Atmos Summit Companion Certificate: How to Use the Award
How to redeem the companion certificate for flights, compare savings and follow the booking and expiration rules.
The Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® credit card offers a 25,000-point Global Companion Award each account anniversary. You can also earn a 100,000-point Global Companion Award after spending $60,000 or more on purchases during a card anniversary year. Travelers often call these benefits the Atmos Summit companion certificate.
How do you use it? Apply your certificate when booking two award tickets together on AlaskaAir.com. It reduces the companion’s points price by up to the certificate’s limit. You redeem points for the remaining balance and pay all applicable taxes, fees and surcharges with your Summit card.
The useful part is the flexibility: eligible Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and partner awards can qualify in any cabin, including business and first class. You still need available award seats for both travelers.
Current limited-time online offer: Get 100,000 bonus points and a 25,000-point Global Companion Award after spending $6,000 or more on purchases within the first 90 days of opening your account. This offer is for new accounts and is separate from the recurring anniversary benefit. Offer availability and eligibility are subject to the terms at the linked application destination. The card has a $395 annual fee.
Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® credit cardAnnual fee: $395
You can earn up to 100,000 points and a 25k Global Companion Award with this card's big limited time offer. The standout for me is earning 3 points per $1 spent on eligible foreign purchases without foreign transaction fees. I’d consider this if you spend regularly abroad and use Atmos points for award flights. The companion award and Alaska Lounge passes add value, but overseas spending is the main draw.
Annual fee: $395
You can earn up to 100,000 points and a 25k Global Companion Award with this card's big limited time offer. The standout for me is earning 3 points per $1 spent on eligible foreign purchases without foreign transaction fees. I’d consider this if you spend regularly abroad and use Atmos points for award flights. The companion award and Alaska Lounge passes add value, but overseas spending is the main draw.
Atmos Summit companion certificate rules at a glance
| Question | Rule |
|---|---|
| What does it cover? | Up to 25,000 or 100,000 points toward one companion’s award ticket, depending on the certificate. |
| How many travelers? | Book two travelers together on the same itinerary. |
| Where do you book? | AlaskaAir.com, with the certificate applied to a new booking. |
| Which airlines and cabins? | Eligible Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and global partner awards available through AlaskaAir.com, in any cabin. Award space is limited and capacity controls or blackout dates may apply. |
| Which itineraries? | One-way or round-trip. Multicity and open-jaw itineraries are excluded. |
| Must the cardholder travel? | No. You can book for any two travelers. |
| What do you pay in cash? | All applicable taxes, fees and surcharges with the Summit card. Apple Pay is unavailable for this checkout. |
| When does it expire? | One year from issuance to book. Travel can occur later. |
| Can you keep unused value? | No. Any unused portion is forfeited. |
| Can you combine certificates? | No. One per reservation; it cannot be combined with another discount. |
These are discounts on award tickets. You need enough Atmos Rewards points to cover the rest of the booking, and any applicable checked baggage charges remain your responsibility. Check the expiration date and terms attached to your certificate before booking.
How to book with an Atmos Summit companion certificate
Sign in to your linked Atmos Rewards account on AlaskaAir.com. Open the discount or companion code section of your account wallet. Choose the certificate you intend to use and check its expiration date. Its limit will be 25,000 or 100,000 points.
Find your certificate under Discounts and companion fares. - Start a new booking with that code. Use the certificate’s booking link, or enter its code in the flight search’s discount code field. Confirm that you are searching with points.
- Search for two passengers. Enter your cities and dates for a one-way or round-trip itinerary. Both travelers need award availability on the same itinerary; finding one award seat is insufficient.
- Choose flights and check each segment’s cabin. A connecting itinerary in business class may include an economy segment. Read the flight details before deciding whether the trip is worth the points.
- Verify the total points discount before paying. Compare the price for both travelers with the total after applying the certificate. The reduction cannot exceed the companion ticket’s points price.
- Pay the cash charges with your Summit card. Use the card directly for taxes, fees and surcharges. Apple Pay and other cards cannot be used for these charges.
- Review the confirmation for both passengers. Check the names, flights, cabin, points deducted, cash charged and the certificate used.
I’d search the same trip for two people before committing to dates or separate positioning flights. An award that looks attractive for one passenger may have no second seat available.
You cannot attach the certificate to an existing reservation. If you already booked, check the cancellation rules and whether the award seats are still available before making changes. Canceling a reservation does not guarantee that its seats will return to award inventory.
25,000-point vs. 100,000-point Global Companion Awards
The recurring 25,000-point Global Companion Award arrives each account anniversary. The separate 100,000-point Global Companion Award requires at least $60,000 in net purchases within your card anniversary year. That spending window follows your account anniversary, rather than January through December.
A qualifying offer for new accounts may also include a 25,000-point certificate. Check your actual offer and account terms; a welcome benefit and an anniversary benefit have different triggers.
The larger certificate follows the same basic redemption idea: it can reduce one companion’s award price by up to its stated points amount. It is a certificate with a booking deadline, so do not count it as 100,000 unrestricted points added to your balance.
I’d pursue the certificate earned through spending only with purchases I already planned and a realistic trip for two. Consider the rewards you would give up on another card, the annual fee and whether you can find two eligible award seats before the certificate expires.
Companion certificate examples and points savings
The examples below assume two tickets with the same points price and show the total for both passengers. They are hypothetical calculations, not quoted fares, available routes or guaranteed savings. Applicable taxes, fees and surcharges are additional in every row.
| Points per person | Certificate limit | Total without certificate | Total with certificate | Unused certificate value forfeited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,000 | 25,000 points | 30,000 | 15,000 | 10,000 |
| 25,000 | 25,000 points | 50,000 | 25,000 | 0 |
| 40,000 | 25,000 points | 80,000 | 55,000 | 0 |
| 75,000 | 100,000 points | 150,000 | 75,000 | 25,000 |
| 120,000 | 100,000 points | 240,000 | 140,000 | 0 |
In the example priced at 40,000 points per person, the first ticket costs 40,000 points and the companion’s ticket costs 15,000 points after the discount of 25,000 points. The combined price is 55,000 points, plus the cash charges.
