In mid-November American announced their AAdvantage program would move revenue based in the second half of 2016,meaning that all three of the "global" US carriers will acquire revenue based programs.
Alaska Mileage intention has long been an extremely lucrative frequent flyer program. Given their unique mix of partner airlines (including American and Delta), they're also a great program for crediting partner flights to, or even if you don't often skim Alaska.
For example,their MVP Gold 75K members (status which requires 75000 flown miles on Alaska or 90000 flown miles on partners) earn a 125% mileage bonus. On top of that, upon qualifying for MVP Gold 75K you earn 50000 bonus miles. This means that crediting 90000 elite qualifying partner miles to Alaska will net you 252500 redeemable miles. That's the equivalent of a ~180% mileage bonus, or which is incredible.
In late November I posed the question of whether Alaska's Mileage intention program will move revenue based,following in the footsteps of their partners/competitors. My conclusion was basically that it wouldn't surprise me if they continue to award miles based on distance flown, given that they really finish run their airline a bit differently than the competition.
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Source: boardingarea.com