The Points Mom

Virgin America To No Longer Participate In Membership Rewards

  With the acquisition of Virgin America by Alaska Airlines last year, it is not surprising about this change in the Virgin America program. I received word from American Express Membership Rewards that as of November 1, 2017, Virgin America will no longer be a transfer partner of the Membership Rewards program.  This makes sense as […]

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4/7/2016 Email From Virgin America About The Merger

  Below you will see Virgin America’s latest email to me providing some information about the merger, but kind of nothing we didn’t already know. “Dear cindy, I wanted to follow-up on the news announced earlier this week that Virgin America has agreed to be acquired by Alaska Airlines. We’ve received an outpouring of support […]

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Virgin America’s Email To It’s Elevate Members About The Acquisition

  This is the email that Virgin America sent to it Elevate members today about it’s acquisition by Alaska Airlines.. “I wanted to write to let you know that we announced today that Virgin America has agreed to be acquired by Alaska Airlines. With complementary West Coast-based networks and similar cultures focused on guest service […]

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Alaska Airlines Acquires Virgin America

  After much buzz over the last few days, it was announced today that Alaska Airlines is acquiring Virgin America for $2.6 billion.  The airlines indicated that after the acquisition, the combined airline will have 1,200 daily departures, 280 aircraft, as well as hubs in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Alaska, and Portland, Oregon. As […]

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