If the companion’s ticket costs fewer points than the certificate covers, the remainder disappears. You cannot save it for another trip or apply the excess to the first traveler’s ticket.
That makes a useful trip more important than using every last point of the certificate. Saving 15,000 points on a trip you wanted can be more worthwhile than choosing an expensive itinerary just to use the full limit of 25,000 points.
STARLUX business class example
In this San Francisco to Taipei search, business class costs 75,000 points for the first traveler and 50,000 points for the companion after applying a 25,000-point Global Companion Award. The total is 125,000 points for two, plus the cash charges shown at checkout. Fares and award availability vary.
Using the certificate for partner airlines and business class
Yes, eligible partner awards and premium cabins can qualify. The 25,000-point and 100,000-point Global Companion Awards can be used for eligible award travel available through AlaskaAir.com across Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska’s global partners, including the oneworld alliance.
The practical limit is inventory. A partner may release only one award seat in business class or none on your dates. Search for two travelers from the start and compare nearby dates if your plans allow it. A seat sold for cash on the operating airline’s website does not establish that Alaska can book it with points.
A one-way itinerary can be useful if award space is available in only one direction. An eligible round trip may also work. An open jaw is an itinerary such as flying into Tokyo and returning from Osaka. These trips and multicity itineraries are excluded.
With a certificate that covers up to 25,000 points, travel in premium cabins will often still require a substantial points balance. Check the final total and cash charges against an economy award and the cash ticket you would actually buy. For broader program context, see our Atmos Rewards guide.
Expiration, changes and cancellations
You have one year from issuance to book with your certificate. Travel can take place after that deadline. Check the exact expiration date in your account before searching.
For example, if your account shows an Oct. 31 expiration date, the booking must be completed before the certificate expires. A later travel date can qualify if it is available to book. The expiration date is a booking deadline, rather than a requirement to finish the trip by that date.
You can cancel and rebook before travel as long as the certificate has not expired. Partially used tickets cannot be changed. If you change the booking after the certificate expires, you lose the discount.
When the Atmos Summit companion certificate is worth using
I’d start with an actual trip for two, then compare the total points and cash required. The strongest use is a booking that fits your plans, has two available award seats and saves points you would otherwise spend.
- Use the smaller certificate first when it fits. If you hold both sizes and the companion ticket costs 25,000 points or less, the larger certificate provides no extra discount on that ticket. Compare both expiration dates before choosing.
- Include cash charges and extra flights. A large points discount can look less attractive after surcharges, positioning flights or an overnight connection.
- Compare with your real alternative. Use the cash fare or other award you would actually book, rather than the price of a premium ticket you would never buy.
- Count the annual fee in the card decision. The Summit card has a $395 annual fee. Saving the full 25,000 points has an illustrative value of $375 at an assumed 1.5 cents per point. That is a personal valuation assumption, not cash back or guaranteed savings, and it leaves $20 of the fee to justify through other benefits before additional costs.
For existing cardholders, a certificate that is approaching expiration can be useful even when you cannot use its full limit. For prospective applicants, find a plausible redemption first and then review the card’s complete terms.
Learn more about the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® credit card and its current offer.
Atmos Summit companion certificate FAQs
Is the Summit companion certificate the same as the Companion Fare?
No. Summit’s 25,000-point and 100,000-point Global Companion Awards reduce the points required for an eligible companion award ticket. The Atmos™ Rewards Ascent Visa Signature® credit card offers a separate Companion Fare for eligible paid travel, with different rules.
Does the Summit cardholder have to travel?
No. You can use the certificate to book for any two travelers. Pay applicable taxes, fees and surcharges with your Summit card.
Can I use an Atmos Summit companion certificate for one person?
No. The certificate discounts the companion’s ticket when two travelers book together on the same itinerary. It cannot discount a solo traveler’s award.
Can I use the certificate for business class or first class?
Yes. Eligible awards in any cabin can qualify, including partner business and first class, subject to award availability and the certificate’s rules.
Can I use the smaller certificate on a ticket costing more than 25,000 points?
Yes. The certificate discounts the companion’s points price by up to 25,000 points, and you redeem additional points for the remainder. Taxes, fees and surcharges are separate.
Can I combine certificates worth 25,000 and 100,000 points?
No. Only one certificate can be applied per reservation, and it cannot be combined with another discount.
Can I use the certificate on an existing reservation?
No. Apply it when making a new booking on AlaskaAir.com.
Does the certificate expire before I have to travel?
You have one year from issuance to use the certificate for a booking. Travel can take place later. If you change the booking after the certificate expires, you lose the discount.
Can I book a multicity or open-jaw trip?
No. Eligible one-way and round-trip itineraries qualify; multicity and open-jaw itineraries are excluded.
Does the certificate pay for taxes and fees?
No. It reduces the points price only. Pay applicable taxes, fees and surcharges with the Summit card directly; Apple Pay is unavailable for Global Companion Award checkout.
In this article
- Atmos Summit companion certificate rules at a glance
- How to book with an Atmos Summit companion certificate
- 25,000-point vs. 100,000-point Global Companion Awards
- Companion certificate examples and points savings
- Using the certificate for partner airlines and business class
- Expiration, changes and cancellations
- When the Atmos Summit companion certificate is worth using
- Atmos Summit companion certificate FAQs