Compare 9 loyalty programs for Sydney to Honolulu award flights, with economy seats from 27,500 points.
Sydney to Honolulu is a long-haul Australia–US route, and nonstop award space shows up on Qantas Airways and Alaska Airlines. Nine programs price the route, and economy starts at 27,500 points on a Qantas Airways nonstop. The lowest price comes through Air France-KLM Flying Blue, not Qantas Airways' own program, so it pays to look past the obvious choice before transferring anything. This page compares every way to book SYD–HNL on points.
Best one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Premium economy | Business | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qantas AirwaysQF | 27,500Lowest | 152,800Lowest | 65,000Lowest | Not available |
 Alaska AirlinesAS | 30,000pts | Not available | 65,000Lowest | Not available |
 Fiji AirwaysFJ | 36,200pts | Not available | 65,000Lowest | Not available |
Air Tahiti NuiTN | 37,500pts | 175,000pts | 65,000Lowest | Not available |
Air New ZealandNZ | 40,000pts | Not available | Not available | Not available |
 United AirlinesUA | 40,000pts | Not available | 500,000pts | Not available |
Japan AirlinesJL | 42,500pts | Not available | Not available | Not available |
 Virgin AustraliaVA | 50,000pts | Not available | 85,000pts | Not available |
 Air CanadaAC | 52,600pts | 161,500pts | Not available | Not available |
 DeltaDL | 54,000pts | 170,000pts | 410,000pts | 410,000Lowest |
When award seats between Sydney and Honolulu price cheapest over the next year.
| Month | Cheapest award (points) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 27,500 |
| Dec 2026 | 35,000 |
| Jan 2027 | 27,500 |
| Feb 2027 | No award data |
| Mar 2027 | 30,000 |
| Apr 2027 | 27,500 |
| May 2027 | No award data |
| Jun 2027 | No award data |
| Jul 2027 | 27,500 |
| Aug 2027 | 27,500 |
| Sep 2027 | No award data |
| Oct 2027 | No award data |
10 airlines with award seats between Sydney and Honolulu, nonstop or connecting.
American AirlinesAAAir CanadaACAlaska AirlinesAS
Cathay PacificCXDeltaDL
EmiratesEKQantas AirwaysQF
Singapore AirlinesSQUnited AirlinesUAVirgin AustraliaVAWhat to know before booking Sydney to Honolulu with points.
Distance ~5,080 miles; nonstop flying time ~10h40 (estimate). Honolulu runs 21 hours behind Sydney (20 while Sydney is on standard time). The data runs November 2026–October 2027, with calendar prices for seven months. Across well-covered months, November 2026, January 2027, and April 2027 are among the cheapest, at 27,500 points, while December 2026 (35,000) runs higher.
Sydney to Honolulu is served by American Airlines, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines and 14 more, offering multiple options for award travelers. Compare 9 loyalty programs to find the best value for your points. Award prices start from 27,500 points in economy. Use our search tool to check real-time award availability on this route.
Roughly 5,080 miles separate Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) and Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), so a nonstop spends about 10h40 in the air, a little more or less depending on winds and direction. The nonstop award space in the data is split between Qantas Airways and Alaska Airlines. The Airbus A330-200 appears on some of those nonstop award segments. Expect mostly connecting results: only about 8% of the award options in the data are nonstop.
The cabin call comes first on Sydney–Honolulu; on a long-haul trip, the right program follows from it. The economy floor is a partner booking on a Qantas Airways nonstop, with no connection to trade off against the points. Expect about $188 in taxes and fees on top, above the route's typical economy taxes. Moving up to business costs about 2.4 times the economy points. Air France-KLM Flying Blue is a bank-points transfer partner, but transfers are one-way, so confirm the seat before moving anything.
Air France-KLM Flying Blue is cheapest in economy at 27,500 points on a Qantas Airways nonstop. American AAdvantage wins business class at 65,000 points on an Alaska Airlines nonstop. Of the other seven, Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Atmos Rewards, and Delta SkyMiles are worth a look too. The winner changes at business class, so match the program to the cabin before moving points.
Qantas Airways and Alaska Airlines (both oneworld members) show nonstop award space on Sydney–Honolulu, so partner programs across the alliance can price the nonstop, not just the carriers' own. In business class, the floor sits on Alaska Airlines, booked through oneworld partner American AAdvantage.
Neither Sydney nor Honolulu shows a same-metro alternate airport in the data, so the live price table above is the one to watch. The return, Honolulu to Sydney, has its own page, since award pricing can differ by direction. Flexible on where you land? From Sydney, Bangkok starts at 25,000 points and Hong Kong at 25,000 at last check.
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Common questions travelers ask about the Sydney to Honolulu route.
