If you’ve got constructed up a stash of Alaska Airlines miles and have the seashore in your thoughts, chances are you’ll be in luck.
Alaska unveiled a brand new promotion for Mileage Plan award redemptions Wednesday, kicking off its new sequence of “Global Getaways” with a concentrate on some extremely fascinating seashore locations.
And proper now, yow will discover extremely discounted award redemptions to locations like Tahiti, the Maldives and, nearer to house, the Bahamas.
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Alaska Airlines Global Getaways
The Seattle-based service’s new Global Getaways promotion provides financial savings of up to 50% off on redemptions to sure worldwide locations, each with Alaska and its associate airways.
This goes to be a recurring promotion, of kinds: Alaska plans to “mix it up” 4 instances yearly, refreshing its getaway promotion with a brand new set of locations that Mileage Plan members can go to at a steep mileage low cost.
It’s launching its first-ever sequence of getaways with an alluring theme: “exotic, sunny beach escapes.”
How to ebook
To ebook Alaska Airlines’ Global Getaways, you may want to log in to your Mileage Plan account on Alaska’s web site.
For this primary spherical of deals, the main focus is on Alaska companions, which coincides with some new Mileage Plan associate award charts taking impact in latest weeks.
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Alaska companions embody all carriers within the Oneworld alliance, like American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways, Qantas, British Airways and Finnair.
But Alaska has a number of of its personal worldwide companions, too, from Air Tahiti Nui to Starlux Airlines and Condor.
Deal fundamentals
Where to ebook: Through Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
When to ebook: Through April 30
Travel dates: Oct. 1 by way of Nov. 30
Blackout dates: None, however availability is pending award house
The present Global Getaways apply to the next locations on sure eligible associate airways (however booked by way of Alaska) between September and November:
| Destination | One-way financial system awards | One-way premium financial system awards |
|---|---|---|
| Tahiti’s Faaa International Airport (PPT) in French Polynesia | 20,000 miles (regular: 37,500 miles) | 30,000 miles |
| Fiji’s Nadi International Airport (NAN)
|
20,000 miles (regular: 37,500 miles) | — |
| Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) within the Bahamas
|
15,000 miles (regular: 17,500 miles) | — |
| Zanzibar’s Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) in Tanzania
|
30,000 miles (regular: 42,500 miles) | 40,000 miles |
| Male’s Velana International Airport (MLE) within the Maldives
|
30,000 miles (regular: 42,500 miles) | 40,000 miles |
| Bali’s Ngurah Rai/Denpasar International Airport (DPS) in Indonesia
|
30,000 miles (regular: 42,500 miles) | 40,000 miles |
Alaska plans to announce its subsequent spherical of Global Getaways this summer season, a spokesperson stated.
Maximize your buy
Be positive to use a card that earns further factors on airfare purchases to pay taxes and charges in your award ticket.
Some of one of the best playing cards embody:
Earning Mileage Plan miles
One of one of the best methods to earn Alaska Airlines miles is with the Alaska Airlines Visa® bank card. Right now, new cardholders can earn 70,000 bonus miles plus Alaska’s Companion Fare ($99 fare, plus taxes and charges from $23) after making $3,000 or extra in purchases throughout the first 90 days of opening an account.
Or, with the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business card, you may get 50,000 bonus miles and the Companion Fare ($99 fare, plus taxes and charges from $23) after making $3,000 in purchases throughout the first 90 days of opening your account.
Notably, Bilt Rewards additionally simply added Alaska as a switch associate, permitting you to switch factors earned on purchases with the Bilt Mastercard® (see charges and charges), together with your month-to-month lease, to Mileage Plan at a 1:1 ratio.
Related studying:
For charges and charges on the Bilt Mastercard, click on right here.
For rewards and advantages on the Bilt Mastercard, click on right here.
