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.