Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines now have a combined loyalty program, named Atmos Rewards. You can earn status with the program by racking up status points, but beyond that, those status points can also unlock extra rewards, including milestone perks.
For passing certain thresholds, members can choose which benefits they like most. The idea is that some perks have been decoupled from traditional elite tiers, to provide more flexibility. Let’s go over the details.
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Details of Alaska Atmos Rewards milestone perks
We’re increasingly seeing airline loyalty programs introduce milestone perks, whereby members can select benefits when they pass certain thresholds, rather than just receiving benefits when they qualify for elite status (for example, American AAdvantage Loyalty Point Rewards, Delta SkyMiles Choice Benefits, etc.). The logic for this is two-fold:
- It’s intended to reward members more often, and keep them engaged in the program, since perks can be picked even outside of the traditional elite thresholds
- It’s intended to give members more options to pick the perks that matter most to them, given that we all value rewards differently
With that in mind, Alaska’s Atmos Rewards milestone perks can be picked at 11 different thresholds, ranging from 10,000 status points to 250,000 status points.
Note that all status points racked up by Atmos Rewards members qualify toward the milestone perks program. This includes status points earned with award flights, as well as status points earned with credit cards, including with the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Credit Card (review), Atmos™ Rewards Ascent Visa Signature® Credit Card (review), and Atmos™ Rewards Visa Signature® Business Card (review).
Alaska Atmos Rewards 10K milestone choices
For passing 10,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose one of the following milestone perks:
- 750 bonus points
- Complimentary pre-order food item for your flight
- One complimentary Wi-Fi pass
- Try Atmos Rewards Silver status for a trip
- Earn double points with non-air partners
- Upgrade your next Avis or Budget rental
- $10 sustainable aviation fuel contribution
Alaska Atmos Rewards Silver status (20K milestone)
For passing 20,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members earn Silver status (oneworld Ruby), which offers the following perks:
- Earn 25% bonus points on every flight, including with partners
- Enjoy upgrades to first class and Premium Class on Alaska, when available, including for a companion on the same reservation
- Receive one complimentary checked bag on all itineraries
- oneworld Ruby privileges, including upgrades to first class and Main Cabin Extra on American Airlines, when available
- Extra benefits with non-air partners, including a status match to Avis Preferred Plus status and discounts on a CLEAR Plus membership
Alaska Atmos Rewards 30K milestone choices
For passing 30,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose one of the following perks:
- 2,500 bonus points
- $25 off a future Alaska flight
- Four Wi-Fi passes
- Try Atmos Rewards Gold status for a trip
- $100 off an Alaska Lounge membership
- $25 sustainable aviation fuel contribution
Alaska Atmos Rewards Gold status (40K milestone)
For passing 40,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members earn Gold status (oneworld Sapphire), which offers the following incremental perks:
- Earn 50% bonus points on every flight, including with partners
- oneworld Sapphire privileges, including access to business class lounges when traveling on a oneworld member airline to a destination outside of the US, Canada, or Mexico
- Receive two complimentary checked bags on all itineraries
- A complimentary premium drink or chocolate when flying in Main Cabin
- Standby and waitlist for full flights
- Complimentary same-day flight changes
- Extra benefits with non-air partners, including status-matching to Avis Preferred Plus status and discounts on a CLEAR Plus membership
Alaska Atmos Rewards 55K milestone choices
For passing 55,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose two of the following milestone perks:
- 5,000 bonus points
- 10,000 points off an Atmos Rewards Unlocked experience
- Gift Atmos Rewards Silver status for a trip
- One complimentary lounge day pass
- Two upgrade certificates
- $50 sustainable aviation fuel contribution
Alaska Atmos Rewards Platinum status (80K milestone)
For passing 80,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members earn Platinum status (oneworld Emerald), which offers the following incremental perks:
- Earn 100% bonus points on every flight, including with partners
