When flying on American Airlines, you earn AAdvantage miles based on the price you paid for the flight. However, when crediting any partner flights to AAdvantage, you'll earn AA miles based on the distance of the flight and the fare class you booked. And that the chart varies from partner to partner.<\/p>\n
With Alaska joining Oneworld on March 31, 2021<\/a>, AAdvantage made some tweaks to its Alaska earning chart<\/a>. For flights going forward, here's how you'll earn AAdvantage miles and Loyalty Points<\/a> when crediting Alaska flights to AAdvantage:<\/p>\n You will notice the base miles are earned at different rates, depending on the cabin and fare class of your ticket. Additionally, there are cabin bonuses for J (75%) and C, D, I (50%) tickets. Lastly, all tickets qualify for Loyalty Points, regardless of fare class. The number of Loyalty Points you earn will match the base miles earning.<\/p>\n AAdvantage elites will now get up to a 120% elite bonus on any base mileage earnings when flying Alaska. That's these flights qualify for the same bonus earnings on your miles as you get when flying on AA.<\/p>\n In an email to AAdvantage elites about Alaska joining Oneworld, American Airlines listed the new “elite mileage bonus” as one of the new benefits:<\/p>\n By now, American Airlines flyers are probably familiar with earning AAdvantage miles<\/a> on AA flights. General members earn 5 AAdvantage miles per dollar of fare and carrier-imposed surcharges. AAdvantage elite members earn an elite bonus on top of that, up to a total of 11 miles per dollar spent.<\/p>\n On partner flights, the calculation is a bit more complicated. First, you need to calculate the base mileage earning based on the earning chart for the particular airline. Then, elite members apply an elite mileage bonus on the base miles:<\/p>\n However, this elite mileage bonus is only available on certain airlines. Luckily, Alaska Airlines is among the qualifying airlines.<\/p>\n Let's look at a sample flight for an Alaska Airlines first-class ticket from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Portland (PDX).<\/p>\n If you book “I” fare class (discounted first class), you will earn 100% base miles plus a 50% cabin bonus. So, for the 1,616-mile flight, you will earn 2,424 AAdvantage miles.<\/p>\n If you hold AAdvantage elite status, you will add your bonus earnings to the base miles (but not to the cabin bonus):<\/p>\n If you have top-tier Executive Platinum status, you get\u00a0almost 2,000 more AAdvantage miles for the exact same flight. Even if you value AAdvantage miles at a super-conservative rate of just 1\u00a2 per mile, that's almost $20 more in value on this one flight. That bonus can really add up for frequent travelers.<\/p>\n There's a lot for American Airlines AAdvantage and Alaska Mileage Plan elites to be excited about with Alaska joining Oneworld. Elites now get guaranteed benefits flying on the other airline — such as free checked bags, lounge access, priority check-in, and priority boarding. In addition, Alaska and American have introduced reciprocal first-class upgrades and extra-legroom seats for certain elites.<\/p>\n With all of these changes, it was easy for flyers to miss a small change to how AAdvantage elite members earn miles on Alaska flights. But, as you can see, this small change can have a sizable impact. For AAdvantage elites, flying Alaskan just got a lot more rewarding<\/p>\n Page Contents<\/p> Good news AAdvantage elites: flying Alaska just got a lot more rewarding. As Alaska Airlines joined the Oneworld alliance this week, a small\u2014but impactful\u2014change was made to how AAdvantage elite members earn miles when flying on Alaska. 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<\/p>\nMore Miles for AAdvantage Elites on Alaska Flights<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAAdvantage elite mileage bonuses<\/span><\/h3>\n
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An example of this new elite bonus<\/span><\/h3>\n
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