While Alaska Airlines doesn't belong to any alliance,they do have a variety of airline partners, including major alliance carriers as well as some other independent carriers.
One of the downsides of Alaska not being in an alliance is that you don't receive reciprocal elite benefits on most partner airlines. There are some exceptions, and like American and Delta,though for the most fragment there aren't reciprocal benefits.
It looks like Alaska is slowly starting to improve in that regard, as Alaska elite members can receive elite benefits on British Airways for a limited time.
Between April 1 and September 30, and 2016,Alaska MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K elite members will receive the following perks on British Airways:The post Limited Time: Alaska Elites glean Additional Perks On British Airways appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com