she  never lost  one  single  word  about  the  real  issue:   that  their website  offered  to  accept  Hawaiian Miles  for  one  leg  and  Dollars  for the  other  without making it  clear  that  this would only  be  possible  on  domestic  flights.  It  appears  that now,  after  having  complained  for  several  months,  they  recently  fixed it  and made  this  option  also  available  for  international  flights. 

She  believes  that this  is  an  acceptable  resolution:  I  was  not  able  to  use  my Hawaiian Miles  for  the last  2  bookings  but  I  am  welcome  to book  a  3rd  flight with them  and  use  the miles  in the future. 

I  don't  think  that  I  ever want  to  fly  with these  scumbags  any more,  even if I have  to  pay more money  to  a  different  airline.  Probably  I  will have  to take this  issue  to court.  Hawaiian  Airlines  is  not interested  at  all  to  create  a  good  relationship  with  the customer,  it  is  just  the image that they  are  trying to create  without  really  standing behind it.  Instead of the  Orchid they  should  have  a  Dollar  Bill  as  their  brand  symbol. 


Steve

Mesa,
Arizona,
USA
Update: Hawaiian Airlines turned around and refused to make it right

#3Author of original report

Fri, October 29, 2010

Update:  First I was  under  the impression that  Hawaiian Airlines  acknowledged that they made a  mistake by  advertising something that  their  system would not allow and make it  right.

Now  it  is  a  rude  lady  from  Hawaiian Airlines  "Consumer Affairs Office"  who  is  taking  care  of  this  issue,  not  the  nice  guy  who  talked to me before anymore.  Her  name  is  Robyn  Lopez  -  today  she  informed me  that  she  closed  the  case.  Until now  she  never lost  one  single  word  about  the  real  issue:   that  their website  offered  to  accept  Hawaiian Miles  for  one  leg  and  Dollars  for the  other  without making it  clear  that  this would only  be  possible  on  domestic  flights.  It  appear  that now,  after  having  complaint  for  several  months,  they  fixed it  and made  this  option  also  available  for  international  flights. 

She  believes  that this  is  an  acceptable  resolution:  I  was  not  able  to  use  my Hawaiian Miles  for  the last  2  bookings  but  I  am  welcome  to book  a  3rd  flight with them  and  use  the miles  in the future.

I  don't  think  that  I  ever want  to  fly  with these  scammers  any more,  even if I have  to  pay more money  to  a  different  airline.  Probably  I  will have  to take this  issue  to court.  Hawaiian  Airlines  is  not interested  at  all  to  create  a  good  relationship  with  the customer,  it  is  just  the image that they  are  trying to create  without  really  standing behind it.  Instead of the  Orchid they  should  have  a  Dollar  Bill  as  their  brand  symbol. 



Steve

Mesa,
Arizona,
USA
Update: It appears as if they are going to make it right

#4Author of original report

Fri, August 27, 2010

Here is an update:  I  wrote a letter to their Customer Satisfaction Dept. and it  appears as  if  they  are going to make it  right.  The  way  how  they  responded is  very  different  to  US Airways or  United  and  I am under the  impression that they are taking my complaint serious.

Hawaiian called me within a few  days  and  it  was not  the  usual "sorry for the inconvenience".   thank you,  Hawaiian Airlines

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