Alaska airlines is making some changes to the ticket change fees and award flight points requirements. You can book awards on these airlines with alaska miles. To book an alaska airlines award ticket, first visit their site to begin the process. Strategies for booking international award tickets. In my experience, their reservations team is consistently friendly. Alaska airlines, together with virgin america and its regional partners, flies 40 million guests a year to more than 115 destinations. Start by browsing our award charts to see how many miles you need to redeem for travel. November 20, 2017 by dominik zmuda leave a comment travel miles 101 has partnered with cardratings for our coverage of credit card products. Alaska is one of those airlines where calling an agent actually isnt a pain. Hotels this indicates a link to an external site that may not follow the same accessibility or privacy policies as alaska airlines.
Faqs for using alaska airlines mileage plan miles alaska airlines. They offer an extra stopover on their own flights, as well as through partnerships with. Alaska airlines our partners emirates skywards emirates. If youre unable to travel, you must notify us before. Cars this indicates a link to an external site that may not follow the same accessibility or privacy policies as alaska airlines. Booking cathay pacific with alaska or american airlines miles. How to earn miles with the alaska airlines mileage plan. It offers an average of 1,200 daily flights across the united states and to mexico, canada and costa rica. Each type of trip then has a published range of how many miles you need for the flight. Simply put, you can get between one cent per mile and three cents per mile when redeeming your miles for domestic award flights on alaska airlines or its partner american airlines. In addition, you can book most of alaskas partners online, though for award tickets involving cathay pacific or latam, you do need to call.
This is because of they partner with other airlines like american, british airways, cathay pacific, airfrance, aeromexico, and more so you can use the miles you earn with alaska to book flights around the world. Heres a breakdown of how to book cathay pacific award flights with alaska miles. We allow one pet per adult or senior in a reservation. Some of these changes can actually make your next alaska airlines award flight cheaper. For three days only, spend fewer mileage plan miles to book award flights.
The award chart for alaska airlinesoperated flights is as follows. How to book cathay pacific award flights with alaska miles. Alaska mileage plan is alaska airlines travel rewards program. Redeeming alaska airlines miles for award flights points. Advanced tricks for booking alaska airlines award flights. Oneway awards on fiji airways cost 40,000 miles in economy or 55,000 miles in business. Heres a stepbystep guide to finding and booking award flights on alaska airlines partner airlines. Your mileage plan miles can be used to book award flights on alaska airlines or on any of its partners. Learn to earn miles and book award flights in the alaska airlines mileage plan program, which offers valuable airline partners and flexible. For example, with the alaska award chart on cathay pacific you can fly from north america to asia oneway at the following rates. The redemption rates on cathay pacific when flying to to asia are outstanding. To book award travel with cathay pacific and lan, call alaska airlines reservations at 18002527522.
However, the airline implements a separate award chart for each partner. Get more for your miles with our award travel sale. Knowing, understanding, and searching through their partners allows us to use these partners to book american airlines award flights. In this post, i wanted to talk a bit more about actually redeeming alaska miles the rules you need to be aware of, and the best uses of alaska miles. As a member of the alaska mileage plan you can earn miles on every condor and alaska airlines flight. Believe it or not, alaska air actually has one of the highest valued award programs in the industry. With alaska and alaska global partners, guests can earn and redeem miles on flights to more than 800 destinations worldwide.
To search for space, go to this page aas old search engine and enter your parameters, such as dates and airport codes, as usual. Today alaska airlines put bunch of their mileage plan award flights on sale. Oneworld awards to book with alaska airlines instead of aa. How to use mileage plan airline miles alaska airlines. Flights to japan and korea are 25,000 miles each way in coach. Programs like british airways flying club which charges by distance will be best for short flights. Alaska published their award chart for japan airlines jal yesterday, so i figure theres no better time to cover some of the basics. Alaska airlines allows you to include a stopover when redeeming miles, including on oneway awards.
How to book award flights with alaska airlines mileage plan. Flights on alaska airlines partners earn mileage the same way as alaska airlines flights. Travel miles 101 and cardratings may receive a commission from card issuers. Unfortunately, alaska airlines doesnt utilize a fixed mileage award chart. This is something i have hoped for since september when the partnership was announced. If you are short of the alaska miles you need to book any of the awards discussed in this article or any other alaska award, keep in mind that alaska is a marriott rewards transfer partner, so even if you have never flown with alaska, you likely have access to. This means that you can fly to the south pacific for as little as 20,000 miles in economy or 40,000 miles in business class.
Alaska airlines tweaks ticket changes and reward flight. How to book free stopovers with alaska airlines mileage plan. How to redeem miles with the alaska airlines mileage plan. When flying a partner airline booked on alaska airlines ticket stock a codeshare flight operated by a partner but booked with an alaska flight number, youll earn 100% of the base miles flown.
Ive used alaska airlines award redemptions many times. You can book icelandair flights with alaska miles between north america and iceland, north america and europe, or the opposite direction. For example, a oneway flight between continental u. If the british airways website shows there are available award seats on cathay pacific or latam, you can book them using alaska airlines miles.
