Originally Posted by tai4de2

Just pointing out that the page for JL also doesn't say "redeem" either, but clearly redeeming is possible. (I'm not disputing that redemption isn't available on El Al, just being pedantic.)

https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mileage-plan/how-to-earn-miles/airline-partners/japan-airlines?lid=airline-partnersartners-japan
[sorry, the link contains a digraph that the board interprets as an emoji, and I don't know how to fix it]