How to Buy & Redeem Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards Points
Alaska Airlines recently merged its Mileage Plan loyalty program with HawaiianMiles, rebranding it to Atmos Rewards.
While the name has changed, you can still redeem points with Atmos Rewards for valuable award flights on around 25 different airlines. These include all Oneworld airlines, such as Qantas, as well as some niche partners like Aer Lingus, Icelandair, Starlux, Korean Air and Condor.
Atmos award tickets can be excellent value, particularly on short-haul and premium cabin redemptions. And there are no fuel surcharges when booking award tickets with most partner airlines – you’ll just pay a USD12.50 partner award fee.
Although it’s not that easy to earn Atmos Rewards points in Australia, you can buy them directly from the airline. Alaska Airlines even offers regular promotional deals on buying points. These bonuses are once again available to non-US residents.
Buying Atmos Rewards points
You can buy Atmos Rewards points (formerly Mileage Plan miles) on the Alaska Airlines website.
Points start at USD37.63 per thousand, before any discounts or bonus points. This price includes the U.S. federal excise tax. There is a purchase limit of 100,000 points per transaction (excluding bonus points).
There is an annual purchase limit of 150,000 points per member (excluding bonus points). Atmos Rewards waives this limit for members with Silver, Gold, Platinum or Titanium status.
Promotions with bonus points and discounts
Every few months, Alaska Airlines typically runs promotions offering a discount or bonus when you buy Atmos Rewards points.
However, these offers are targeted and can vary between accounts. Your offer may be for a different amount of bonus points than another Atmos Rewards member. It is also possible that, if the address listed on your account is outside of the USA, you might not be eligible for some offers.
These offers also may not be available to new Mileage Plan members. So, if you’re not already a member, sign up now to avoid missing out on the next promotion!
Past offers on buying Atmos Rewards points
The best ever offer we’ve seen on Atmos Rewards points was a bonus of up to 110% in September 2025.
Here is a list of the most recent past deals:
| Offer | Minimum purchase for best bonus/discount | Promotion period |
|---|---|---|
| 80-100% bonus points | 20,000 points | 28 October – 4 November 2025 |
Redeeming Atmos Rewards points
You can redeem Atmos Rewards points on around 25 airlines. This includes all of the Oneworld alliance members:
You can also use Atmos Rewards to book award flights on the following non-Oneworld partner airlines:
- Aer Lingus
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Condor
- Hainan Airlines
- Icelandair
- Korean Air
- Philippine Airlines (coming soon)
- Porter Airlines
- STARLUX Airlines
Unfortunately, Alaska Airlines no longer partners with Singapore Airlines or LATAM.
Award flight pricing
For travel on Alaska Airlines itself, Atmos Rewards uses dynamic award pricing. Redemptions on partner airlines are priced according to the partner airline award charts that take into account the region and distance you’re flying. That said, Alaska does sometimes use dynamic pricing for partner awards on Qatar Airways, Icelandair and Air Tahiti Nui.
For example, this is the partner airline award chart for travel to, from or within Australia in 2025:
The extensive list of partners and relatively low redemption costs make this a competitive program. Award flights are especially great value on routes under 1,500 miles including Sydney-Auckland and Brisbane-Queenstown.
There are no fuel or carrier surcharges except when redeeming points for Hainan Airlines, Icelandair or British Airways flights.
How to book award flights with Atmos Rewards points
Most Atmos awards can be booked on the Alaska Airlines website. If you can’t book online, you can call Alaska Airlines on on +1 (800) 252 7522. The Alaska Airlines call centre is open from 5am to midnight, California time. (It is closed during the evening in Australia.)
You can discuss the Atmos Rewards program on the Australian Frequent Flyer forum:
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