Recently, Alaska Airlines acquired Hawaiian Airlines. Both airlines will continue to operate separately. Miles of these airlines can be transferred between them free of cost and in a 1:1 ratio. Here’s how to transfer Hawaiian Miles to Alaska Miles and vice-versa.
Why would you want to transfer miles?
Alaska Miles are a valuable mileage currency. At the same time, Hawaiian Miles can be useful. However, most of us would want to transfer Hawaiian Miles to Alaska Miles due to the number of partners, including OneWorld Partners, and decent mileage requirements. In rare cases, you may also want to transfer Alaska Miles to Hawaiian Miles.
Another possible situation is transferring miles between these two airlines, which would be an arbitrage opportunity. That means you can buy miles of either of these airlines at a cheap price. For example, Hawaiian Airlines is offering a 100% bonus until November 15, costing only 1.27 cents or INR 1.07 per mile, the lowest price for which one can buy Alaska miles. And, both airlines miles doesn’t expire.
So, there could be situations in which you would want to transfer miles between these two airlines.
Things to Know Before Transfer
- Accounts Information on both accounts should match
- The transfer ratio is 1:1. However, transfers should be a multiple of 50.
- A maximum of 500K Miles can be transferred in a Single Transaction
- It takes 72 hours for transfer of miles, however usually these are instant.
How to transfer Hawaiian Miles to Alaska Miles or vice-versa?
Transferring miles between these Airlines is easy.
You need to go to this specific link and choose the program to which you want to transfer miles. If you choose the wrong transfer program, you need to go back to the link and choose the right program.
After that, sign into both accounts.
Once you have signed in, you must select the mileage program to transfer. Miles transfer in a 1:1 ratio, but only in multiples of 50 Miles, with a maximum transfer of 500K for a single transaction. Then click continue.
A confirmation window open, and you need to confirm the transfer request.
The success message will appear, and miles will be transferred within 72 hours.
However, transfers are mostly instant.
Bottomline
It is possible to transfer Hawaiian Miles to Alaska Miles & Vice-Versa and there could be stitutations you would want to do that. The good thing is they transfer in a 1:1 ratio with transfers mostly reflecting instantly.
