Feb 13, 2020, 8:29 am
Last edit by: JDiver
Alaska Airlines is expected join the oneworld Alliance as a full member summer 2021 end of 2020, pending regulatory approval*.
link to earning EQM, EQD, EQS and Award Miles flying Alaska Airlines as AS marketed flights. (If flying as AA marketed flight (codeshare), earnings are as if flying AA.) As of April 1, 2020.
Seattle’s first-ever direct flight to BLR will be available for purchase later this month, with daily flights beginning October 2020. Daily service between SEA and LHR will be available for purchase in May 2020 for flights starting March 2021.
link to full release, 13 Feb 2020
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Alaska Airlines route map (including Virgin America)
- Alaska Airlines intends to join the oneworld® alliance, the world's fastest growing and most highly rated global airline alliance, by summer 2021, which will connect Alaska guests to more than 1,200 destinations worldwide.
- American will launch the first service from Seattle (SEA) to Bangalore, India (BLR) beginning October 25 2020. A new American route from SEA to the global business hub London Heathrow (LHR) will begin flying in March 2021.
- The airlines will continue their domestic codeshare that offers customers hassle-free booking and travel between the two networks. The codeshare will expand to include international routes from Los Angeles (LAX) and SEA.
- Alaska and American loyalty members will enjoy benefits across both airlines, including the ability to earn and use miles on both airlines’ full networks, elite status reciprocity and lounge access to nearly 50 American Admirals Club lounges worldwide and seven Alaska Lounges in the U.S.
link to earning EQM, EQD, EQS and Award Miles flying Alaska Airlines as AS marketed flights. (If flying as AA marketed flight (codeshare), earnings are as if flying AA.) As of April 1, 2020.
Seattle’s first-ever direct flight to BLR will be available for purchase later this month, with daily flights beginning October 2020. Daily service between SEA and LHR will be available for purchase in May 2020 for flights starting March 2021.
link to full release, 13 Feb 2020
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Alaska Airlines route map (including Virgin America)
Alaska / AS joining oneworld 31 Mar 2021, AA launching SEA-BLR/LHR
Oct 29, 2020, 3:58 pm
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It looks as if Oneworld is moving forward with alliance-wide frequent flyer upgrades. AS is mentioned in the article.
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Oct 29, 2020, 4:08 pm
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Would expect it to be like the Star Alliance upgrade system: heavy on t&c's, expensive and useless for most people
https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...flyer-upgrades
It looks as if Oneworld is moving forward with alliance-wide frequent flyer upgrades. AS is mentioned in the article.
https://www.executivetraveller.com/n...flyer-upgrades
Oct 29, 2020, 4:11 pm
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James
Sep 19, 2021, 3:41 pm
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For some strange reason, the daily non-stop SEA-LHR AA156 takes a week off from being a daily flight as of 11/25/21. It does go back to daily on 11/30/21. I know, because I was supposed to fly back LHR-SEA on 11/29, and have now be rerouted LHR-DFW-SEA...
Sep 19, 2021, 3:54 pm
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Nov 25 is Thanksgiving in the US. Not unusual for them to cut back some flights during this very long weekend (Thursday-Sunday) as demand for Int'l travel drops considerably (comments made mostly for non-US FTers).