Compare 9 loyalty programs for Honolulu to Sydney award flights, with economy seats from 27,500 points.
Honolulu to Sydney is a long-haul US–Australia route; nonstop award space turns up on Qantas Airways and Alaska Airlines. It's priced by nine programs, and economy starts at 27,500 points with Air France-KLM Flying Blue, on a Qantas Airways nonstop. Program choice is the lever: the same seat often prices differently across programs, so compare before you transfer. Below, every program pricing HNL–SYD is compared side by side.
Best one-way award prices per airline over the next 12 months.
| Airline | Economy | Premium economy | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
 Qantas AirwaysQF | 27,500Lowest | Not available | 190,100pts |
 Alaska AirlinesAS | 30,000pts | Not available | 120,000pts |
 Air New ZealandNZ | 35,000pts | Not available | Not available |
 United AirlinesUA | 35,000pts | Not available | Not available |
Fiji AirwaysFJ | 36,200pts | Not available | 268,000pts |
Air Tahiti NuiTN | 37,500pts | Not available | 65,000Lowest |
 Virgin AustraliaVA | 50,000pts | Not available | 85,000pts |
 DeltaDL | 50,900pts | 154,200pts | 410,000pts |
 EmiratesEK | 57,300pts | 73,800Lowest | 101,100pts |
 Air CanadaAC | 60,000pts | Not available | 118,188pts |
When award seats between Honolulu and Sydney price cheapest over the next year.
| Month | Cheapest award (points) |
|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 30,000 |
| Dec 2026 | 27,500 |
| Jan 2027 | 30,000 |
| Feb 2027 | 27,500 |
| Mar 2027 | No award data |
| Apr 2027 | 30,000 |
| May 2027 | No award data |
| Jun 2027 | No award data |
| Jul 2027 | No award data |
| Aug 2027 | No award data |
| Sep 2027 | No award data |
| Oct 2027 | No award data |
10 airlines with award seats between Honolulu and Sydney, nonstop or connecting.
American AirlinesAAAir CanadaACAlaska AirlinesAS
Cathay PacificCXDeltaDLEmiratesEK
Etihad AirwaysEYQantas AirwaysQFUnited AirlinesUAVirgin AustraliaVAWhat to know before booking Honolulu to Sydney with points.
~5,080 miles; ~10h40 nonstop (approximate). Local time in Sydney is 21 hours ahead of Honolulu (20 while Sydney is on standard time). Award data window: November 2026–October 2027, with calendar prices for five months. Of the well-covered ones, December 2026 and February 2027 are the cheapest (27,500 points), ahead of November 2026 (30,000).
Honolulu to Sydney 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.
At about 5,080 miles from Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), a nonstop runs roughly 10h40, give or take with the winds. 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 9% of the award options in the data are nonstop.
The cabin call comes first on Honolulu–Sydney; 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 $128 in taxes and fees on top, in line with the route's typical economy taxes. Moving up to business costs about 2.4 times the economy points. Bank points transfer to Air France-KLM Flying Blue; check for a transfer bonus, then confirm the seat before moving them.
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. Among the remaining seven programs, Qantas Frequent Flyer, Air Canada Aeroplan, and Delta SkyMiles are good places to cross-check. Business class is also priced as a partner award, so the miles and the metal come from different airlines.
Qantas Airways and Alaska Airlines are both oneworld carriers with nonstop award space on Honolulu–Sydney, so the alliance's partner programs can book it as well as the airlines' own. In economy, the floor sits on Qantas Airways but books through Air France-KLM Flying Blue, a partner redemption.
Neither Honolulu nor Sydney shows a same-metro alternate airport in the data, so the live price table above is the one to watch. The return, Sydney to Honolulu, has its own page, since award pricing can differ by direction. Out of Honolulu, Seoul is a cheaper long-haul redemption at last check, from 25,500 points.
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Common questions travelers ask about the Honolulu to Sydney route.
