Cheap Flights: Houston to/from Honolulu, Maui, Kona, or Lihue, Hawaii $318-$387 r/t [Aug-Oct] Use: “BEACHBOUND” coupon-code – Southwest

[05/11/2023 @ 2:07 PM CT] Book this fare on: Southwest, Sam’s Club Southwest gift card.

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Southwest has round-trip flights from Houston (HOU) to Honolulu, Maui, or Kona, Hawaii (HNL, OGG, KOA) for $318-$387, with a connection. $155-$192 each-way. Flights August to October. Origin/Destination reversible.

Use the “BEACHBOUND” coupon-code.

Cheapest flights are to Maui or Kona for $318. Honolulu is more expensive about $380.

Carry-on and checked bag are allowed for free. Southwest doesn’t charge change fees.

Use a card like the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Plus Credit Card to earn points towards a Companion Pass®. Companion Pass is the benefit that allows you to choose one person to fly with you, free of airline charges* every time you purchase or redeem points for a flight. *Companion Pass doesn’t cover taxes and fees.

Southwest Vacations usually has discounted package deals available that can save you more money. Package deals require than you book your flight + hotel together as a package, so it’s less flexible, but the package discount may be significantly cheaper than booking your flight and hotel separately.


Here are some other offers that we think are worth mentioning. List updated 09/17/2024.

We now list coupon codes, discount codes, gift card discounts, and credit card offers that have a better value than their historical averages.

  • Airfare/Hotel coupons on Hopper: (updated daily-ish) Hopper always has discount coupons on their main page. The full list is on Hopper’s website. Keep in mind that Hopper is an OTA, so don’t expect them to honor the free 24-hour cancellation period, or to have the lowest base fare price. Hopper will try to up-sell you on a lot of extras like “cancel for any reason” policies, if you decide to use Hopper we advise that you decline all of those extras.
  • It is common to find Southwest and Alaska Airlines gift-cards for sale at a discount of about -$50 to -$20 off the redeemable value at Costco and Sam’s Club. Before you finalize your booking on either of these airlines, you should check to see if you can save more money by using a gift card.


Additional Savings: Sam’s Club is selling $500 Southwest Airlines gift cards for $449 [linked]. This will save you $50 if you fly Southwest enough to burn through the account credit.

You can transfer points into Southwest Rapid from Chase Ultimate Rewards at a 1-to-1 basis with the following cards:

Flights on Southwest are often matched by other airlines, before committing to a purchase, do a check on BookingBuddy, Kayak, or Skyscanner to see if any other airline is offering a better deal.

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  • Tips: Rent a car for cheaper by using Priceline’s “Express Deals”. The rental car company will be hidden until after you purchase, but this allows those companies to undercut the published rate indirectly. You can remove low quality companies from those hidden results. The trick is to use the quality filter on their website to remove any rental car company with a review rating under 7.0 and then pick the deals that survive the filter. Note that the quality filter is only available on the desktop/web version of the Priceline website and isn’t available on the mobile version.
  • Tips: The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card allows for 1-to-1 point transfers to many airline loyalty programs. Booking with points is a good alternative to paying with cash when the price of airfare is high. Here is the current list of Chase Sapphire transfer partners: United, Southwest, jetBlue, British Airways, Iberia, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Aer Lingus, and Air Canada.
  • Tips: Use Tripadvisor to create a Hotel “short list”. First, plug in your dates and destination. Then select “Sort by Traveler Ranked”. Finally, select the “Traveler Ranking” filter to show “only 4* and up”. Use this resulting “short list” of hotels to find the cheapest one with a high ranking.
  • Tips: Hotel rates for Weekend dates are usually higher than the rates for Sunday through Thursday. Tripadvisor has a color-coded date calendar, red when the average hotel price for that day is more expensive, green for less expensive. You can use this to get an overview of what dates in the month are at a discount.
  • Tips: Different booking websites will often have differing routes, prices, and availability. Before you finalize your purchase, do a quick check on BookingBuddy, Skyscanner, and Kayak to see if any other site or airline is offering a better deal.

 




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