Alaska Airlines moved very quickly beginning to integrate Hawaiian Airlines after acquiring the airline.
- They introduced points transfers between Alaska and Hawaiian frequent flyer accounts. This creates huge opportunities like transferring American Express Membership Rewards to Hawaiian and onto Alaska, and also combining points from different accounts free on the Hawaiian side for co-brand cardmembers and then onto a single Alaska account. Plus, now there are co-brand cards to acquire from both airlines and the points will ultimately wind up in a single account.
- They’ve already begun to re-time flights, and coordinate which airline flies which route. They’re reconfiguring the route network. As I predicted, the first Hawaiian route dropped will be Austin – Honolulu.
- Hawaiian Airlines is now included in the Alaska Airlines award chart.
- And now they’re already offering status matches for elite members across the two airlines. They said it would come before end of year, and it’s still before the end of the year!
Just go here, enter your Alaska Airlines login information, and then your Hawaiian Airlines login information, and you’re matched!
| If you have: | You’ll be matched to: |
|---|---|
| Alaska Mileage Plan MVP status | HawaiianMiles Pualani Gold status |
| Alaska Mileage Plan MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K, or MVP Gold 100K status | HawaiianMiles Pualani Platinum status |
| HawaiianMiles Pualani Gold status | Alaska Mileage Plan MVP status |
| HawaiianMiles Pualani Platinum status | Alaska Mileage Plan MVP Gold status |
They also combine your qualifying miles across the two accounts to total what your status should be across the two programs. (Combined qualifying miles are for status qualification only and don’t contribute to Mileage Plan milestone rewards.)
Some accounts update quickly, while others experience delays. It can take 72 hours, but usually takes just a few. Bear in mind that you may now be booking mixed Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines itineraries, and your choice of loyalty program affects benefits.
This is, of course, separate from Alaska’s standard public status match offer. I received Alaska Airlines status through end of December as a Bilt Platinum and matched over to Hawaiian. As an American AAdvantage Executive Platinum this wasn’t of huge benefit to me, but I do have Alaska Airlines confirmed upgrades to still use next year.
@ Gary — It woul be even better if Alaska posted missing credit card EQM from Aug-Dec. Apparently these aren’t posting for lots of people.
I can’t tell – if we have the Alaska status through Bilt, that gives us Hawaiian status through next year. But will we then get Alaska status back in 2025 via the match? Or only if the programs combine? (I also have unused upgrades I’d love to use in 2025!)
What about an AA EP flying an AA itinerary that includes one leg on Hawaiian? I’m looking at $40/bag fees because status doesn’t yet match that direction.
Will Hawaiian Airlines become part of OneWorld as Alaska is already part of the program? Thank You
I am 75K Pualani Plat and they actually matched me to MVPGold 75K, not just MVPGold.
FWIW, My HA FA told me last night of some pretty significant schedule changes coming between HI and the west coast. A number of flight and capacity reductions on various routes, replacing HA 321 flights with AS metal, more redeyes on AS metal, etc.
Have you heard any more about these?
I’m most interested in when they’ll make preferred seats on Hawaiian available at no charge to Alaska 75/100k members. That will be a good day!
I have both Alaska and Hawaiian credit cards. I need to know which one to keep and which one to cancel(thinking I don’t need both)