In May 2025, Alaska Airlines added a new airline partner, in the form of Philippine Airlines. While the two airlines have now had a partnership for well over a year, we’ve finally seen the ability to redeem points added, which is long overdue, and pretty exciting.
Philippine Airlines & Alaska Atmos Rewards partnership basics
Alaska Airlines has a partnership with Philippine Airlines, intended to allow Atmos Rewards members to earn and redeem points for travel on the Philippines’ flag carrier.
Philippine Airlines offers a variety of flight options between Alaska’s hubs and Manila (MNL). You’ll find the most connectivity into Alaska’s network in Honolulu (HNL), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francisco (SFO), and Seattle (SEA), though the airline also flies to Chicago (ORD) and New York (JFK). From Manila, passengers can connect to all kinds of other destinations, especially within Asia.
Also keep in mind that Philippine Airlines plans to join the oneworld alliance in 2027, but this partnership with Alaska came well ahead of that, as Alaska has long focused on strategic partnerships.
You can now redeem Alaska points on Philippine Airlines
We’ve just seen Alaska Atmos Rewards award redemptions on Philippine Airlines go live. At the moment, Philippine Airlines has very few partnerships, though obviously that will change when the airline joins oneworld.
Based on Alaska’s distance based award chart covering Asia, you can expect that a transpacific business class award on Philippine Airlines will cost 75,000 to 85,000 points one-way.
You’ll see now that these redemptions are live directly on Alaska’s website, so there are some great opportunities here, and availability is decent.
I’ve reviewed Philippine Airlines’ A350-900 business class, and it’s a solid experience, but nothing amazing. The airline has also now taken delivery of A350-1000s, which feature an all-new onboard product.
Bottom line
In 2025, Alaska Airlines and Philippine Airlines launched a partnership. While the ability to earn points was quickly rolled out, we’ve also now seen the opportunity to redeem points added, which is a positive development. Philippine Airlines will also be joining the oneworld alliance next year, so this is a nice preview of the redemption opportunities that will be possible through more programs.
What do you make of Alaska partnering with Philippine Airlines, and the ability to redeem points?
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