Quick answer: The Alaska Atmos Summit card’s welcome offer is 100,000 bonus points plus a Global Companion Award worth up to 25,000 points off a companion’s award ticket, after $6,000 in spending in the first 90 days. The card costs $395 a year, and the companion award works in any cabin on Alaska, Hawaiian, and eligible partner airlines.

The Alaska Atmos Summit card just launched a limited time welcome offer families should look at first: 100,000 bonus points plus a Global Companion Award (25,000 points) after spending $6,000 in the first 90 days. Alaska Airlines and Bank of America rolled out new offers across the Atmos Rewards card lineup on October 21, 2026. The premium Summit card’s is the one to know about.

The points are the headline. The companion award is the family play. Here’s why.

The offer, in one table

	Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite
Welcome offer	100,000 bonus points + Global Companion Award (25,000 points)
Minimum spend	$6,000 in the first 90 days
Annual fee	$395
Offer end date	No end date published

One flag on the spend requirement: most outlets (Doctor of Credit, One Mile at a Time, InsideFlyer, Frequent Miler) list $6,000 in 90 days, but one NerdWallet piece lists $6,500. Check the application page’s terms before you apply. The number on the application is the one that counts.

What the Global Companion Award actually is

This is not the old $99 companion fare. The Global Companion Award is a points discount applied to a companion’s award ticket when you book two passengers on the same reservation:

• Worth up to 25,000 points off the companion’s award ticket
• Works in any cabin: economy, premium, business, first
• Works on Alaska, Hawaiian, and eligible partner airlines (including oneworld partners)
• Valid for one way or round trip; multi-city and open-jaw itineraries are excluded
• Both travelers must be booked together on a new eligible itinerary
• Taxes and fees still due on both tickets
• Expires one year after it’s issued. You can still book travel after the expiration date as long as you ticket before it expires
• Awards can’t be stacked; any unused value is forfeited

And it isn’t a one-time thing: you get another Global Companion Award (25,000 points) every card anniversary. Spend $60,000 in an anniversary year and you unlock a second one worth up to 100,000 points.

The family math

Here’s where it gets interesting for a family. Take a real example: Hawaiian’s Seattle–Seoul business class at 75,000 points per seat. Two seats normally cost 150,000 points. Apply the Global Companion Award (25,000 points) and two business class seats to Seoul cost 125,000 points. The 100,000 point bonus covers most of it on its own.

On the domestic side, the math is even friendlier. Two round trip economy saver awards at a typical 25,000 points each = 50,000 points; minus the 25,000 point companion award = 25,000 points for two passengers. The welcome bonus covers that four times over.

Then add the benefit most families will actually use the most: free checked bags for the cardholder plus up to six guests on the same reservation, on Alaska and Hawaiian flights. At Alaska’s standard $35 first bag fee, a family of four saves $280 per round trip. No enrollment, no hoops.

Alaska also runs the Families on the Go community, which rebates 20% of points spent on award tickets for kids 12 and under. That rebate does work with a Global Companion Award, and it is calculated on the points left after the companion award is applied. For example, on a 35,000 point ticket for a child, a 25,000 point companion award leaves 10,000 points to redeem, and the rebate returns 2,000 points.

Award pricing examples reflect published award charts and reported redemptions as of October 21, 2026. Confirm live pricing before you transfer or book.

Summit vs. the big airlines’ premium cards

This is where the Summit card quietly embarrasses the competition:

Card	Annual fee
Atmos Rewards Summit	$395
Delta SkyMiles Reserve	$650
United Club Card	$695
Citi AAdvantage Executive	$695

Delta, United, and American all charge $650–$695 for their premium cards. The Summit undercuts every one of them by $255–$300 a year, while offering a companion benefit none of them match on award tickets. Delta’s Reserve does include an annual companion certificate, but it’s for paid fares in the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Not a points discount usable on partner business class to Asia.

The Summit also earns 3x on dining and all foreign transactions (not just airline purchases), waives partner award booking fees, and throws in 8 Alaska Lounge passes and 8 Wi-Fi passes a year.

The cheaper sibling: Atmos Ascent

If $395 feels steep, the Atmos Rewards Ascent ($95/year) launched an elevated offer the same day: up to 80,000 bonus points (60,000 after $3,000 in 90 days, plus 20,000 more after $5,000 total) plus a $99 Companion Fare. The Companion Fare is the classic version. A companion flies on a paid fare for $99 plus taxes. It renews annually after $6,000 in yearly spend. Same free checked bag benefit for the cardholder plus six guests.

The Ascent is the practical family pick if you fly Alaska or Hawaiian a few times a year. The Summit is the pick if you want the companion discount on award tickets and the bigger points haul.

The catches (there are always catches)

• Eligibility quirks: Bank of America’s 2/3/4 rule (max two BofA cards per 2 months, three per 12 months, four per 24 months) and the 3/12 rule (three or more new cards from any issuer in 12 months can mean denial, unless you bank with BofA). Good news: eligibility is unrelated to holding other Atmos cards. The Ascent, the business card, or old Alaska/Hawaiian cards will not disqualify you.
• No published end date. “Limited time” with no deadline means it could vanish any day. If you’re considering it, don’t sit on it for a month.
• The companion award needs award space for two. A discount on a seat that doesn’t exist is worth nothing. Confirm both seats are available before counting on it.
• $6,000 in 90 days is real spend. That’s $2,000/month. Fine for a family’s normal budget; don’t manufacture it.

The bottom line

The Alaska Atmos Summit card’s welcome offer (100,000 points plus a Global Companion Award (25,000 points)) is one of the strongest airline card offers available right now, and at $395 it costs hundreds less per year than Delta, United, or American’s premium cards. For a family that travels together, a companion benefit that discounts award tickets (not just paid fares) is the rare perk that scales with the number of seats you book.

Just don’t wait on it: limited time with no published end date means the clock is ticking silently.