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MileagePlan

Alaska Airlines adds loyalty to flight pass subscription pitch

3 November 2022 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

The new Alaska Airlines Flight Pass map now includes Salt Lake City

Alaska Airlines is adding a touch of loyalty to its flight subscription program. In addition to adding Salt Lake City as an eligible market, the carrier will now give some subscribers MVP or MVP Plus status for enrolling in the program.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, California, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Mileage Plan, MileagePlan, Salt Lake City, SLC, subscription Filed Under: Airplanes and Airports, Loyalty

Alaska Airlines adds 100K elite benefits, including free inflight WiFi

10 October 2022 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

Rendering of an Alaska Airlines 737 with the low-profile 2Ku antenna mounted to the top of the fuselage, behind the wing. (PRNewsfoto/Alaska Airlines)

How much is a year of free inflight WiFi worth? Top tier elites in the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program can make that decision, thanks to the carrier’s new 100K Choice Benefit option.

This story is about: 2Ku, Alaska Airlines, elite status, IFC, IFEC, in flight, in-flight connectivity, in-flight internet, in-flight wifi, inflight connectivity, inflight wifi, Intelsat, loyalty, Mileage Plan, MileagePlan Filed Under: IFEC, Loyalty

Ravn Alaska joins Mileage Plan as an earn & burn partner

17 August 2021 By Seth Miller 1 Comment

A Ravn Alaska prop

Ravn Alaska is joining Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan loyalty program. The new partnership will allow travelers to earn Mileage Plan points on Ravn’s network of flights to small Alaskan communities from Anchorage.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, Mileage Plan, MileagePlan, points, Ravn, Ravn Alaska, Rob McKinney Filed Under: Loyalty

Alaska Airlines giving away 25,000 flights to new MileagePlan members

1 March 2021 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

An Alaska Airlines 737 departs from the southern runway at LAX

Alaska Airlines wants to expand its frequent flyer base in California, and free flights are on offer. The company will give away up to 25,000 round trip flights to California residents that joins the loyalty program this week.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, awards, California, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, MileagePlan, rewards Filed Under: Loyalty

Alaska Airlines announces oneworld alliance status tiers

10 December 2020 By Seth Miller 5 Comments

Alaska Airlines and OneWorld confirmed the mapping of elite status tiers for MileagePlan members as the carrier approaches its alliance join date. The decisions are far from surprising.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, alliances, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, MileagePlan, oneworld Filed Under: Loyalty

Reciprocal upgrades coming to American, Alaska Airlines

20 November 2020 By Seth Miller 3 Comments

As the west-coast alliance between Alaska Airlines and American Airlines continues to evolve some frequent flyers got good news this week: upgrades will be available to top tier elites across both loyalty programs.

This story is about: AAdvantage, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, elite status, fees, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Lounge, MileagePlan, points, upgrade, upgrades Filed Under: Loyalty

Air Canada, Alaska Airlines extend elite status

7 April 2020 By Seth Miller 2 Comments

An Air Canada 787-9 departing Vancouver; image courtesy of the airline

Two more airlines announced elite status extensions this week, waiving the qualification requirements for the 2020 calendar year. Air Canada’s Altitude and Alaska Airlines’ MileagePlan members have another year at their existing tier without any additional flying required. There are a couple unique quirks from each program in how it will work.

This story is about: Aeroplan, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, Altitude, COVID-19, elite status, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, MileagePlan Filed Under: Loyalty

Too many award seats? Alaska Airlines says whoopsie!

27 July 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of an Alaska Airlines 737 with the low-profile 2Ku antenna mounted to the top of the fuselage, behind the wing. (PRNewsfoto/Alaska Airlines)

Does a merger integration still count as wildly successful if it hurts revenues to the tune of 1.5% for 9ish months? Alaska Airlines’ PSS integration came off incredibly smoothly on the operations side, but the carrier missed on the loyalty side. And lots of frequent flyers got a ton of award seats as a result.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, awards, Elevate, frequent flier, frequent flyer, loyalty, merger, MileagePlan, PaxEx, points, rewards, Virgin America Filed Under: Loyalty

Alaska Airlines launches hotel booking portal

29 May 2018 By Seth Miller Leave a Comment

Rendering of an Alaska Airlines 737 with the low-profile 2Ku antenna mounted to the top of the fuselage, behind the wing. (PRNewsfoto/Alaska Airlines)

Extending an airline loyalty program into hotel earn & burn is a common evolutionary step. Today’s play by Alaska Airlines follows the plan pretty well, but comes up short on delivering a solid, consistent value to program members.

This story is about: Alaska Airlines, credit card, Hotel, loyalty, MileagePlan, points, Rocketmiles Filed Under: Loyalty

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