If you live in the San Diego area and have an Alaska Airlines account, you can earn thousands of Atmos rewards points this season without spending a single dollar. Alaska Airlines brought back their soccer promotion for 2026, and it's one of the easiest free points opportunities out there.
The deal is simple. Register through Alaska's promotion pages for San Diego FC and San Diego Wave FC, and you'll earn 100 Atmos rewards points for every home goal each team scores throughout the season. You don't have to buy tickets. You don't have to watch the games. You just have to sign up.
How the Promotion Works
Once you register, Alaska tracks every home goal scored by San Diego FC and San Diego Wave FC during the regular season and playoffs. At the end of the season, they deposit all the points into your Alaska account at once. That's 100 points per goal, and you get credited for both teams if you register for both.
There's no weekly check-in, no app to open during the game, nothing like that. You register once and forget about it until the points show up.
What You Need to Sign Up
There are two requirements to be eligible.
First, you need an Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account. If you don't already have one, it's free to create. You'll need this anyway if you ever plan to fly Alaska or use their partners.
Second, you have to live within 75 miles of San Diego. Each promotion page has a long list of qualifying ZIP codes you can check against your address. This is presumably tied to the address on your Alaska account, so make sure that's up to date before you register.
Register for Both Promotions
There are two separate registration links, one for each team. Make sure you sign up for both to maximize your points.
- San Diego FC: alaskaair.com/promotion/AS2605
- San Diego Wave FC:alaskaair.com/promotion/AS2604
It takes about 30 seconds each. There's no reason not to do both.
What to Expect Based on Last Year
Alaska ran this same promotion last year, and the results were solid. San Diego FC scored 33 goals at home and the San Diego Wave scored 20 goals at home, for a combined total of 53 home goals. That came out to 5,300 Atmos rewards points for anyone who registered for both teams.
Now, 5,300 points isn't going to get you a first class ticket to Tokyo. But it's completely free. You're not buying anything, not changing your spending habits, not even leaving your house. You just register and let the goals pile up.
The Catch: You Have to Wait
The one downside is that you don't get the points as goals are scored. Alaska deposits everything at the end of the season, after playoffs wrap up. So this is a long game. But again, you're doing literally nothing to earn these points, so the wait is easy to stomach.
Bottom Line
This is about as free as free gets in the points and miles world. If you're in the San Diego area, take 60 seconds to register for both the San Diego FC and San Diego Wave FC promotions through Alaska Airlines. Based on last year, you're looking at roughly 5,000+ points just for living where you live. Sign up now before you forget about it.
