HONOLULU – Hawaiian
Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to allow members in
its loyalty program to redeem miles for a pre-travel COVID-19 test.
HawaiianMiles members across the United States can redeem 14,000 HawaiianMiles
to order a mail-in test kit by Vault Health, a state of Hawai‘i trusted testing
partner.
“We remain dedicated to making testing for our guests as convenient and accessible as possible, so we’re incredibly pleased to extend our partnership with Vault Health to allow our HawaiianMiles members to purchase their at-home test kit with miles,” said Avi Mannis, senior vice president of marketing at Hawaiian Airlines.
The redemption offer
will be available to HawaiianMiles members for a limited time only. Members who
choose to redeem their miles for a test kit will receive a confirmation email
which includes a link to order the COVID-19 mail-in test kit from the Vault
Health website.
"Our at-home supervised saliva COVID test
provides a safe, convenient and reliable result delivered pre-travel," said Vault Health Founder
and CEO Jason Feldman. "We are excited to work with
Hawaiian Airlines continues to innovate on behalf of its customers making
travel easier and safer for everyone."
The
test kit, which is available for travelers of all ages including children, will
be mailed to guests who will self-collect their saliva sample with assistance
from a testing supervisor in a video call. The kit is then express shipped to a
lab, which will process and analyze the sample and provide travelers their
results electronically within 24 hours of receiving the sample for an overall
turnaround time under 72 hours.
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