Update: This offer is expired.

Recently Barclays Bank has taken over as the issuer for the The Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard. Up until a few months ago, the Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard was issued by Bank of America.

With this transition, a number of new benefits have been added to the card including  a nice initial 35,000 bonus miles after $1,000 spend within the first 3 months, a one-time 50% discount on coach roundtrip companion airfare between Hawaii and North America on Hawaiian Airlines, and a free checked bag when flying Hawaiian.

Official bullet points:

• Earn 35,000 bonus miles when you make $1,000 in eligible purchases in the first 90 days
• Enjoy a Complimentary Checked Bag for the primary cardholder when you use your card to purchase tickets directly from Hawaiian Airlines
• Receive a one-time 50% Off Companion Discount for roundtrip coach travel between Hawaii & North America on Hawaiian Airlines
• Discounted award travel (5,000 miles off roundtrip award fares from North America to Hawaii).
• 2X miles per $1 on direct purchases from Hawaiian Airlines, 1X miles on everything else
• Earn up to 10X miles per $1 with participating partners
• Every membership year you spend $10,000 or more on the card, you get 5,000 bonus miles
• Primary Cardholders are eligible to earn a $100 discount off one coach companion ticket for roundtrip travel between Hawaii and North America on each credit card account anniversary.
• Share miles for free. Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard cardholders can receive HawaiianMiles from friends and family online at HawaiianAirlines.com up to 10 times per calendar year
• No foreign transaction fees
• SmartChip technology
• $89 annual fee

Award seats on Hawaiian start at 20,00 miles each way from North America to Hawaii in coach class, and 40,000 in first. Though cardmembers do get a 5,000 point reduction on round trip award redemption’s from North America to Hawaii, which would mean that the round trip would only cost you 35,000 miles.

Hawaiian airlines, is not a member of the 3 major airline alliances, but they do partner with several different airlines which you can also redeem your points on, including: American Airlines, ANA, Korean Air, JetBlue, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia.

Hawaiian airlines is also a partner of the Hilton hotels loyalty program ‘HHonors’ and their points transfer at a 1:1.5 ratio. That means if you choose to convert your miles, the 35,000 signup bonus will net you 52,500 Hilton points. 52,500 Hilton points is more than you’d receive with any of the Hilton co-branded credit cards themselves!

Hawaiian is also a transfer partner of American Express membership rewards, so if you need to top off your account, you can always transfer some American Express points toy our Hawaiian account. You can also combine points from other family members or friends into one account for free up to 10 times per year.

This card is issued by Barclaycard, A great thing about Barclaycard, is that they generally only pull from the Transunion credit bureau, Now, depending on your location, Chase, Citi, or American Express may be pulling from Experian or Equifax (including NY, NJ). That means that if you recently applied for a credit card from any of those 3 major banks, Barclays will not see the credit pull! You can check your real Transunion credit score here.
Also, if you are maxed out applying for credit cards with any of the 3 major banks, Barclays has other awesome offers that you can take advantage of.

You can apply for the The Hawaiian Airlines World Elite MasterCard here.