- Complimentary upgrades into Premium Class at booking for all Main Cabin fares (excluding Saver)
- oneworld Emerald privileges, including access to business and first class lounges when traveling on a oneworld member airline to a destination outside of the US, Canada, or Mexico
- Receive three complimentary checked bags on all itineraries
- A complimentary premium drink or chocolate when flying in Main Cabin
- Extra benefits with non-air partners, including status-matching to Avis President’s Club status and discounts on a CLEAR Plus membership
Alaska Atmos Rewards 95K milestone choices
For passing 95,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose two of the following milestone perks:
- 15,000 bonus points
- 25,000 points off an Atmos Rewards Unlocked experience
- Two complimentary lounge day passes
- Two upgrade certificates
- Gift Atmos Rewards Gold status for a trip
- Nominate someone to Atmos Rewards Silver status
- 10,000 status points rolled over
- $150 sustainable aviation fuel contribution
Alaska Atmos Rewards 125K milestone choices
For passing 125,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose one of the following milestone perks:
- 50,000 bonus points
- 75,000 points off an Atmos Rewards Unlocked experience
- Alaska Lounge+ membership
- Complimentary Wi-Fi on every flight
- Four upgrade certificates
- Nominate someone for Atmos Rewards Gold status
Alaska Atmos Rewards Titanium status (135K milestone)
For passing 135,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can earn Titanium status (oneworld Emerald), which offers the following incremental perks:
- Earn 150% bonus points on every flight, including with partners
- Starting later in 2026, receive complimentary global upgrades throughout the Alaska and Hawaiian network on the day of departure
- oneworld Emerald privileges, including access to business and first class lounges when traveling on a oneworld member airline to a destination outside of the US, Canada, or Mexico
- A complimentary premium drink or chocolate when flying in Main Cabin
- A complimentary meal when flying in Main Cabin
- Extra benefits with non-air partners, including status-matching to Avis President’s Club status and discounts on a CLEAR Plus membership
Alaska Atmos Rewards 150K, 200K, 250K, milestone choice
For passing 150,000, 200,000, or 250,000 status points in a year, Atmos Rewards members can choose two of the following milestone perks:
- 15,000 bonus points
- 25,000 points off an Atmos Rewards Unlocked experience
- Two complimentary lounge passes
- Two upgrade certificates
- 10,000 status points rolled over
- $150 sustainable aviation fuel contribution
Which Atmos Rewards milestone perks are best?
As you can see, there’s a huge variety of rewards to choose from, so which option makes the most sense depends on the type of consumer that you are.
Generally speaking, when available, I tend to think the best options are between the bonus points and upgrade vouchers. The upgrade vouchers do have capacity controls, and getting confirmable space can be challenging, so that’s quite limiting. That’s why I tend to think bonus points are often the best choice, since they give you the most flexibility.
The benefit of bonus points is especially useful if you’re just loyal to Atmos Rewards because you think it’s a great oneworld program, and you don’t actually fly Alaska or Hawaiian metal that much. Just as an example, between 10,000 status points and 125,000 status points, you could rack up a total of 88,250 bonus points with milestone rewards. That’s a pretty significant haul.
I should also mention that Atmos Rewards Unlocked experiences could be a good deal. This is the Atmos Rewards experiences marketplace. I tend to think this is pretty niche, but it’s always worth taking a look, as there’s potentially value to be had.
Bottom line
Alaska Atmos Rewards offers the milestone perks program, whereby members receive rewards at 11 different thresholds, ranging from 10,000 status points to 250,000 status points. These partly overlap with the traditional elite tiers, but the intent is also that you can be rewarded more often, including at other tiers.
There’s huge value to the program, whether you’re looking to earn bonus redeemable points upgrade vouchers, or a variety of other benefits.
What do you make of the Alaska Atmos Rewards milestone perks program?
Thanks for the nice summary.
I was MVP Gold from 2013 until the year the MVP Gold 100k tier was established and have maintained that level since then and became Titanium when the name change occurred. I have a lot of flying in 2025 and reached 125k Elite Qualifying Miles (now Status Points) by mid-June. I had an additional trip in September that boosted me to 155k Status Points. I took two 10k Status Points...
Thanks for the nice summary.
