Jan 27, 2021
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As a points and miles fanatic, I’m always assessing my choice of loyalty programs.
Whether it be airlines, hotels or transferable points, I try and keep an eye on news surrounding each of the types of points I earn. This keeps me in the loop on devaluations, new transfer partners and other news.
Much for the same reason, I keep tabs on the programs I don’t actively earn too. Sure, this helps me write better content for TPG. But in the past, it’s helped me change my mind about earning certain types of points.
Alaska Airlines realigning fare classes
Mileage Plan will be changing mileage earning rates for flights on Alaska Airlines as of March 31, 2021. For now only mileage earning rates for travel on Alaska Airlines are changing, and not for travel on any partner airlines.
So, what all is changing? Here’s the Alaska Mileage Plan mileage earning chart for flights through March 30, 2021:
And here’s the Alaska Mileage Plan mileage earning chart for flights as of March 31, 2021:
As you can see, it’s hard to do a side-by-side comparison, given that fare classes are changing as well. A few things do stand out: