The first buy points bonus for Alaska Airlines new Atmos Rewards program is here and it’s a really good one! This new buy points bonus awards up to 110% more points until August 16, 2025, This version of the offer is a mystery bonus and will be revealed when you login, personally I was targeted with an excellent 110% bonus.
With a 110% bonus you’ll be buying Mileage Plan miles at 1.67 US cents plus GST/HST, which makes the final price range between 1.89 an 2.06 US cents per mile.
As it can be relatively easy to redeem at over 2 cents per mile (US$) for premium class award flights (including PorterReserve – see below) it can make sense to buy the points as long as you can find those golden nuggets for redemptions!
The up to 110% bonus
Receive up to a 110% Bonus when you buy or gift Atmos Rewards points. This is a mystery bonus and your offer will be revealed when you login. This offer is valid until Oct 10, 25 Click here to buy Atmos Rewards points
The up to 110% bonus offer is broken down as follows:
- Buy 3,000 – 9,000 points receive a 90% bonus
- Buy 10,000 – 19,000 points receive a 100% bonus
- Buy 20,000 100,000 points receive a 110% bonus
Does it make sense to buy Mileage Plan miles?
Yes in some cases it does! Those cases tend to be for premium cabin redemptions (business or first class) on Alaska’s partner airlines like JAL, Cathay, Korean and Condor. Although as of late, those best business class redemptions have been really slim pickings via Mileage Plan and have been harder to find. So I would find your award flights first and then buy the points – not vice versa.
It can also makes sense to buy the points to use on Porter Airlines flights. Let’s take a look at a PorterReserve fare between Toronto and Montreal
If you were to buy points with a 110% bonus (20,000 points or more) you would end up paying paying roughly 2.6 to 2.9 cents C$ per point. Multiply that by the 12,000 required for the round trip flight and you are at C$312 to $413. Now we also have to take into account the $89.08 in fees on the Mileage Plan award flight which is roughly C$121. Add that to the $312 to $413 and you get $432 to $534 as your total cost for this flight which is $30 to $142 cheaper than buying the flight directly from Porter!
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Originally posted on June 12, 2024 @ 2:18 pm