I was MVP Gold from 2013 until the year the MVP Gold 100k tier was established and have maintained that level since then and became Titanium when the name change occurred. I have a lot of flying in 2025 and reached 125k Elite Qualifying Miles (now Status Points) by mid-June. I had an additional trip in September that boosted me to 155k Status Points. I took two 10k Status Points Boosts for 2026. With additional flying, I was close to the 200k threshold and passed it easily with a couple of short trips later in the years and Sustained Aviation Fuel Credits. So I took two 10k Status Points boosts for 2026. Alaska offered automatic 20k Status Points Boosts for 2026 for MP members who hit 100k and achieved Titanium Status, which are supposed to post in early February.
What I like about the new plan description is they are clarifying in advance the benefits for continued flying and earning of Status Points beyond the 135k Titanium Threshold. In the past couple of years, it was unclear what the benefits would be, if any, for additional flying. This year, people can make informed choices about optional flying later in the year, which the program now incentivizes.
@Ben, how long do you have to pick your milestone perk? 1 month? 2? Until the end of the year?
I think it's 3 months after you reach the milestone.
So just to confirm, "bonus points" are only redeemable points right? Or would they be status points as well?
Bonus points are redeemable points.
At 95k and higher milestones, one of the options is 10k status points.
You choose redeemable points or status points.
"...between 10,000 status points and 125,000 status points, you could rack up a total of 88,250 bonus points with milestone rewards." I am not getting this to add up the same way. 750 (10k milestone) + 2500 (30k milestone) + 5000 (55k milestone) + 15000 (95k milestone) + 50000 (125k milestone)=73,250. Where is the other 15k coming from?
You get to choose two 95k milestones. 2x15k points. For that matter you can choose two 55k milestones (2x5k points), so I think the math is off a bit. I'm pretty sure the total is 93,250 bonus points if you choose only bonus points.
@Thomas Thanks! Yeah, I was not sure if you could pick the same benefit twice for the 55k & 95k milestones (no personal experience but hoping to get there this year). If you can, then it is 93,250, and if you cannot it would be 73,250.
One big yawn.
I have 7 flights booked on AS in 2026, and only one was upgradable with an expiring cert I was gifted before the end of 2025. To be fair I’m only a lowly Atmos Silver and maybe I’d have better luck if I had higher status.
Oops this was meant to be a reply to 1990. My bad for the double post.
How reliable are the upgrade certificates? Like, is it akin to United’s PlusPoints or American’s systemwide upgrades, because, if so, that’s a nonstarter to me (and I’d prefer the bonus points over all else listed at each level), since those rarely clear (dying on the Waitlist). However, if AS is more like DL’s RUCs and GUCs, which do often confirm at booking, then that’s the way to go. Gonna be spending more on my Atmos...
How reliable are the upgrade certificates? Like, is it akin to United’s PlusPoints or American’s systemwide upgrades, because, if so, that’s a nonstarter to me (and I’d prefer the bonus points over all else listed at each level), since those rarely clear (dying on the Waitlist). However, if AS is more like DL’s RUCs and GUCs, which do often confirm at booking, then that’s the way to go. Gonna be spending more on my Atmos card this year, so may actually earn several of these.
I have 7 flights booked on AS in 2026, and only one was upgradable with an expiring cert I was gifted before the end of 2025. To be fair I’m only a lowly Atmos Silver and maybe I’d have better luck if I had higher status.
In the past 7 years, almost all of my GGU's just expired. They were impossible to use, just like the AA SWU's I had before then. In the past couple of months, I've seen more availability open up (which coincides with much less GGU's being out there). Keep in mind that you need a specific fare class to use an upgrade cert - which is often $150+ more than the lowest available Main fare.
...In the past 7 years, almost all of my GGU's just expired. They were impossible to use, just like the AA SWU's I had before then. In the past couple of months, I've seen more availability open up (which coincides with much less GGU's being out there). Keep in mind that you need a specific fare class to use an upgrade cert - which is often $150+ more than the lowest available Main fare.
To me, the big unknown is how often upgrade certs can be used on international flights (even if you need 2 certs/flight). Until that is answered, I'm taking the guaranteed points, rollover EQM's, and the Alaska Lounge+ membership over any upgrade certificate.