Hawaiian Airlines will no longer be an Amex transfer partner

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The following notice has been added to the Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners page, beside HawaiianMiles:

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Get in by 30 June if you want to transfer into HawaiianMiles (you can transfer onwards from Hawaiian to Alaska Airlines at a 1:1 rate ;) )
 
Very sad news indeed. I've really taken advantage of Alaska redemptions the last few months. Much better value compared to QF.
 
The following notice has been added to the Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners page, beside HawaiianMiles:

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Get in by 30 June if you want to transfer into HawaiianMiles (you can transfer onwards from Hawaiian to Alaska Airlines at a 1:1 rate ;) )
bother, that's a pity. Are they going to replace with another airline partner? i.e. the list is shorter and less attractive.
 
I think we all saw the writing on this wall and it was simply a case of how long could we abuse this.
 
They've only been there for about 5mins haven't they?
Yes, was a short term loophole emerging from the Alaska-Hawaiian merger.

Alaska don't ordinarily partner with Amex (they partner with BOA in the US), but Hawaiian did, so it was a backdoor route to converting Amex to Alaska.

The main question for me is how many US MR I want to park with Alaska.
 
Whats the play here? Alaska does seem to have genuine availability. But I am nervous sending a whole heap of points out without an immediate use to park in Alaska. What are peoples experiences with Alaska?
 

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