Originally Posted by
nevillek
BA, Cathay, Emirates do fly. I'll look into them. But would they give me 100% of miles travelled in Alaska's mileage program based on distance, etc.? Or would it be the same as UA and give me barely anything? What's really the advantage of Alaska over UA's program?
You need to take a look at the Alaska Airlines partner page where each partner fare class is spelled out. Some discounted fare classes, like the lower priced ones on BA, offer 25-50% flight miles which still may be more than what you'd get with a revenue based program like UA. I don't think we have anyone on this forum who regularly flies Alaska to go into that level of detail with you. I credit their flights to AA.
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...-overview.aspx