Redeeming alaska airlines miles using mileage plan. American airlines offpeak awards can be booked through mileage plan, with economy flights to europe for 20,000 miles each way from october 15 to may 15, and economy flights to south america from 15,000 20,000 miles depending on the destination during various offpeak dates. In this example, you could search on either the qantas or british airways website for cathay pacific award space and then call alaska to book. You can use your alaska mileage plan miles to book with all of the following. Use up to 50% fewer mileage plan miles for getaways to the south pacific, australia, or new zealand when you fly on qualifying fiji airways flights. To celebrate, alaska airlines mileage plan members can earn triple miles for travel on emirates in first or business class, double miles for economy flex travel and 2,500 bonus miles each way for economy saver travel on emirates flights between seattle and dubai from feb. Best ways to use alaska airlines mileage plan miles one.
Instead, the carrier breaks its award levels into four distancebased bands, creatively called hop, skip, jump and leap. So to book you need to have sufficient miles in your account. Your guide to booking awards using the alaska airlines app. On any one way award with alaska airlines miles, you can only fly one alaska airlines partner in addition to alaska airlines. They also have reasonable mile requirements for their award trips. Best uses of alaska airlines miles travel with grant.
Will a pet be traveling with you in the aircraft cabin. After aa shutdowns, use partners to book american airlines. Book award travel in premium economy using our new desktop award booking search. Agents can also book jal flights, but the cheapest and easiest way is to book the flights online. All jal flights with award seats are bookable via using mileage plan miles. Alaska airlines still has the final say when it comes time to book the award, and youll pay the number of miles published on alaskas award chart, not the partners chart. Best ways to use alaska airlines mileage plan miles one mile at a.
Alaska airlines allows you to book award tickets through its mobile app. Because alaska airlines is not a part of an airline alliance they pick and choose which airlines to partner with. You can also use milesaaver awards for fewer miles. Alaska airlines recently announced a partnership with singapore airlines, but at this time you cannot redeem alaska miles for flights on singapore airlines. After doing my research about availability, i gave alaska a call to see if they could book my award from brussels to bangkok via hong kong. Once youve got the basics of booking alaska airlines award flights, try some of these tricks to book premium cabin fares or flights with free stopovers. Mileage plan airline miles award charts alaska airlines. Use your miles to book flight awards with hawaiian airlines and much more.
You can now redeem singapore krisflyer miles on alaska. And there are no blackout dates on any delta air lines flight. Alaska airlines mileage plan members can book award travel. Earn miles with alaska mileage plan whenever you fly with condor or alaska airlines. Alaska airline has a unique award chart for each partner airline. With awards starting at just 5,000 miles, you wont have to wait long to see the world.
Unlike other airlines, alaska has a straightforward process to redeem your miles. Alaska airlines mileage plan miles are among my favorite mileage currencies out there. Award travel with most of our partners can be booked online. Icelandair flights now bookable with alaska airlines miles. Alaska mileage plan doesnt allow award holds anymore. Alaska airlines cannot ensure availability of award seats on any flight, route, or date. As with all award travel, planning, flexibility, and booking early all can make booking flights more successful. You can redeem alaska airlines miles on alaska flights and with. Alaska airlines award stopovers explained travel miles 101. Get the best travel flight deals on alaska airlines flights, reservations and tickets from. Other award travel changes may be made through our reservations call center at 18002527522. How to book cathay pacific flights when theres no award. Oneworld awards to book with alaska airlines instead of american airlines. Alaska airlines announces schedule reductions and other.
You can book award travel for yourself or for someone else even if youre not flying with them. Alaska airlines miles value for award flights on alaska airlines. Results from a multicity search indicate two flights for the same number of miles, but note that there is a twoweek stopover between each leg. Here is the award chart for icelandair flights with alaska airlines miles.
Alaska airlines is offering the following sale where some flights are starting at only 5,000 miles. Cathay pacific award availability is finally showing up on american airlines search engine. The redemption rates for oneway flights between the united states and hong kong and beyond. Alaska airlines and its regional partners fly 47 million guests a year to more than 115 destinations with an average of 1,300 daily flights across the united states and to mexico, canada and costa rica. Please visit our airline partners section and check your preferred airline for contact information. Simply show your member card at checkin or provide your details during online checkin.
May 25, 2018 by dominik zmuda leave a comment travel miles 101 has partnered with cardratings for our coverage of credit card products. The ultimate guide to searching for airline award space 2020. Alaska uses zonebased charts for its own awards and for partners. Alaskas partner award chart for flights from australia to asia only covers flights to hong kong hkg, so the connection to shanghai would need to be booked as a separate award. On a permile basis, i value alaska miles more than any other airline miles.
Mileage plan members now can book award travel on alaska airlines flights using fewer miles, earn more miles when they fly on select alaska global partners and. Alaska airlines miles can now book icelandair flights. Ill include the ways you can earn alaska airlines miles, discuss alaskas routing rules and some surprising sweet spots, and cover the destinations served by jal. Krisflyer seems to allow a mix of a airlines and singapore themselves on a single award, but i cant find any text that talks about mixing as and singapore on a. Alaska airlines announces new enhancements to mileage plan.
You are only allowed to book corporate travel for yourself. Redeem miles with ease hawaiian airlines flights to. What kind of fees are associated with an award ticket. Travel hacking with the alaska airlines award program. Alaska airlines is offering up to a 50% discount with a fiji airways award sale. How to book japan airline flights with alaska airlines miles. Until further notice, mileage plan members will need to book seats for infants at the standard mileage rate on international partner award bookings. All mileage plan award travel must be booked through alaska airlines.
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