14 thoughts on “Alaska Speaks Up on Merger + Our Comparative Look at Mileage Rewards”
Sumner R.
The “other” canary in the room and not mentioned…
Where does Barclays Bank end up in all this?
Will they sell the Hawaiian credit card program to Bank of America? I can’t imagine that AS will have two credit card partners, similar to American with it’s long-time relationship with Citibank and US Air and their relationship with Barclays.
To this day, I American still splits it’s credit card portfolio between the two banks.
Alaska will consolidate everything with Bank of America.
Aloha.❤️🤙🤙
This is Marissa R from Oregon, last year on September 24th my family and I was flying in Alaska Airlines in Portland to Seattle and then Honolulu, on September 27th, we fly in Hawaiian airline in Honolulu to Kailua-Kona, and on October 2nd, we ride in Alaska airlines in Kailua-Kona to Seattle to Portland.
My family was looking me there to look at where Polynesian cultures and Native Hawaiians are and have fun times.😊😁😁
😉😉Aloha!
I believe some airports have different runway taxes. Seattle’s rate is different from Portland pdx and Lax and San Diego are subject to California taxes. If your flight is a 2 stop flight you are taxed twice vs. a direct flight. Maybe that is why airlines charge different points for different locations. If Hawaiian Airlines goes chapter 11 they are freed from any debt so airline miles would be worthless. No Value. If the merger passes at least you get something. Something is always better than Nothing. A 1:1 deal would be a bonus. A 1 HA pt =..66or70/105 Alaska pt would be equal and anything less = irate HA customer.Something is always better than nothing. Good Luck.
One annoying thing about the Alaska miles program is that they dont let you transfer miles from one person to another (miles accumulated by our young kids will be unusable for a loooong time). Whilst Hawaiian allows you to transfer miles balances so it makes total miles accumulated by the family easier to use.
Over all, it looks like a good move to hang onto the miles, IF the merger takes place. In particular, I like the expanded ‘partners’ list that Alaska has, especially Brit Airways, as I like to fly them when going across the pond. Hope this all works out to everyone’s benefit in the end. Fingers crossed!
I bookedt HNL to SFO on American Airlines. They put us on a codeshare Alaska plane
We were surprised to be put in first class because we use our AA credit card useage level
So the benefits expand further than just the merger with Hawaiian.
If the concept of operating as two independent carriers really takes place, it would seem that miles earned on Hawaiian could continue to be used as they are now. The same for Alaska Air miles on Alaska. It should not be difficult for a bean counter to figure out a conversion rate (if needed) to concert HAL miles to use on Alaska or vice versa.
If in fact Alaska raises the amount of miles necessary to fly to Hawaii via Hawaiian airlines, i will likely stop using my Hawaiian Air mastercard to get miles as they would be pointless. I could never attain 105,000 miles for a “free” trip. I already noticed that this year Hawaiian raised the amount of miles from the age old standard of 35000 cost for a trip. I would be so sorry to see Alaska gobble up Hawaiian and turn it into just another airline that cares only about profit and not the wonderful culture and community. I also don’t want to see Hawaiian air go bankrupt. quite a puzzle.
As a long time Alaska Air customer, I assure you they care a lot about culture and community. They took part in so many community events when I lived in Seattle, and they celebrate many things on their flights as well. Additionally, they operated support flights from Oahu to Maui after the fire. I am fairly confident that they won’t squash anything about Hawaiian Airlines that makes them unique.
The “other” canary in the room and not mentioned…
Where does Barclays Bank end up in all this?
Will they sell the Hawaiian credit card program to Bank of America? I can’t imagine that AS will have two credit card partners, similar to American with it’s long-time relationship with Citibank and US Air and their relationship with Barclays.
To this day, I American still splits it’s credit card portfolio between the two banks.
Alaska will consolidate everything with Bank of America.
Aloha.❤️🤙🤙
This is Marissa R from Oregon, last year on September 24th my family and I was flying in Alaska Airlines in Portland to Seattle and then Honolulu, on September 27th, we fly in Hawaiian airline in Honolulu to Kailua-Kona, and on October 2nd, we ride in Alaska airlines in Kailua-Kona to Seattle to Portland.
My family was looking me there to look at where Polynesian cultures and Native Hawaiians are and have fun times.😊😁😁
😉😉Aloha!
I believe some airports have different runway taxes. Seattle’s rate is different from Portland pdx and Lax and San Diego are subject to California taxes. If your flight is a 2 stop flight you are taxed twice vs. a direct flight. Maybe that is why airlines charge different points for different locations. If Hawaiian Airlines goes chapter 11 they are freed from any debt so airline miles would be worthless. No Value. If the merger passes at least you get something. Something is always better than Nothing. A 1:1 deal would be a bonus. A 1 HA pt =..66or70/105 Alaska pt would be equal and anything less = irate HA customer.Something is always better than nothing. Good Luck.
One annoying thing about the Alaska miles program is that they dont let you transfer miles from one person to another (miles accumulated by our young kids will be unusable for a loooong time). Whilst Hawaiian allows you to transfer miles balances so it makes total miles accumulated by the family easier to use.
Over all, it looks like a good move to hang onto the miles, IF the merger takes place. In particular, I like the expanded ‘partners’ list that Alaska has, especially Brit Airways, as I like to fly them when going across the pond. Hope this all works out to everyone’s benefit in the end. Fingers crossed!
I bookedt HNL to SFO on American Airlines. They put us on a codeshare Alaska plane
We were surprised to be put in first class because we use our AA credit card useage level
So the benefits expand further than just the merger with Hawaiian.
If the concept of operating as two independent carriers really takes place, it would seem that miles earned on Hawaiian could continue to be used as they are now. The same for Alaska Air miles on Alaska. It should not be difficult for a bean counter to figure out a conversion rate (if needed) to concert HAL miles to use on Alaska or vice versa.
The problem with Alaska is all their flights to and from Hawaii are on the 737 MAX. That’s a big nope for most of the general flying public
Mike, I prefer the 737 Max instead of Hawaiian Airbus 321.
I wonder what your “general flying public” prefer?
People prefer the safe and reliable A321NEO. Comfortable and safe.
If in fact Alaska raises the amount of miles necessary to fly to Hawaii via Hawaiian airlines, i will likely stop using my Hawaiian Air mastercard to get miles as they would be pointless. I could never attain 105,000 miles for a “free” trip. I already noticed that this year Hawaiian raised the amount of miles from the age old standard of 35000 cost for a trip. I would be so sorry to see Alaska gobble up Hawaiian and turn it into just another airline that cares only about profit and not the wonderful culture and community. I also don’t want to see Hawaiian air go bankrupt. quite a puzzle.
As a long time Alaska Air customer, I assure you they care a lot about culture and community. They took part in so many community events when I lived in Seattle, and they celebrate many things on their flights as well. Additionally, they operated support flights from Oahu to Maui after the fire. I am fairly confident that they won’t squash anything about Hawaiian Airlines that makes them unique.
Don’t forget, Alaskan miles are some of the hardest to earn.
How so?