Hawaiian Airlines Fall Sale: Every Deal From Hawaiʻi on One Map (Ends Aug 27)
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Updated August 25, 2026
- Hawaiian Airlines is running a three day one way fare sale with 30 mainland and Canada routes out of Honolulu.
- Cheapest in the sale is $159 one way to Oakland or San Francisco. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Ontario and Sacramento are all $169. Las Vegas is $193.
- Travel window is September 14 through December 15, 2026.
- Booking closes August 27, 2026 at 8:59 pm Hawaiʻi time, which is 11:59 pm Pacific. Set the reminder in our time, not theirs.
- Fares are one way, so you can buy the cheap seat out and come home on points if the return is not discounted.
Which destinations are on sale from Hawaiʻi?
Here is the whole sale on one map. Pick your island, tap a dot or a row to see the Saver and Main Cabin fares, filter by region, or sort by price to find the cheapest seat anywhere in the sale. Leave it on Any island and each city shows the cheapest departure point for that route. Every city links straight into the sale fare calendar for that exact route, already filtered to that fare type across the whole travel window, so you land on a month of prices instead of a search form. You can also open the full Hawaiian Airlines sale page if you would rather browse it yourself.
View the Hawaiian Airlines sale →
Route list and fares from the Hawaiian Airlines sale page. Fares for all four departure islands captured August 25, 2026. One way, before taxes and fees. Saver is the most restrictive fare. Seats are limited and pricing moves during a sale.
More in this guide
This is a cash sale, not an award sale. You still earn points on a sale fare, but the discount is on the dollar price. If you are shopping points instead, start with the Atmos Rewards guide, which is the program that replaced HawaiianMiles.
How do I book a sale fare from Hawaiʻi?
Book direct, search one way rather than round trip, and read the fare rules before you pay. Pricing a round trip hides the fact that the discount is often only on one direction, which is the single most common way people leave money on the table during these sales.
- Price each direction separately. Two one way searches, not one round trip search.
- Use the flexible date view. The advertised fare usually lives on a handful of specific days, often mid week.
- Check what the ticket includes before you click pay. Seat assignment, carry on, change rules and points earning all vary by fare class.
- Pay with a card that protects you. Travel coverage matters more on a restricted ticket. Our roundup of the best cards for Hawaiʻi residents covers which ones actually earn on airfare.
Should I pay cash or use points?
Pay cash when the sale fare puts your cost per point below roughly 1.2 cents, and save the points for the leg that is not on sale. Take the cash fare, subtract the taxes you would owe on an award anyway, and divide by the award’s point cost. At $159 to Oakland or $169 to Los Angeles, cash is the obvious call. At $450 to San Antonio, points start looking a lot better.
| Sale fare (one way) | Award price | Value per point | My call |
|---|---|---|---|
| $159 to Oakland | 15,000 pts + $6 | 1.02¢ | Pay cash |
| $169 to Los Angeles | 15,000 pts + $6 | 1.09¢ | Pay cash |
| $193 to Las Vegas | 15,000 pts + $6 | 1.25¢ | Close call, lean cash |
| $299 to Phoenix | 15,000 pts + $6 | 1.95¢ | Use points |
| $450 to San Antonio | 20,000 pts + $6 | 2.22¢ | Use points |
Sale fares are real. Award prices are an illustrative example, since award pricing is dynamic. Run your own numbers with our points and miles value guide.
The mistake I see most often is the reverse. Someone burns 30,000 points during a sale week when the cash price had already dropped to $210. A sale is exactly when points get less valuable, not more, because the cash alternative just got cheaper.
What if I am flying from Maui, Kona, Kauaʻi or Hilo?
Neighbor island residents get their own sale fares, and some of them beat Honolulu outright. Kahului to San Diego is $159, a route Honolulu does not have on offer at all. Līhuʻe to Oakland matches Honolulu at $159. Kona is the thinnest list of the four and its cheapest fare is $169 to Sacramento.
Use the island filter on the map to see only what is on sale from your airport. Honolulu still carries the widest route map at 30 destinations, against 22 from Maui, 22 from Kauaʻi and 21 from Kona. Hilo has no fares in this sale, so if you are in ITO you are connecting through another island either way.
If your city is not on sale from your island, you have two options. Let the airline connect you through Honolulu on one ticket, which keeps your bags checked through and protects you if the first leg runs late. Or book the interisland hop separately with points and start the mainland ticket from HNL.
Separate tickets mean no protection if the interisland leg delays. Give yourself three hours minimum at HNL, and never book the last interisland flight of the day as your connection.
What is the fine print on these sale fares?
Sale fares are cheap because they are restricted. Expect limited seat inventory, blackout dates around holiday periods, a fixed travel window, and tighter change rules than a standard coach ticket.
- Seats are capacity controlled. The advertised fare exists on some flights on some days, not on every seat on the route.
- The travel window runs September 14 through December 15, 2026. Nothing outside that range is on sale, and blackout dates can still apply inside it.
- Saver is the most restrictive fare. Main Cabin runs $50 to $75 more on most of these routes and gets you seat selection and easier changes.
- Cancelling a discounted ticket usually forfeits the discount, even when a credit is issued.
- Taxes and fees are on top of the advertised base fare. Checkout will be higher.
If this one ends before you are ready, do not panic buy. These come around often, and we track the ones worth acting on over on the HRT deals page. There is more strategy in our guide to flying to the mainland from Hawaiʻi.
Frequently asked questions
When exactly does this sale end?
Booking closes August 27, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific, which is 8:59 pm Hawaiʻi time. Because we do not observe daylight saving, we are three hours behind Pacific in the summer. Set your reminder for Hawaiʻi time or you will be three hours late.
What is the difference between the Saver and Main fares?
Saver is the cheapest and most restrictive fare, with no seat selection and the tightest change rules. Main Cabin runs about $50 to $75 more on these routes and gets you a seat assignment and more flexibility. On a $159 seat to Oakland, paying $50 to sit with your kids is usually worth it.
Are these fares round trip or one way?
One way, which is genuinely useful. You can pair a cheap outbound with a points redemption home, or with a different carrier entirely. Price each direction as its own search, since the discount often applies in only one direction.
Do I still earn points on a sale fare?
Yes, though the earning rate can be lower on the most restrictive fare classes, and elite qualifying credit can differ from base earning. The booking screen shows expected points earning for that specific ticket.
Can I book through Expedia or a similar site?
Generally no. Promotional fares are usually restricted to the airline’s own booking channels, and booking elsewhere makes any later change much harder to handle. Book direct.
Are the neighbor island fares different from Honolulu?
Yes, and not always higher. Kahului to San Diego is $159 in this sale while Honolulu does not have that route on offer at all. Los Angeles runs $169 from Honolulu and $179 from Maui, Kona and Līhuʻe. Each island has its own route list, so check yours with the island filter rather than assuming Honolulu wins.
Does this sale include interisland flights?
Mainland sales out of Hawaiʻi typically exclude interisland routes, which are priced separately and often have their own kamaʻāina promotions. Confirm on the sale page, since terms vary from sale to sale.
Sales are nice. A plan is better. The ʻOhana Program is my one on one coaching for Hawaiʻi residents who want to stop guessing and start earning enough points to cover the flights that are not on sale.
Learn about the ʻOhana ProgramScottie’s take
Fare sales are good at manufacturing urgency, and the honest answer is that most of them are not once in a lifetime pricing. They are normal shoulder season inventory management, and another one will show up.
But if a trip was already on your list, if you were already going to see family in Vegas or take the kids to see snow, a three day sale is the moment to lock the outbound and stop thinking about it. That is what these are actually good for. Not discovering a trip. Finishing one you had already half decided on.
The standouts are the Bay Area at $159 and the LA basin at $169. Those are properly good. Las Vegas at $193 is fine but not remarkable, and anything east of Denver is priced like a normal Tuesday. The one that surprised me is Kahului to San Diego at $159, better than anything leaving Honolulu for Southern California. The move I would make is to grab the cheap one way out, then look hard at whether the return is worth points. That asymmetry is where the real money is, and most people skip it because they instinctively search round trip.
If you find something good in here, tell me. Drop it in the comments or send it over. The best routes in any sale usually get found by a reader before I spot them.
A hui hou,
Scottie
