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The Department of Transportation (DOT) approved the merger of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines back in September. Since then, the two carriers have started the process of combining and aligning the two operations. Status matches for elite members of both programs are live. In addition to the benefits provided between the two programs, this will be a way for HawaiianMiles elite members to gain oneworld® access before Hawaiian becomes a member.
The two airlines will eventually have a combined loyalty program. Until then, members can link their accounts to receive boosted status levels based on combined Elite-Qualifying Mile (EQM) totals and additional benefits in both programs.
The status match chart above shows how the levels correlate. This incudes:
- Alaska Mileage Plan MVP status = HawaiianMiles Pualani Gold status
- Alaska Mileage Plan MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K, or MVP Gold 100K status = HawaiianMiles Pualani Platinum status
Alaska Mileage Plan members will see benefits on Hawaiian Airlines when using their matched status. HawaiianMiles elites who have a linked Alaska Mileage Plan account will enjoy Mileage Plan elite benefits when they fly on Alaska and will have oneworld® status when flying on oneworld® partners using their Mileage Plan number in their reservations.
HawaiianMiles Pualani Gold members will see oneworld® Ruby while HawaiianMiles Pualani Platinum will receive oneworld® Sapphire status.
Combined balances between HawaiianMiles and Mileage Plan will result in higher status levels earned.
Anthony’s Take: If you have status in either airline’s loyalty program, now is the time to match to enjoy benefits on the other carrier, potentially a higher level of status, and oneworld® status and all the benefits that come from the alliance (lounges, bags, etc.).
(Image Credits: Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.)
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2 comments
My brother lives on Maui and I believe has the highest Hawaiian airlines status. Is there anything to be gained from waiting to do the match? Like extending the expiration date of the status or something like that?
There has been no mention of extending status by waiting.