Alaska Airlines now letting you earn status from British Airways flights

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• James67 says:

  20 Jan20 January 06:52

  CX is great value in/out of HKG from just about any place via Alaskan so the program could offee excellent potential for people looking for regional in Asia or who are mixing and matching programs to put together their whole plan.

• Phillip says:

  20 Jan20 January 07:41

  The fact that Delta has recently been increasing their flights on Alaska’s NW turf is clearly upsetting Alaska, who are looking elsewhere to strengthen their relationships.

• Tony says:

  20 Jan20 January 07:45

  Alaska also run regular sales that allow you to buy miles at a discount. What’s more, you can keep going back as many times as you like – there’s no annual limit.

  I reckon with the sale, you can get LHR-HKG all in for about £1500 on Cathay in J. That’s no bargain especially as you earn no miles, but if you need to be out and back quickly and don’t want to be away for the weekend, it has its merits.

  AS charges taxes of c. $350 on a LHR-HKG-LHR in CX J.

• tim says:

  20 Jan20 January 09:41

  Can I assume that this doesn’t work the other way round. And although I will earn Avios on my upcoming Alaska flights, I will not get any BA Tier points from them?

  • Rob says:

    20 Jan20 January 10:18

    Correct, unfortunately

    • tim says:

      20 Jan20 January 13:42

      thanks. That is what I thought.

    • tim says:

      21 Jan21 January 16:57

      what if you bought your ticket at aa.com? I did that with an upcoming SAN-PDX-YVR flight. The first leg is Alaskan operated but my reservation has an AA flight number. The second leg is Horizon air operated and has a AS flight number

      • Rob says:

        21 Jan21 January 17:37

        oneworld airlines usually credit based on the MARKETING carrier, so the Horizon flight with an AS flight number should credit to BA ….

• Jon H says:

  20 Jan20 January 09:44

  Alaska also status match from BA (or at least did when I tried in mid-2012). They do this up to their mid-tier MVP Gold status, which gives a miles bonus and unlimited upgrades on Alaska flights.

  Particularly worth noting if you were to redeem (avios or Alaska miles) on one of their many flights from the west coast to Hawai’i!

• Dave says:

  20 Jan20 January 12:47

  Hi Raffles,

  Totally OT but what do you value HHonors points at for redemption? I was thinking about 0.05 cents.

  Thanks

  • Rob says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:20

    Yes, I agree – I work off 0.3p which is almost exactly 0.5c! That said, ‘cash and points’ usually gets you 0.5p, but a lot of hotels do not offer ‘cash and points’ as an option (and even if it does, you may want to use points to save money).

  • Sinizter says:

    20 Jan20 January 14:22

    £0.003 or thereabouts.

• Rob says:

  5 Feb5 February 13:11

  If they let you book Emirates flights ex Europe, which they don’t, this would be fantastic!

  • thesaver79 says:

    5 Feb5 February 13:13

    “One particular sweet spot for Europeans is Cathay Pacific redemptions between Europe and Hong Kong – 42,500 miles in Business Class and 70,000 miles in First Class. With this offer, you’d be buying those 42,500 miles for less than £550!” (from flyingpiggie.com)

    • thesaver79 says:

      6 Feb6 February 09:22

      Raffles, do you think this is as good as it seems?

      • Rob says:

        6 Feb6 February 09:25

        Fundamentally, yes, it works nicely if you need that particular redemption (double-check the numbers first). Not sure what Cathay availability is like, although of course you could use any European departure city so I’m sure you’d get something.

        Unsure what taxes Alaska adds on top of Air Passenger Duty, if any.

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