Overview
- Alaska and Hawaiian flights now price under one distance-based chart that drops separate categories for Hawaii, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and domestic versus international.
- A new 3,501+ mile band increases starting prices on the longest routes, with reports that some North American awards now cost up to about 50% more.
- Atmos lowered the floor for the shortest economy awards to 4,500 points, and Frequent Miler found intra-Hawaii flights at 4,500 and some first class at 12,500 despite a 15,000-point chart start.
- Alaska added an official notice that award levels are “starting at” and subject to limited availability, so many itineraries may price above the listed minima.
- Frequent Miler observed that pricing has not updated across all routes, with West Coast–Hawaii searches still showing 15,000/40,000 points at the time of publication.