Alaska Airlines has launched another buy miles bonus!
Though not as good as the 50% we sometimes see, some of you may be able
to make great use of buying the miles with just a 40% bonus! With the
40% offer you are buying Mileage Plan Miles at roughly US 2.15 cents each:
Remember Alaska has set in place a maximum amount of miles you can
buy in a year if you don’t hold MVP status. Non-Elite members can only
buy 150,000 miles per year now. MVP, MVP Gold, and MVP Gold 75K member
are not subjected to this limitation. Seeing that Alaska does have 50%
bonuses at times I wouldn’t buy at 40% unless you have a need for these
miles to be redeemed over the next 60-90 days at which time we may see
their next bonus offer.
If you do buy right now remember you can redeem miles for premium
class flights on British Airways, JAL, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and more,
there are lots of options for you to use these miles. It only takes
70,000 Mileage Plan miles to fly Cathay Pacific First Class one way from
North America to Asia and those 70K will cost you US$1507.69 – and to
pay for that first class will cost you a lot more than that!
Offer details
40% Bonus Mileage Plan Miles when you buy or gift 15,000 or more miles. Buy Alaska Miles Here Until Feb 16, 20
Here’s an example of how you can use this promotion to fly JAL Business Class from Vancouver to Tokyo:
To buy that many miles will cost you just under $1300 US:
All told when you add in taxes and also the fees on the award ticket you are looking as spending around C$1,850. The same flight bought straight with cash will be just over $2,800 – almost a $1,000 savings by buying the miles!
