Can you pass on your Atmos Rewards points when you die?
Atmos Rewards points can pass to a family member after a death. While alive, the account holder can use transfers to another member and gift purchases.
Protecting Atmos Rewards points while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for points, and 4-step plan.
How to protect your Atmos Rewards points while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Atmos Rewards points after a death
Points can be transferred to family members, 7-step process, and 3 required documents.
What happens to Atmos Rewards points when someone dies →Alaska Airlines Atmos Rewards is the combined loyalty program of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, launched on August 20, 2025 as a rebrand of Alaska Mileage Plan. Points are earned through flights, credit cards and partners, and redeemed for travel on Alaska, Hawaiian and partner airlines.
Alaska Airlines' terms allow Atmos Rewards points to transfer to a family member after the account holder dies. While the account holder is alive, Alaska Airlines allows transfers to another member and gift purchases.
What happens to Atmos Rewards at death
- Transferable to family
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.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary on an Atmos Rewards account. Because the points are not the member's property, a will cannot direct them the way it directs property; it can name who the family should ask Alaska to credit.2
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Alaska Airlines publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: Guest Care request for a deceased member's points (historically "Memorial Miles"); the request starts by phone at 1-800-654-5669. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on an Atmos Rewards account.
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