Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan

Pros: Easy to earn points without flying, lots of partners to choose from.
Cons: Some blackout dates exist, but can be somewhat avoided.

I generally don't really care about the different mileage plans out there, because there are so many loopholes that it almost makes them worthless in my eyes. I still sign up for all of them and I still use them, but normally, I don't think much about ...

Pros: No expiration on miles. Lots of ways to earn miles in addition to flying
Cons: It takes patience to redeem miles for flights on the days you want

After years of not flying anywhere my first trip was to Mexico on Alaska Airlines. It started when I wanted to take a long overdue trip to someplace new and exciting. I decided on Zihuatanejo, Mexico. I went online and started looking for cheap ...

Pros: Easy first class upgrades, generous mileage bonuses, great elite member benefits.
Cons: Few choice of awards, higher mileage requirement for partner awards.

The Two-Tier System

I am an MVP Gold member in the Mileage Plan and find it a very good frequent flyer rewards program (FFP) in comparison to other FFP's such as AAdvantage (American), Mileage Plus (United), World Perks (Northwest). One of the...

Pros: Easy to use and generous mileage plan. Excellent Benefits.
Cons: NONE.

I've been an Alaska MVP Gold member for over 10 years, and wouldn't dream of flying with anyone else, unless it was absolutely necessary. I also belong to NW Worldperks (just so-so), United Mileage Plus (ugh) and American Aadvantage (just so-so). Alas ...

Pros: You can practically get miles for breathing. (Not quite, but close!)
Cons: As a regional carrier, you have to deal with partners for cross-country or worldwide travel.

My wife and I had been shopping around for a frequent flyer program for a while, even though we only fly 2-3 times a year. When we finally defeated inertia and investigated, the Alaska plan stood out to us. It was a highly-rated airline, it is a major...

Pros: Free vouchers, a mile for every dollar you spend, detailed acct statements, 1-800 # for everything!!!
Cons: $75/year for the Platinum, but every card like this costs!

I so love the mileage plan - I will be getting my first free round-trip ticket very soon, probably next month! I've been working at it for a while, as most all my points were awarded due to travel time. But as of 3 months ago I got my first AK Airmiles...

Pros: great weekly and summer benefits
Cons: have to be a frequent traveler to get the best benefits

I love this program. I am a super-frequent traveler (so the airlines should love me) and it really pays off with Alaska (unlike several major US carriers). Several others have written rave reviews and mention much of what I have to say. I thought I...

Pros: Lots of miles for doing basic things that I would do anyway!
Cons: When cashing in the miles you have to talk to a real person!

I guess you could say that I am biased, I love Alaska Airlines (in fact I wrote another review about them)...but what makes this airline even better is their Mileage Program. They give out miles for doing the little things that save tons of time for...

Pros: Great airline, miles accumulate quickly
Cons: Impossible to redeem miles for international travel, any place, any time, any category.

I have been an Alaska Airlines MVP Gold member for many years and a member of their frequent flier program since 1998. Alaska's formerly great program has unfortunately gone completely bad with a minimum number of partner airlines and seats available for ...

Pros: Everything about MileagePlan
Cons: Nothing yet!

If you're a member of the MileagePlan you have to get the Bank of America Debit Card. If you have a checking account, and don't bank with B of A, switch now! What are you waiting for?

I ran across this back in October 2001 when I was calling...

Pros: Bonus miles everywhere you look!
Cons: NONE

I just love the Alaska mileage plan. I get so many bonus miles, and they rack up fast. First, I signed up for the plan online and got 500 miles to start, then I enrolled in their My Alaska Air program which is just a way to log in on their site and it...

Pros: Multiple means of earning FFM's, accurate tracking of milage, miles never expire!
Cons: Milage partner program could be improved upon.

I enjoy the many benefits of Alaska Airlines frequent flyer program. The benefits of adding milage by using my Alaska Airlines VISA, and combining milage earned at local markets is a dream. However, I did experience difficulty in obtaining credit for...

Pros: nifty Christian sayings under their trays...and good value.
Cons: that whole "cash only" line thing...the system can't handle complex transactions.

I have amassed 40,000 miles on Alaska. It is the only mileage plan I have and I have eagerly awaited redeeming those miles. We have 40,000 and two travelers trying to get from Portland Oregon to Boston for a wedding this summer. I need to make a half ...

Pros: So many ways to earn miles--they add up fast!
Cons: partner rewards are limited

I love the Alaska Mileage Plan! I used to be a member of Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards when I lived in Florida. I hated how your flight credits expired in 1 year. That is ridiculous. When I moved to Seattle, I became a member of Alaska's plan. I...

Pros: tons of ways to get miles, and they never expire
Cons: black out dates

My boyfriend and I flew to Mexico on Alaska and on the way back got stuck at LAX because the flight was overbooked. We decided to take the next flight out and for getting home an hour later than scheduled, we got two round-trip tickets FREE to Hawaii. ...

Pros: One-way awards on Alaska which is 1/2 of roundtrip awards
Cons: Almost impossible to get international flights

I've been a member of the Alaska Mileage Plan for a long time. So far, I've only been successful in redeeming domestic tickets. In the past, I tried to get flights to Asia with no success. In the last few months, I called about 10 times to get a flight ...

Pros: Earn extra miles
Cons: none

I Love the Alaska frequent flyer program. I also have the Alaska credit card so I can really add up my miles with it. Their new online earn extra miles progrom for ordering your ticket on line & then checking in at the curb, earn extra miles, helps...

Pros: Great 'perks' for the frequent business traveler
Cons: Limited area of operation

I love the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan! They have great domestic and international partners, they offer plenty of earning opportunities and they have great 'elite' level perks. The food is passable. The only problem is that they only fly on the West...

Pros: They have an attractive schedule for west coasters.
Cons: Customer service, in flight service, aircraft maintenance, and their overall mileage plan have deteriorated severely.

All the rave reviews were accurate a while back. But this company keeps changing their terms and making it harder and harder to use miles. They continuously up their number of miles required and today when I tried to use miles to upgrade to first class they gave me three different explanations that all indicated it was virtually impossible. I am an MVP member (high mileage frequent flyer) and have been for a number of years. They continuously give me bad news about changing policies and have a take it or leave it attitude. I highly recommend people who are considering this mileage plan to move on to another airline.

Pros: Did think it was a good plan, before it got 'purged' from Alaska's systems.
Cons: Lost every mile I'd ever flown on Alaska, NW, KLM, BA, et al.

I'd set up all my travel with a number of Alaska partner airlines (Continental, KLM, British Air, et al) to allocate my mileage onto my Alaska plan.

Unfortunately, I'd done this after several years of no activity on my account. Alaska had deleted my plan, and thus any miles I allocated to this plan number simply vanished -- no error messages to my travel agent when making the bookings, no mailings.

Contacting Alaska's customer service, with all my receipts, flight stubs, et al in hand, resulted in their standing by their policy that they're not responsible and my miles are simply gone.

780,000 miles of international and domestic travel simply gone.

Convenient for them, not for me.

Buyer beware.

And, check your mileage account every year or so, even if you happen to be out of the country for an extended period, to ensure your miles don't simply vanish...

Pros: alaska airlines's planes were modern with leather seats and generally comfy.
Cons: Horrible customer service First class was not up to standards of other airlines

I've had the airline mileage program from Alaska Airlines for over 2 years. I recently bought tickets from the online site but ran into some technical difficulties. When I called the customer service, there was a long wait, the people were hugely disrespectful and all around a bad experience. I cancelled my card (losing 7,000 miles) because of it.