Alaska Airlines and Porter Airlines Launch Reciprocal Points Earning

In late 2023, Alaska Airlines announced its 30th airline partner: Canada’s Porter Airlines. The partnership was originally an interline agreement, but starting today, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can earn miles on Porter flights even if they book directly with Porter. Likewise, Porter’s VIPorter members can now earn rewards on Alaska flights regardless of where they book.

Let’s take a closer look at Alaska and Porter’s partnership and how to calculate your earnings when crediting Porter flights to Alaska.

Earning Alaska Miles on Porter Flights

Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has been in business for almost 19 years. The airline has expanded its U.S. footprint over the years, offering flights to major American cities like Boston (BOS), Chicago-Midway (MDW), Los Angeles (LAX), Newark (EWR), San Francisco (SFO), and more.

As One Mile at a Time first reported, Mileage Plan and VIPorter (Porter’s loyalty program) members can now earn miles in their respective mileage accounts on flights booked directly with the operating airline. This means Alaska members can earn when booking flights directly with Porter, and Porter members can earn on Alaska flights booked directly with Alaska.

If you’re an Alaska member flying Porter, you’ll earn based on one of 2 earning charts. The shows what you’ll earn as a Mileage Plan member booking a Porter flight via Alaska’s website. You’ll earn more miles this way, but you could pay more for your flight. Here’s a look at earning rates:

Meanwhile, Mileage Plan members booking directly with Porter can add their frequent flyer number to their itinerary during the booking process. Those flying on tickets booked directly with Porter — or any other partner flight booked directly — earn at the following rates:

As mentioned, you might pay more for Porter flights booked through Alaska. For example, this flight from Chicago-Midway to Toronto-City (YTZ) starts at $106 when you book an economy ticket directly with the airline.

This same flight starts at $133 when you book it through Alaska. However, this is because Porter offers more fare types — including a basic economy equivalent — on direct bookings. You can only book standard Porter fares through Alaska. Premium tickets cost the same on this booking.

In this case, a standard Porter economy ticket costs roughly the same when you book through Alaska or directly with Porter.

With that in mind, it’s only worth booking Porter flights through Alaska if the price makes sense for the fare type you’d like to book. And if you book with Alaska, you’ll earn more miles on your flight. However, if you only need a basic economy ticket, consider booking with Porter to save money.

Note that you still cannot redeem Alaska miles for Porter flights or vice-versa. Porter Airlines’ partner page on Alaska’s website notes that redemptions are coming “in 2024.” Now that we’re in 2025, we’re hopeful that Alaska will provide an update on reciprocal redemptions in the near future.

Final Thoughts

In addition to Alaska’s Oneworld partners, the airline continues to team up with other valuable carriers to expand its network. Today, Alaska expanded its partnership with Canada’s Porter Airlines to include reciprocal mileage earning, even when you book with the operating airline.