There’s nice information for Alaska Mileage Plan members who trip on Lyft: The two firms have launched a partnership permitting Mileage Plan members to earn priceless Alaska miles on all Lyft rides within the United States and Canada.
Here’s what you could find out about this new partnership, which was first reported by One Mile at a Time.
Earning Alaska miles on Lyft rides
You can earn 1 mile per greenback on all Lyft rides within the U.S. and Canada.
However, by means of Dec. 31, Mileage Plan members will earn 2 miles per greenback spent on all Lyft rides within the U.S. and Canada.
Members might want to hyperlink their Lyft and Alaska accounts at AlaskaLyft.com. Once your accounts are linked, you may mechanically begin incomes Alaska miles on all of your Lyft rides inside the U.S. and Canada. Best of all, there is no restrict to the miles you may earn.
Remember that you’re going to solely earn Alaska miles on the bottom fare of your Lyft trip, so ancillary charges like bridge tolls, taxes and driver suggestions will not earn you further miles.
Related: Your full information to incomes and redeeming with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
Linking your Lyft and Alaska accounts
To hyperlink your Lyft and Alaska accounts, head over to AlaskaLyft.com. Then, choose “Link your accounts.” You’ll be prompted to log in to your Mileage Plan account and conform to the phrases and situations.
Next, you may be redirected to register with Lyft and conform to Lyft’s phrases and situations.
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Your Lyft and Alaska accounts will then be linked.
Related: 5 methods the TPG employees would redeem 70,000 Alaska miles
Selecting the very best Lyft rewards associate
Lyft riders can earn factors and miles on considered one of three factors currencies. You can change your rewards associate by going into the Lyft app and tapping the three horizontal traces within the prime left nook. Then choose “rewards” and “change journey associate” to toggle between Hilton Honors, Delta SkyMiles and Alaska Mileage Plan.
Here are your rewards choices, together with the return you may get in your rides based mostly on TPG’s valuations:
Hilton Honors, as much as $10,000 per 12 months:
- 3 Hilton Honors factors per greenback spent on non-public Lyft rides within the U.S. (1.8% return).
- 2 Hilton Honors factors per greenback spent on shared Lyft rides within the U.S. (1.2% return).
Delta SkyMiles:
- 2 Delta SkyMiles per greenback spent on airport Lyft rides within the U.S. (2.82% return).
- 1 Delta SkyMile per greenback spent on non-airport Lyft rides within the U.S. (1.41% return).
Alaska Mileage Plan:
- 2 Alaska Mileage Plan miles per greenback spent on all Lyft rides in 2022 within the U.S. and Canada (3.6% return).
- 1 Alaska Mileage Plan mile per greenback spent on all Lyft rides within the U.S. and Canada (1.8% return).
As a reminder, you may solely choose one reward associate. With loads of candy spots within the Alaska Mileage Plan program, and since Alaska Mileage Plan miles aren’t transferable from the foremost bank card transferable currencies, I’ll be switching my most popular Lyft rewards associate to Alaska Mileage Plan.
Related: Easy methods to earn bonus rewards on Lyft rides
Earning extra factors on Lyft rides
I wrote an article a number of months in the past on how one can triple stack in your Lyft rides. The Chase Sapphire Reserve earns an astonishing 10 Ultimate Rewards Points (20% again at TPG’s valuations) per greenback spent on Lyft. And the next Chase playing cards earn 5 factors or 5% per greenback on Lyft:
You can even hyperlink your bank card to Dosh to earn further money again that you would be able to switch to PayPal or Venmo without spending a dime.
Related: Extended: Earn as much as 10 factors per greenback on Lyft with Chase by means of 2025
Bottom line
Alaska Mileage Plan miles are a few of the most respected and are not transferable from the foremost bank card factors currencies. Now, Alaska Mileage Plan members can earn miles on all Lyft rides within the United States and Canada. It took me about two minutes to hyperlink my accounts, and now I’ll be incomes priceless Mileage Plan miles on my Lyft rides.