Quick Overview

  • Alaska miles can be earned by transferring rewards from one major credit card program and several hotel loyalty programs.
  • Bilt Rewards is the top choice among Alaska transfer partners, offering a 1:1 transfer rate (1,000 points for 1,000 miles) to Alaska.
  • While Alaska miles cannot be transferred to other airlines, they can be redeemed on alaska.com for flights with Alaska, oneworld Alliance partners, and other global airline partners.
  • As part of the Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines partnership, you can also earn Alaska miles by transferring AMEX Membership Rewards to HawaiianMiles, then converting them to Alaska miles. This is a temporary opportunity, so take advantage while it lasts.

Use our Alaska transfer partners calculator to determine how many miles you’ll earn when you transfer to Alaska from partner reward programs.

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What points transfer to Alaska?

Alaska Airlines is not a direct transfer partner of any major U.S. credit card rewards program. This makes it harder to earn Alaska miles outside of using Alaska's own co-branded credit cards since you're limited to transferring points from hotel loyalty programs.

Here's the list of Alaska transfer partners:

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Alaska's own co-branded credit cards are the best options for earning Alaska miles, but you can earn a decent amount of points using Bilt Rewards and Marriott Bonvoy.

Bilt points to Alaska

Bilt Rewards points can be converted into Alaska MileagePlan miles at a 1:1 ratio. Every 1,000 Bilt Rewards points you transfer to your MileagePlan account will give you 1,000 Alaska miles.

Bilt only offers the Bilt Mastercard®, but the best thing about this particular card is that you can use it to pay rent with no fees which is something you can't do with other rewards cards. So if you want to earn rewards paying rent, I highly suggest signing up (and reading up) on the program.

Marriott points to Alaska

Marriott Bonvoy points can be converted into Alaska MileagePlan miles at a 3:1 ratio. Every 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy points you transfer to your MileagePlan account will give you 1,000 Alaska miles.

In addition to that, every 60,000-block of Marriott Bonvoy points you transfer in a single transaction will give you a bonus 5,000 Alaska miles. So transferring 60,000 points would give you 25,000 Alaska miles which is not too shabby.

Calculator: Transfer points to Alaska Airlines

Use the conversion calculator to calculate transfers of rewards from Bilt, Marriott Bonvoy and other partner loyalty programs to Alaska MileagePlan Miles.

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Our Top Partner Credit Card Picks

We've run the calculations and checked them twice — here are the credit cards that consistently provide outstanding value to our users: