Alaska Airlines will join oneworld in early 2021
Some of the things that I’m wondering about include the following:
- How will Alaska status map over to oneworld? Presumably MVP will get oneworld Ruby and MVP Gold will get oneworld Sapphire, but will MVP Gold 75K get oneworld Emerald?
- Will Alaska lose any non-oneworld partners as the airline joins oneworld?
- Alaska currently has a separate award chart for every partner airline, so will that continue, or will the airline simplify its award chart structure, which could be both a blessing and a curse?
- With Alaska belonging to a more unified alliance, could we see the airline start to allow multiple partners on a single award ticket?
- If a new award chart is introduced, will Alaska continue with its generous policies of allowing stopovers even on one way awards?
https://onemileatatime.com/alaska-airlines-oneworld-alliance-fast-track/