Originally Posted by
yepwho
Alaska Airline Mileage Plan is strictly a frequent flyer program, i.e., they purge the records of anybody who hasn't flown with them for 2 years. This isn't just a case that the miles expire. No, they eliminate the account and anything that shows that you had an account. I guess Alaska has no interest in infrequent flyers. I find this to be a bizarre anti-marketing, anti-customer attitude but then what do I know.
Great first post^
"if a Mileage Plan account is inactive for 2 years, Alaska Airlines may close the account, delete any mileage balance and reassign the Mileage Plan number."
You can buy a slice of toast from an affiliated merchant that sells toast, and earn your $1 and keep your account active. You can then buy the jam or butter 23 months and 29 days later for that toast, and keep the account active. Another 23 months and 29 days later, you can celebrate with a bouquet of flowers, and you'll have earned enough miles for absolutely nothing worth anything, but you will be a quite infrequent flyer and you will still have an active account.