Premium economy award flights from Kauai (LIH) to San Diego (SAN)

The lowest one-way premium economy award each program showed on LIH→SAN, sorted by points.

Program	Points + taxes	Stops	Airlines seen	Seats	Dates seen	Newest observation
United MileagePlus	150,000 pts + $5.60	2 stops	ASUA	9+	4	Nov 7, 2026, 10:41 UTC	See dates

Not seen in premium economy: American Airlines AAdvantage, Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Atmos Rewards, JetBlue TrueBlue, Delta SkyMiles, GOL Smiles and Qantas Frequent Flyer.

Not seen means AwardTool hasn't observed this cabin on this route in the last 30 days. It doesn't mean the airline has no seats. Dates seen counts departure dates with an open award in that cabin at any price; newest observation is the latest time AwardTool saw one of them. Seats is the count the program reported when we observed it; some programs report at most 9.

Observed premium economy award examples

Awards AwardTool observed for departures in the next 60 days (one way, per traveler)

Departure	Program	Points + taxes	Seats	Stops	Observed (UTC)
Dec 1, 2026	United MileagePlus	150,000 pts + $5.60	9+	2 stops	Nov 7, 2026, 10:41 UTC	Check this date
Jan 4, 2027	United MileagePlus	150,000 pts + $5.60	3	2 stops	Oct 23, 2026, 02:49 UTC	Check this date
Jan 5, 2027	United MileagePlus	150,000 pts + $5.60	9+	2 stops	Oct 23, 2026, 02:49 UTC	Check this date

Prices are one-way per traveler: the program's points or miles plus taxes and carrier fees in USD, as AwardTool observed them in the observation window. Award space changes constantly. A seat we saw may be gone, and space we haven't seen may exist. Always confirm with a live search before transferring points; most transfers can't be reversed.

How often premium economy award space showed up

Of the 12 departure dates in the next 365 days that AwardTool checked for United MileagePlus in the last 30 days, 4 (33%) showed premium economy award space. The latest departure with space was Jan 24, 2027.

Premium economy compared with economy, by program

Each program's lowest one-way premium economy and economy awards on LIH→SAN, in its own points or miles, and how many times the economy points the premium economy award needed. — in the last column means one of the two is a mixed-cabin award or was not seen on 2 or more dates.

Airlines seen in premium economy

Airlines that appeared on the award itineraries AwardTool observed, and the programs that showed them.

• Alaska Airlines (AS): United MileagePlus
• United Airlines (UA): United MileagePlus

Premium economy on nearby routes

The lowest premium economy award AwardTool observed on related routes, as each route's page shows it: the return direction, other airports in the same cities, and more routes from Kauai (LIH) and to San Diego (SAN). One way, in the program's points or miles, with that award's taxes when the data has them.

Route	Lowest observed	Program	Dates seen
Kauai (LIH) to Phoenix (PHX)Also from LIH	150,000 miles + $5.60	United MileagePlus	113
Kauai (LIH) to Seattle (SEA)Also from LIH	150,000 miles + $5.60	United MileagePlus	103
Kauai (LIH) to Orlando (MCO)Also from LIH	150,000 miles + $5.60	United MileagePlus	14
Kauai (LIH) to Newark (EWR)Also from LIH	104,700 miles + $5.60	United MileagePlus	12
Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to San Diego (SAN)Also to SAN	30,000 miles + $374.69	Air France/KLM Flying Blue	243
London Heathrow (LHR) to San Diego (SAN)Also to SAN	24,258 miles + $825.19	Lufthansa Miles & More	93
Munich (MUC) to San Diego (SAN)Also to SAN	30,000 miles + $394.39	Air France/KLM Flying Blue	141
Tokyo Narita (NRT) to San Diego (SAN)Also to SAN	50,000 miles + $57.39Nonstop	American Airlines AAdvantage	297

US card points to program miles or points: ratio and typical transfer time

Program	Amex	Bilt	Capital One	Chase	Citi	Wells Fargo
United MileagePlus	—	1:1 · Instant	—	1:1 · Instant	—	—

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