Alaska Mileage Plan Offering Minimum Of 10K Miles Per Partner Trip

"Obviously this promotion won’t benefit anyone...". You must mean everyone

@ Ben -- "Won't benefit anyone?" Did you mean "everyone"?

This promotion is wanting, they should bring back coast to coast

wait isn't that unfair to the elites who fly the most? A MVPG will receive double the miles originally, so the bonus for the elite would be way less than a normal flier? Or is it their intention of getting more economy flyers who are new in the program? I am quite confused to the goal of this promotion.

How does this benefit AS? I'd love a paragraph with your thoughts.

I am a little confused about how this will work. Do I just need to put my AS FF number in the reservation? I have a one way CMB-IAD on CX coming up next month (hopefully).

This sounds like they are trying to appease their partners. Given that they have been rather generous on the burning side, I guess their partners are a bit annoyed. In fact, I feel like there is a genre of frequent flyer discussion in which members of EK bash members of AS (and I think EK feel the same way, given the shabby treatment they give AS members for J award booking). By making earning more attractive, AS is trying to encourage their members to fly rev more on partners.

Headline misled due to lack of specificity.

Does this will work for one way from HKG-JFK? Because it's from outside North America TO North America.

I'm planning that route with Cathay.

Thanks

How is this bonus calculated? Do premium class flyers miss out? Let's say you're flying roundtrip from US to SE Asia (say 18,000 miles) on JAL or SQ premium economy. Do you get any bonus w/ this promotion?

Does all fares qualify? For example basic economy flights on British Airways?

Kudos to Alaska Airlines for still being generous compared to the Big 3.

Hey Lucky, first off, I want to thank you for publishing OMAAT, I'm a fellow JHS alumn and I read about it in our alumni newsletter. Anyways, do you think these points count towards EQM? because that would be an easy way to get alaska status with 2.5 flights out of MIA to central america on AA.

My take is that the minimum miles earned (RDM) ia 5,000 per flight on eligible flights. I do not agree that elite bonuses would also be included in this calculation. Historically, elite bonuses have always been added AFTER all promotional bonuses based on fare class.

Now that you live in Miami I have a hard time picturing you using your companion fare (for coach alone no less) 1x per year... care to share your tricks?

@davistev From the fine print from the page Lucky linked:

"*Earn a minimum of 5,000 total miles each way on Aer Lingus, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Condor, EL AL Israel Airlines, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Icelandair, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, LATAM Airlines, Qantas and Singapore Airlines flights between North America and a non-North America destination between March 1 and December 31, 2020. North America is defined as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Any bonus miles added to reach the 5,000 mile minimum do not count toward elite status qualification. Please allow four to six weeks for miles to be credited to your Mileage Plan account."

Key part is "Any bonus miles added to reach the 5,000 mile minimum." That reads to me like if you would've earned below 5k you earn 5k. If you would've earned more than 5k you earn whatever you would've earned. So, those who would've earned the least amount of miles benefit the most. It is possible (based on fare and length) that some elites won't earn any additional miles from this.

But a cheap-ass BE fare, pay a little bit for a better seat upgrade. As long as your under what the $ would have been for a Y fare, you win 🙂

So...in theory you could fly something like Miami to Cali on AA and grab 10k miles with AS?
If they're PQM then that's a great deal!

BRB, going on a quick overnight turn to Dublin and back to get the miles

Booked on Icelandair in P class. P class isn't eligible for regular Alaska miles earning, so I'm assuming isn't eligible for this promotion either?

Hmm... I do have an open jaw trip coming up from LAX to LHR, then CDG to LAX on British Airways in Premium Economy. I booked directly with BA though - so will my trip be eligible? I already have my AS number on the reservation.

So is this a benefit only if you book in economy? I'm flying LHR-IAD on BA in business later this year. Wouldn't I already be earning 10k-ish anyway?

This will give AS data about customers who fly internationally at least a bit or maybe even a lot but may not credit flights to AS. That would provide AS some marketing clout with the partner airlines as it shows that AS can drive business toward its global partners. It also provides AS with information about its programs relatively wealthier customers, which can in turn be used for additional marketing purposes by even partners. It also may help AS get more people to more frequently use AS’s program than other airline programs.

I almost never have credited my international flights to my AS account, but this promo may get me to do just that.

AA flights don’t qualify for this promotion.

In theory AA flights aren't eligible but what about American codeshares booked on the BA website?