EL AL Matmid Frequent Flyer Club redeem can redeem their factors for flights with Alaska Airlines
EL AL Israel Airlines introduced new growth of the frequent flyer partnership with Alaska Airlines, which now permits EL AL Matmid Frequent Flyer Club redeem their factors for flights to 120 Alaska Airlines cities.
“Since May 2019, Alaska Airlines and EL AL have had a reciprocal agreement allowing members of their frequent flyer programs to earn points and miles when flying both airlines,” stated Ronen Galperin, CEO of the Matmid Frequent Flyer Club. “Now that agreement has been extended to offer reciprocal award tickets. Matmid members can use their points for Alaska award tickets.”
Alaska Airlines, Air Transport World’s 2022 Airline of the Year, will now provide its 120 locations within the United States, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico to Matmid members redeeming factors.
At the identical time, EL AL Israel Airlines, which operates as much as 44 flights every week to Tel Aviv from its 5 U.S. gateway cities of New York, Newark, Boston, Miami and Los Angeles, affords extra alternatives for Mileage Plan members to go to Israel than another provider.
“Alaska Airlines has been a great frequent flyer partner to EL AL,” stated Galperin. “Now that we’ve expanded our relationship with Alaska, we can offer our Matmid members a special experience. They can enjoy Alaska’s award-winning service in the U.S and then connect to our Five Star inflight service to Tel Aviv, using their Matmid points for the entire trip.”
EL AL, for 2 years in a row, has been acknowledged for providing Five Star inflight service by the APEX Official Airline Ratings. In the APEX survey, passengers rated one million flights operated by 600 totally different carriers on 5 parts of inflight service – seat consolation, cabin service, meals and beverage, leisure, and Wi-Fi – and gave EL AL a Five Star score. EL AL earned the Five Star score in 2022 and once more for 2023.
The following are a few of the extra widespread routes on Alaska and the purpose totals Matmid members would wish to redeem for an award ticket on these routes. Taxes and money surcharges can also apply.
Popular Alaska Airlines routes with variety of Matmid Award factors for Economy roundtrip Matmid Award factors for First Class roundtrip flight:
Los Angeles-Las Vegas 400/900
Los Angeles-Seattle 600/1300
Los Angeles-San Francisco 400/900
New York-Los Angeles 1000/2300
New York-San Francisco 1000/2300
New York-Seattle 1000/2300
Los Angeles-Portland 600/1300
Los Angeles-San Jose 400/900
The following signifies the Matmid factors required for an award ticket on Alaska primarily based on the one-way distance of the journey in miles. Taxes and money surcharges can also apply.
Distance in miles (one-way) Cabin Award fare in factors (roundtrip)
0-599 Economy 400 First 900
600-1249 miles – Economy 600 – First 1,300
1250-1749 miles – Economy 800 – First 1,500
1750-3499 miles – Economy 1000 – First 2,300
3500-4999 miles – Economy 2,000 – First 4,500
5000-6999 miles – Economy 2,600 – First 6,100
plus7000 miles – Economy 3,000 – First 7,100