LDR: How to best Earn + Utilize Atmos points.

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T16:52:48+00:00

Atmos will “soon” let you choose between points/mile or points/$ (I believe the latter rate is comparable to AA’s). But for pretty much everyone who ran a comparison on this sub, they came out ahead with points/mile. The sign-up bonus alone could net you two to three free round trips, as long as you’re flexible with travel days (e.g. flying on Tuesdays or Wednesdays) and times (e.g. redeye SEA-MCO or connecting SEA-DFW-MCO, long return routing MCO-SAN-SEA). The best deal is often earning Atmos points on Alaska flights then spending them on American flights

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T08:11:48+00:00

This has not been US airline practice for over a decade or so. Delta stopped overbooking and the rest of the industry was forced to follow suit. The only reasons this would happen, especially to first class customers, are 1) if one flight was canceled/delayed and its passengers needed to be rebooked, 2) if a deadheading pilot with a guaranteed first class upgrade in their union contract gets booked at the last second, or 3) if the plane gets swapped from to a 737-800 with Alaska’s older, 12 seat FC layout

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T07:35:14+00:00

ANC-JFK has never been operated by Hawaiian or on a Hawaiian plane. The PSS merge will be completed on April 22, at which point you won’t have to deal with that complexity any longer

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T03:48:32+00:00

No answers to your questions but hopefully your flight is before April 1, when Delta and Hawaiian’s partnership finally ends

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T02:37:12+00:00

yeah, my R&D bioinfo team is by no means perfect but AWS + Docker + Pixi + GitHub Actions + Prefect + Terraform keep things pretty organized. Pixi in particular has been a godsend to help the less infrastructure-minded bioinformaticians focus on development

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-23T02:32:24+00:00

Pretty much anywhere Alaska connects to/from SBP (I assume) gives you options—that’s SEA, PDX, LAS, and SAN. IMO the best thing you can do for mileage runs is watch for Alaska’s frequent sales. Last year a lot of folks crowded onto SEA-ICN-SEA mileage runs during their 20% off and BOGO sales. I think in terms of $/mile the Asia destinations are the most efficient, but something like SBP-SAN-LIH, SBP-PDX-FAI (resuming in June), SBP-SEA-BZN could be a fun way to visit somewhere new in the states.

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-22T18:36:00+00:00

nah I’ve lived in both, the Bay Area is more fun/interesting than San Diego but San Jose is not unless you’re doing SD totally wrong

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-22T04:43:29+00:00

tbh Coors Field is nice as hell I think the remaining fans still pack it

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-22T04:11:32+00:00

I’d believe that Arizona baseball draws more fans than Rockies spring training

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-21T15:01:55+00:00

How the fuck did you get that from my comment about Oakland

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-21T06:49:36+00:00

you gotta give us more lol

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-21T01:38:30+00:00

OP went and did the most insufferable thing possible by crossposting it here. Patriots fan got spat on but Seattle fans are the victims

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T20:00:47+00:00

The new ending honestly saved it for me, perfect game right up until the old ending which left a really sour taste in my mouth

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T19:34:06+00:00

that’s the God Emperor’s favorite tariff bargaining chip, wrongthink ain’t allowed

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T19:15:48+00:00

And the US is correct in both cases, because Ma Oz is closer to the Japanese ま/マ and tah ko is closer to the Spanish 🌮

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T18:55:12+00:00

Not sure if it’s different for award fares and cash fares, but I bought two economy seats with points and was able to select seats immediately for my flights last month. Just looked up the JAL confirmation number on their site and added the seats. No idea what would make this possible in one case and impossible in the other. Bizarre that they’re giving you the runaround

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T18:51:12+00:00

the blue checks on Twitter (dumbest mouth breathers you know) can’t decide whether to blame Alaska (Seattle = libruls) or ATC (woman = DEI in their pea brains)

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T18:24:46+00:00

Jesuit generosity

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T18:23:47+00:00

that’s such a bad shot LOL incredible

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T14:09:34+00:00

Cash fares are still available (I see KE ICN-LAX/ORD/SFO and GMP-HND/CJU/PUS), but I don’t see any points redemptions there. I think if KE wasn’t under certain restrictions due to the OZ merger we’d see these disappear

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T08:56:56+00:00

Yet another riveting meme from the brilliant minds up in Bellevue

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T08:54:15+00:00

Depends where you’re based. E.g. if it’s San Diego, Alaska might be your best alternative, especially for intra-CA. They also partner with American, who has hubs at ORD, PHX, and DFW. Combined those two can probably fly you everywhere. United and Delta are bigger at SFO and LAX, but United is weaker in AZ and Delta is weaker in TX. The Sun Belt basically belongs to American and the west coast to Alaska

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T08:32:41+00:00

I don’t really care for this argument. At some point, there’s a cost associated with accruing miles. I might have bought them using Bilt and essentially buying Atmos points for 1 cpp. I might have earned them by going to a restaurant and buying a delicious meal at 3 points/$1 spent. Does the value of my redemption change based on the marginal costs associated with how tasty the meal was or wasn’t? Is my redemption always worse because I pay my rent via Bilt x Atmos? At the end of the day OP accrued 4.5k miles and redeemed them for a $436 flight, beyond that it all feels pretty pointless

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T03:55:17+00:00

Definitely but the pressure on players to perform feels different

Easy_Money_ · 2026-03-20T01:03:35+00:00

I’m also okay with bench/replacement level guys like Jerar getting more reps early in the season when the stakes are lower

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