Alaska Ends Voluntary Point Transfers From Virgin America, All Points to Be Converted by February 8

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The time has come for the Virgin America Elevate program to completely become a thing of the past. As Alaska's acquisition of Virgin America comes to a close — they're now operating as one airline under a single operating certificate — the next thing to go is your stash of Elevate points.

While the Virgin America Elevate program officially ended on December 31, 2017, it was still possible to transfer any remaining Elevate points to Mileage Plan with a 30% bonus via a transaction on Points.com. As of Thursday, February 1, 2018, that portal has closed for Elevate members to transfer their points to Mileage Plan.

The good news that if you still have points in your Elevate account, they won't disappear forever. You can still log in to your Elevate account. Once you do, you'll get a reminder that the Elevate program has ended. You'll then see both your Elevate and Mileage Plan balances side-by-side.

Although you can no longer manually transfer Elevate points to Mileage Plan miles, all remaining Elevate points in your account will automatically be converted to Mileage Plan miles by February 8, 2018.

Now that the Elevate program essentially now longer exists, it will officially be dead by February 8. The process of Alaska repainting Virgin's Airbus aircraft with its new livery is underway, and the combined airline will roll out new uniforms by the end of 2019. Bit by bit, we're seeing Virgin America slowly fade away.