New: Redeem Alaska Miles On Royal Jordanian

Alaska Airlines has yet to roll out award redemptions on all oneworld partners. The airline is slowly adding redemptions for each airline partner. We can now add another redemption partner to the list, as we have seen Alaska add awards on other airlines.

Mileage Plan redemption rates on Royal Jordanian

Royal Jordanian is an award redemption partner for the Alaska Mileage Plan. Royal Jordanian is Jordan's national carrier and has a fleet of roughly 25 aircraft, including seven Boeing 787-8s.

The airline mainly flies to the Middle East and to Africa and Europe. In the US, Royal Jordanian flies to Chicago, Detroit, and New York.

The Alaska Mileage Plan saver level one-way award costs for travel on Royal Jordanian are listed here.

• North America to Middle East costs 42,500 miles in economy, 85,000 miles in business class
• North America to Africa costs 50,000 miles in economy, 120,000 miles in business class
• North America to Europe costs 50,000 miles in economy, 120,000 miles in business class
• Middle East to Africa costs 20,000 miles in economy, 45,000 miles in business class
• Middle East to Europe costs 20,000 miles in economy, 45,000 miles in business class
• Middle East to Middle East costs 17,500 miles in economy, 35,000 miles in business class

There are a couple of things to note.

• When traveling long haul between regions, stopovers in Amman are allowed
• There are no fuel surcharges on Royal Jordanian award redemptions

Alaska Mileage Plan is losing its luster

Alaska Mileage Plan has the best pricing of any award program. Unfortunately that is no longer the case, as almost all the partners added in recent months have uncompetitive award pricing.

Award pricing is cheaper through American AAdvantage for all regions. If you want to go to Africa for just 75,000 miles, you can redeem 70,000 AAdvantage miles for one-way business class between the United States and Middle East. That is much lower than the Alaska Mileage Plan.

If you're going to take full advantage of the stopover, and even then it's questionable, it makes sense to book Royal Jordanian awards through Alaska Mileage Plan.

If you wanted a stop in Amman, it would be worth booking New York to Amman for 85,000 miles. There are a few situations where you can get the best value through Mileage Plan.

It's really disappointing to see that Mileage Plan miles aren't easy to come by. There aren't any points currencies that partner with Alaska.

Royal Jordanian flights can be booked on alaskaair.com. The value proposition here isn't great, despite the fact that Alaska continues to add oneworld partner redemptions.

There are some incredible award pricing for its oldest airline partners, but the additions we've seen recently haven't had good pricing at all. That doesn't make me feel confident about the program's future pricing.

What do you think about Alaska's redemption rates?