Estate planning as a Atmos Rewards account holder

Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards is the combined loyalty program of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. It launched on August 20, 2025 as a rebrand of Alaska Mileage Plan; the launch announcement states that as of that day Mileage Plan members were Atmos Rewards members and retained their existing account numbers. HawaiianMiles transitioned into the program on October 1, 2025. One Mileage Plan or HawaiianMiles mile became one Atmos Rewards point. Points are earned through flights, credit card spending and partner purchases, and redeemed for travel on Alaska, Hawaiian and the program's global airline partners. The published Conditions of Membership state that points "do not have an expiration date and may remain in an account indefinitely," and they carry no death, deceased, or estate provision at all.

When a Atmos Rewards account holder dies, their points can be transferred to family members at no charge.

During their lifetime, Atmos Rewards members can transfer points to other program members for a fee. This provides a straightforward way to share accumulated value.

What happens at death

Alaska Airlines has long handled a deceased member's balance through an internal Guest Care practice, historically called "Memorial Miles," under which the points are credited to one or more named survivors at no charge once a copy of the death certificate and the account numbers are supplied. The practice is not published. A 2026-09-16 scan of Alaska's own 5,012-URL sitemap and of the Atmos Rewards Conditions of Membership found no deceased-member page and no death, deceased, or estate provision anywhere, so neither the practice's current name under the Atmos brand nor any documentation list, deadline, or fee is confirmable from a primary source. A request is therefore discretionary: the published Terms state that accrued points "do not constitute the property of the member to whose Atmos Rewards account the Points have been posted" and prohibit account-to-account transfers outside the Points.com transfer program and the credit-card points-sharing benefit. Alaska reviews the request on its own terms.

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