Feb 13, 2020, 8:29 am
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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
Feb 13, 2020, 2:27 pm
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I know that AA has made decisions over the last little while that do not sit well with many here, but the partnership with AS, new business class seats, expanding international presence are all good things. It is nice for some positive steps. I am hopeful that my very first flight on AS will credit to AA in April (nice to hope). 
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Feb 13, 2020, 2:31 pm
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<redacted quote of a deleted post> Having an empty frame and rotating it in from a hub is wasteful from a fleet planning perspective - that's why RDU is actually a rotation from LHR. It means that the widebody is always running widebody routes, rather than offering a rotation into RDU on a 787/772 that could be fulfilled by a 737/A320. So are they serving SEA as a "mini-hub" and sending the frame in, or is it merely a waypoint for a frame doing a long run that includes LHR...? .
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Feb 13, 2020, 2:39 pm
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We shouldn't get too exciting about the news.
Its most likely that AA takes over the second (almost) daily flight LHR-SEA from BA. Three oneworld flights SEA-LHR would have been an overkill.
So no increase in real seat capacity! However, pax will have a joice of a better J hard product and better lounges at LHR (T3 lounges are way better and less crowded than their T5 counterparts).
AA has a JVA with BA -> hence, even the slot may even come from BA.
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Its most likely that AA takes over the second (almost) daily flight LHR-SEA from BA. Three oneworld flights SEA-LHR would have been an overkill.
So no increase in real seat capacity! However, pax will have a joice of a better J hard product and better lounges at LHR (T3 lounges are way better and less crowded than their T5 counterparts).
AA has a JVA with BA -> hence, even the slot may even come from BA.
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Last edited by JY1024; Feb 13, 2020 at 5:48 pm
Feb 13, 2020, 2:43 pm
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I'm wondering how this will affect the Alaska MVP program with the highest level of MVP75 Gold. Would that qualify as Emerald? or could you earn MVP75 Gold by traveling just on codeshare flights. That is a much shorter distance to elite than 100k/$15k spend.
Feb 13, 2020, 2:49 pm
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It would be ironic if premium cabin awards on AA metal becomes more available through AS redemptions than through AA redemptions.
Well finding J saver award availability on AA metal can't get any worse than it is now.
Well finding J saver award availability on AA metal can't get any worse than it is now.
Feb 13, 2020, 3:13 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 3:28 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 3:49 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 3:55 pm
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This is interesting as a SEA flyer who is currently Skyteam.
Feb 13, 2020, 4:23 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 4:45 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 4:51 pm
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Feb 13, 2020, 4:56 pm
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FWIW, I have an AS award on AA next week from DFW-MIA.......I thought I wasn't going to fly AS any more......
The odd part of this is the AA site shows the checkbox for 500 mile AA upgrades