Alaska Airlines Adds Mileage Transfer Option to Simplify, Speed Award Travel Redemption

The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan today announced a new program that allows members to transfer miles from one account to another, making miles easier to use and free travel faster to earn.

Alaska’s new mileage transfer program gives Mileage Plan members the option to transfer up to 100,000 miles per year from one Mileage Plan account to another. Customers can use their miles to redeem travel on Alaska Airlines, as well as its sister carrier, Horizon Air, and more than a dozen worldwide airline partners. Miles can be transferred in increments of 1,000 up to 30,000 miles per transaction.

"We constantly look for ways to make the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan more valuable to our members by making miles easier to earn and redeem," said Rick Rasmussen, Alaska’s director of loyalty marketing. "Now Mileage Plan members can share miles with family and friends with the simple click of a mouse. For instance, if parents want to fly their college student home for a visit but don’t have enough miles individually, they can combine their miles to qualify for a free ticket."

The mileage transfer service is available at the airline’s Web site, alaskaair.com. Customers transferring miles will pay a $25 fee per transaction and will be charged one cent per mile transferred.

In addition to redeeming miles for personal travel, Mileage Plan members continue to have the option to donate miles through Alaska Airlines’ Charity Miles program, which includes the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Angel Flight West, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Alaska Shriners, Hero Miles and others. Details about the Charity Miles program are available at alaskaair.com.

Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan recently received top marks for "Best Elite Level Program" and "Best Member Communications" at the 18th Annual Freddie Awards. The program offers opportunities to earn miles with more than 55 partners in eight categories including airline, car, dining, hotel, financial, rail, specialty and telecom. The program has 14 airline partners serving 700 destinations on six continents and includes more major U.S. airline partners than any other frequent flier program.

Alaska Airlines and sister carrier, Horizon Air, together serve 88 cities through an expansive network throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and Mexico. For reservations visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air newsroom at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com/.

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines