What happened
From Oct. 1, 2026, Atmos Rewards members can log in and choose how Alaska and Hawaiian flights earn both redeemable points and elite status points for travel on or after Jan. 1, 2027. Members who pick miles flown earn 1 point and 1 status point per mile. Those who pick dollars spent earn 5 points and 5 status points per $1 of airfare. Those who pick segments earn 500 points and 500 status points per flight.
The choice applies only to points and status points earned from flying and leaves cobranded credit-card status points untouched. A method can be changed only once per calendar year. Existing members who do not choose remain on the traditional miles-flown model. New members who do not choose earn on a revenue basis.
Segment earning reaches Atmos Silver at 20,000 status points after 40 segments. Log in from Oct. 1 and set the 2027 earning method, or existing members remain on miles-flown earning with one change allowed per year.
- Starts
- Oct 1, 2026
- Numbers
- 1 point per mile: distance-based points and status-point earning
- 5 points per dollar: spend-based points and status-point earning
- 500 points per segment: segment-based points and status-point earning
- 20,000 status points: Atmos Silver elite threshold
- 40,000 status points: Atmos Gold elite threshold
- 80,000 status points: Atmos Platinum elite threshold
- 135,000 status points: Atmos Titanium elite threshold
- 40 flight segments: segments to reach Silver on segment-based earning alone
- Who qualifies
- Atmos Rewards members, including Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines frequent flyers
- Takeaway
- From Oct. 1, log into Atmos Rewards and pick the 2027 earning method that fits your flying, or existing members will stay on miles-flown earning and can change only once a year.