Dividend Miles on Alaska?
Apr 23, 2014, 10:02 am
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Dividend Miles on Alaska?
I checked the Dividend Miles merger FAQ on US's website, but I couldn't get a clear answer. I know AA and Alaska have a partnership agreement whereby you can earn miles on the others' flights, but I didn't know if it applied to Dividend Miles.
I have a flight from DCA to SEA this summer, and I would prefer the nonstop on Alaska, but not if I can't get status miles. Anyone know the answer? Thanks.
I have a flight from DCA to SEA this summer, and I would prefer the nonstop on Alaska, but not if I can't get status miles. Anyone know the answer? Thanks.
Apr 23, 2014, 10:12 am
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I haven't seen anything that indicates US and AS have a relationship yet. It may come at some point and eventually US will be absorbed into AA and the AA/AS relationship will prevail but for now you can't get US miles for flying AS.
You can get AA miles that will eventually be merged with your US miles but I think that's all you can do right now.
Jim
You can get AA miles that will eventually be merged with your US miles but I think that's all you can do right now.
Jim
Apr 23, 2014, 10:12 am
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No. US is not partnering with AS.
Apr 25, 2014, 7:35 am
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Thats what I've been saying since day 1. We are getting further and further in the year and soon there will be no more US Airways. It would have been a lot of work for US to implement something that at the time wasnt expected to last more than a year.
Apr 25, 2014, 8:36 am
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If I have, say, a mixed AA/AS itinerary, would it be possible to provide AA with my US number and AS with my AA number? Anyone have experience with this?
Jun 4, 2014, 6:43 pm
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Will you earn DM on a LAX-SEA flight.....
......that is an AS/AA codeshare ?
Looks like it is AS metal but carries an AA flight number.
I looked thru other threads but didn't easily find an answer. I will be flying LAX-SEA a couple times, and don't have AA acct, but would like this to accrue to my DM acct.
Thanks
Grunion
Looks like it is AS metal but carries an AA flight number.
I looked thru other threads but didn't easily find an answer. I will be flying LAX-SEA a couple times, and don't have AA acct, but would like this to accrue to my DM acct.
Thanks
Grunion
Jun 5, 2014, 5:57 am
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I am in a similar situation and I am going to be getting an AA account just for AS flights. It stinks to not get the benefits and the PQMs but at least I will be getting some credit once the programs merge for the miles since they tend to be longer flights on AS.
If I have, say, a mixed AA/AS itinerary, would it be possible to provide AA with my US number and AS with my AA number? Anyone have experience with this?
If I have, say, a mixed AA/AS itinerary, would it be possible to provide AA with my US number and AS with my AA number? Anyone have experience with this?
Jim
Jun 5, 2014, 10:03 am
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AS specifically says no credit for US flights in its program.
Indicates to me there's no agreement between the two, so no miles seems like a no brainer.
If there were miles offered, US would likely treat it as a non-alliance partner and only give RDMs for the travel.
Indicates to me there's no agreement between the two, so no miles seems like a no brainer.
If there were miles offered, US would likely treat it as a non-alliance partner and only give RDMs for the travel.
Jun 5, 2014, 7:41 pm
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I'd imagine that AS has had plenty of their elites ask about crediting US flights to their AS account or redeeming AS miles for US flights given the merger hoopla.
Jim
Jim
Jun 5, 2014, 11:37 pm
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I checked the Dividend Miles merger FAQ on US's website, but I couldn't get a clear answer. I know AA and Alaska have a partnership agreement whereby you can earn miles on the others' flights, but I didn't know if it applied to Dividend Miles.
I have a flight from DCA to SEA this summer, and I would prefer the nonstop on Alaska, but not if I can't get status miles. Anyone know the answer? Thanks.
I have a flight from DCA to SEA this summer, and I would prefer the nonstop on Alaska, but not if I can't get status miles. Anyone know the answer? Thanks.
If the miles post to my AA account, will they be PQMs?
Jun 6, 2014, 6:55 am
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In terms of AAdvantage miles and elite qualification, all AA-coded flights earn as if operated by AA.
AS-coded flights, when operated by Alaska, Horizon, or American, also earn EQM, EQP and EQS.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...nes/alaska.jsp
Learn to love the mileage/elite qualifying tables of aa.com.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...lines/main.jsp
AS-coded flights, when operated by Alaska, Horizon, or American, also earn EQM, EQP and EQS.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...nes/alaska.jsp
Learn to love the mileage/elite qualifying tables of aa.com.
http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/ea...lines/main.jsp
Jun 6, 2014, 7:11 am
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Jun 6, 2014, 8:01 am
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Slightly different question... PHL-SEA (US) SEA-BZN(AS). Is there any way to do this on one PNR so that checked bags are auto routed in SEA from US to AS?
Last edited by 149113; Jun 6, 2014 at 8:10 am
Jun 6, 2014, 10:42 am
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AS or US should be able to ticket this by calling in or using third party site such as orbitz or expedia. Its probably not going to be cheap since you woulf be paying base fare for both PHL-SEA & SEA-BZN. It woudl probably be alot cheaper just to book the whole thing on AS as they file a fare bewteen the two cities
Jun 6, 2014, 11:32 am
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AS or US should be able to ticket this by calling in or using third party site such as orbitz or expedia. Its probably not going to be cheap since you woulf be paying base fare for both PHL-SEA & SEA-BZN. It woudl probably be alot cheaper just to book the whole thing on AS as they file a fare bewteen the two cities
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...t-tickets.html