{"id":4161,"date":"2013-06-05T18:44:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T22:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2013-06-05T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T22:44:48","slug":"10-nights-in-hawaii-80k-starpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/06\/05\/10-nights-in-hawaii-80k-starpoints\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Nights In Hawaii, 80k Starpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I posted yesterday, I&#8217;m planing a December trip to Hawaii and will spend 17 days there. \u00a0I showed <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/1700-first-class-round-trip-to-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday<\/a> how I&#8217;m flying to Hawaii from Charleston, SC for $1900 with the main part of trip in First Class.<\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m sharing a deal I found for 10 nights at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheratonkona.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheraton Kona<\/a> for 80,000 points. I have a friend who booked 5 nights there (for a portion of the time I&#8217;m there) for 40,000 points. \u00a0This 10-day period overlaps Christmas and New Years Eve when prices sky rocket.<\/p>\n<p>The best available rate for the same 10-day period is a pre-paid rate of $219 plus taxes. For 10 nights the cost, before taxes, would have been $2,190. That would have blown my entire budget with 7 additional nights to fill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/06\/kona-best-rate.jpg\" alt=\"kona best rate\" width=\"676\" height=\"190\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/kona-best-rate.jpg 676w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/kona-best-rate-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m looking to book 7 nights which I&#8217;ll be splitting primarily between Kauai and Maui. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/frugaltravelguy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frugal Travel Guy<\/a> gave me the great idea of staying at the Grand Hyatt Kauai and I can use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frugaltravelguy.com\/credit-cards\" target=\"_blank\">Chase<\/a> Ultimate Rewards for that. I have Hilton and Marriott points that can be used as well, so as I plan those nights I&#8217;ll share the plans here as well. I&#8217;m hoping to find some good points deals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I posted yesterday, I&#8217;m planing a December trip to Hawaii and will spend 17 days there. \u00a0I showed yesterday how I&#8217;m flying to Hawaii from Charleston, SC for $1900 with the main part of trip in First Class. 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