Alaska Airlines Miles No Longer Expire, But Your Account Still Can...

Alaska Airlines has changed its mileage expiration policy: miles no longer expire. However, your Alaska account itself can still effectively expire. If there is no mileage activity for 2 years, the account will be locked and marked inactive. You’ll need to call in and verify your identity to have it reactivated, but the miles in the account will remain intact.

If you do not reactivate the account within 1 year, the account will be closed and the miles will be wiped out as well. So in practice... it’s basically a 3-year expiration window.

Do my miles expire?

Mileage Plan miles do not expireIf miles don’t expire, does that mean my account will remain active indefinitely?For account security purposes, we will continue to lock accounts that have been inactive for more than 2 years. If your account has been locked due to inactivity, call Guest Care to verify your identity, and they’ll reactivate the account for you. All miles in the account will still be there for you to use.

If a deactivated Mileage Plan account is not reactivated within 1 year after deactivation (3 years after your last qualifying activity) , it may not be reactivated in the future, and all Mileage Plan miles previously associated with that account will be forfeited.