Atmos Rewards

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Number four, Atmos Rewards, which was formerly Alaska Airlines.

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Number four, Atmos Rewards.

Oh, man, that just doesn't flow well.

They shouldn't have named it Atmos.

it's not.

All right.

You're getting at least 2x points and 4% BILT Cash on all spending with the BILT Palladium credit card.

You can use built points to transfer to travel partners, airline programs including Atmos Rewards for Alaska Airlines flights that can also get you on American Airlines planes.

You can use points for hotel programs including World of Hyatt and even Amtrak as a recent partner.

You can use built cash, this secondary currency, when paying rent and mortgage payments to earn built points.

They have other discounts and special ways to earn bonus points through these communities.

If you just search for Atmos Rewards Communities, and you can change your community once per calendar year.

So if you haven't made a selection, you can choose your community, and then you can switch at any time once per calendar year.

As for how many kids, it doesn't matter.

Atmos Rewards is the loyalty program of Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines.

Listen in as we take a deep dive into this program and why it's one worth paying attention to.

Welcome to Points Talk.

And Alex was like, neither do I.

So then we reached out to Tracy.

Jess is really good, though, at earning Atmos rewards.

We just learned.

She's sitting on a nice stockpile.

When they merged, they created a new frequent flyer program called Atmos, A-T-M-O-S.

And the Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite Credit Card, the longest name in the history of credit cards.

But a $395 annual fee, if you just Google like Atmos Rewards Military or Atmos Card Military, Military Money Manual should pop up and you can read about there.

A Reddit user sent me a screenshot and it charged the annual fee.

on the 30th and then the mla credit actually came a month later september of so it was august 30th the annual fee was charged and then the it was credited back september 27th when the statement closed so so yeah some people are like oh my god like amex it's instantaneous or you never see an annual fee same thing with chase bank of america apparently charges you the fee at like when the you know the statement opens up and then like at the end of the statement they like credit it back So just relax, chill.

Um, of course, more may come down the road, but from everything they announced back in July, that was the last piece, and we have the entire details of the partnership now.

Next up in loyalty and travel news, it comes to us from Porter and Alaska Airlines, um, technically it's from Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards.

You can now book Porter Airlines flights out of Montreal Metropolitan YHU with your Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards points.

Yeah, so when Porter launched these flights back in June, I was searching on Alaska's site, and YHU didn't even come up as an option for booking on Alaska's site or using Atmos Rewards points to book reward flights.

Um, now I let it go for a little while.

I didn't check.

I just checked recently, and lo and behold, you now have two options, as you can see on the screen, to pick from Montreal.

You have Trudeau or a Metropolitan that you can use your Atmos Rewards points with.

Travel News: Alaska Atmos Communities and Debit Card, link.

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards program just announced a bunch of changes, but one of the biggest is the introduction of six new free communities, each offering different bonuses, status points, and discounts.

Each community has its own benefits and things to be aware of, but the two I think most people are going to want to join are Global Locals and Families on the Go.

Global Locals gives you a faster path to earning status, which is definitely interesting.

I think Alaska's, Air Canada Aeroplan is, is fiddling around with something like this right now for status challenges.

Um, you get one status point for every 25 points you transfer into Atmos rewards from partners like Bilt Rewards.

Mm.

Yeah, you know, there's a lot of chatter last week with Alaska's announcements that we would be winding the partnership down, and Ed, I just, you know, it's, it's funny the things that you read in the news sometimes.

So here's what that actually means today because it's narrower than the headline necessary suggests.

Alaska is now selling selected Breeze flights and awarding Atmos Rewards points on them.

For now, the arrangement is limited to Breeze flights touching only three airports in Charleston, Las Vegas, and Raleigh-Durham.

Cranky's searches turned up the standalone Breeze flights rather than connecting itineraries that combine the two airlines, and availability seems to show up mainly on routes Alaska doesn't necessarily fly itself.

But why does a small interline agr- uh, deal get this much attention? Well, because of the gap that it hints at.

Alaska is in the middle of a genuine push up market.

It's absorbing Hawaiian Airlines, of course, investing in international flying lounges, lie-flat seats, and l- a loyalty program rebuilt as Atmos Rewards, and it wants to be a real alternative and competitor to the big three US carriers, of course, American, Delta, and United Airlines.

But there's a practical problem for a traveler who lives in the East or the South.

On today's episode, we will speculate about Hyatt credit card changes.

We'll reveal nine secret Sapphire Reserve exclusive table restaurants, and we'll dig into Alaska Atmos rewards.

Which is better, earning by distance, price, or segments? Frequent Miler-

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Um, awards wherever I can, um, do through Alaska is how I'm thinking.

And, and do distance.

And to be clear then, then, then what you're talking about is earning American Airlines miles, not A- Atmos rewards in that case.

That's right.