Alaska Airlines does not have any major credit card transfer partners. When it comes to earning Alaska Mileage Plan Miles, your best options will be using Alaska Airlines credit cards, transferring rewards from Alaska's partners, and buying Alaska Miles.
Alaska Airlines Credit Cards
Alaska offers one personal and one business credit card that you can use to earn Alaska Airlines Miles directly on your everyday spending. These cards are your best options if you're looking to earn miles via credit card spend.
Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card
The Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card earns 3X Alaska Miles on Alaska Airlines purchases and 1X on all other purchases.
Benefits of the card include an annual companion fare which allows you to bring a companion along starting at $121 USD. The card also grants a free checked bag for you and up to five others traveling with you and discounts on both in-flight purchases and lounge passes.
If you fly Alaska Airlines frequently, this is one of the best cards to have in your wallet.
- Annual Alaska Companion Fare: Buy 1 round trip ticket and get a companion fare starting from $121 USD for another person to travel with you.
- Free checked bag for you and up to five others traveling with you.
- 20% off in-flight purchases when you use your Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card to pay for food, beverages, and Wi-Fi onboard Alaska and Alaska-operated flights.
- 50% discount on day passes for Alaska Airlines lounges.
Alaska Airlines Business credit card
The Alaska Airlines Business credit card is an exact copy-paste of the personal card. It earns 3X Alaska Miles on Alaska Airlines purchases and 1X on all other purchases.
The card offers an annual companion fare starting at $121 USD for a companion to travel with you, a free checked bag for you and up to five others on the same reservation, and discounts on both in-flight purchases and lounge passes.
The Alaska Airlines Business credit card is a great choice if your business expenses include Alaska Airlines.
- Annual Alaska Companion Fare: Buy 1 round trip ticket and get a companion fare starting from $121 USD for another person to travel with you.
- Free checked bag for you and up to five others traveling with you.
- 20% off in-flight purchases when you use your Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card to pay for food, beverages, and Wi-Fi onboard Alaska and Alaska-operated flights.
- 50% discount on day passes for Alaska Airlines lounges.
Transfer Marriott Bonvoy Points
Marriott Bonvoy Points can be transferred to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan at a rate of 3:1 meaning you can transfer 3,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points for 1,000 Alaska Miles.
You'll also earn a 5,000-mile bonus for every 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points you transfer, so you can easily rake up Alaska Miles if you frequent Marriott hotels.
You can pick up Marriott Bonvoy credit cards and transfer your earned points to Alaska Milage Plan for a solid amount of miles.
- Earn 3 Free Nights (up to 50,000 points each) after you spend $3,000 in the first 3 months from account opening. Certain hotels have resort fees.
- 1 Free Night Award (valued up to 35,000 points) every year after account anniversary.
- Earn up to 17X total Bonvoy points per $1 spent at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy™ thanks to complimentary elite status.
- 2X Bonvoy points for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
- Automatic Silver Elite Status each account anniversary year. Path to Gold Status when you spend $35,000 on purchases each account year.
- 15 Elite Night Credits each calendar year.
- No Foreign Transaction Fees.
- Earn unlimited Marriott Bonvoy points and get Free Night Stays faster.
- Earn 75,000 Marriott Bonvoy Bonus Points after you use your new Card to make $3,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of Card Membership. Plus, earn up to $200 in statement credits for eligible purchases made on your new Card at U.S. Restaurants within the first 6 months of Card Membership.
- Enjoy up to $300 in statement credits each year of Card Membership for eligible purchases at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program.
- Earn 6 Marriott Bonvoy points for each dollar of eligible purchases at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program. 3 points at U.S. restaurants and on flights booked directly with airlines. 2 points on all other eligible purchases.
- Receive 1 free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Award can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy Points) at a participating hotel. Certain hotels have resort fees.
- Enjoy unlimited airport lounge visits when you enroll in Priority Pass™ Select membership.
- No Foreign Transaction Fees.
- $450 Annual Fee.
- Terms Apply.
- Earn 30,000 Bonus Points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- Pay no annual fee with the Marriott Bonvoy Bold™ Credit Card from Chase®!
- Earn up to 14X total Bonvoy points per $1 spent at over 7,000 hotels participating in Marriott Bonvoy™ thanks to complimentary elite status.
- 2X Bonvoy points for every $1 spent on other travel purchases (from airfare to taxis and trains).
- 1X point for every $1 spent on all other purchases.
- Receive 15 Elite Night Credits annually, qualifying you for Silver Elite Status. Restrictions apply.
- No Foreign Transaction Fees.
- Earn unlimited Marriott Bonvoy points and get Free Night Stays faster.
- Welcome Offer: Earn 75,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points after you use your new Card to make $3,000 in eligible purchases within the first 3 months of Card Membership. Plus, earn up to $150 back in statement credits on eligible purchases made on your new Card within the first 3 months of Card Membership.
- 6x points at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program.
- 4x points at U.S. restaurants, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services purchased directly from U.S. service providers and on U.S. purchases for shipping. 2x points on all other eligible purchases.
- Receive 1 Free Night Award every year after your Card account anniversary. Plus, earn an additional Free Night Award after you spend $60K in purchases on your Card in a calendar year. Awards can be used for one night (redemption level at or under 35,000 Marriott Bonvoy points) at hotels participating in the Marriott Bonvoy™ program. Certain hotels have resort fees.
- Enjoy complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status with your Card. Plus, earn Gold Elite status after making $35,000 in eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year.
- Terms Apply.
Buy Alaska Miles
If you're short on miles and need them now, your best bet is buying Alaska Miles. You can buy Alaska Miles at the standard rate of 2.75 cents per mile and can buy up to 150,000 Alaska Miles per year.
Buying miles isn't the best option, but it's the easiest and quickest way to aquire the miles you need. Just make sure that it's worth buying them for the redemption you plan on redeeming them towards.
Point Transfer Calculator
Alaska Miles can be earned transferring points from a handful of rewards programs directly to your Alaska Mileage Plan account.
You will not earn many points from these partners, but it can still be useful if you need to top off your account.
Enter the amount of Alaska Miles you need in the table below. It will output how many rewards you would need to transfer from the partner program to equal the amount of miles you entered.
