American and Alaska Make Further Cuts to Their Loyalty Partnership
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The loyalty linkage between Alaska and American hasn't been particularly fluid these last few years. Now it's getting even harder to take advantage of the partnership.
It's been an interesting week for those who fly on American's partner network.
After news broke that Delta may have dismantled the future of the American-LATAM partnership on September 26, Alaska and American announced that it soon won't be possible to use miles to book seats on each other's flights. This follows a move in 2017 that restricted frequent flyers on each carrier from earning miles when flying on the other (codeshare flights, however, will still yield miles).
In many ways, the Alaska-American partnership is no longer as important. With a larger route network now after the Virgin America merger, Alaska doesn'
