In the aftermath of the un-announced Alaska Airlines’ Emirates devaluation, Gary Leff posted: Your miles aren’t safe: Devaluations create the need for even more devaluations. While I don’t believe he’s wrong in his assertion normally, I will lay out an argument of why I don’t believe his assertion to be true in this case. BackgroundIn the…
Alaska Airlines has a new promotion, the Scenic Route Sweepstakes. The promotion is sponsored by Cartera, and is really operated out of the Mileage Plan Shopping Mall. Online Shopping Portals are always positive in my opinion.The promotion period is between 5 October and 25 October, and you can earn 5 entries by making a purchase…
Alaska Airlines, or rather Bank of America tends to send a good number of targeted bonuses. This is one that I received today:Its kind’ve a run of the mill offer, if you ask me, not terribly enticing, but also not terribly difficult to achieve.Here are the Terms and Conditions: *To be eligible for this offer,…
Just a super quick post: Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan Shopping portal has a promotion for 1,000 bonus miles after $175+ spent. The offer is targeted, so definitely check your e-mail. Good from 8-22 December 2014.The terms and conditions look fairly consistent, although they specifically note: This bonus offer is only available for account ending in…
Yesterday I posted offering some ways to earn Alaska Miles, and I have to hand it to our readers – we got amazing feedback. So I thought I’d do a bit of a recap, and flesh out some of the suggestions offered with some additional research.Churning CardsThis is the simplest approach, which was offered by…
In November, my wife and I flew Emirates First Class to the Seychelles. We had used Alaska miles for the flights, which ended up being quite the trip. We ultimately flew from New York-JFK, to Milan, Italy-MXP, to Dubai, UAE-DXB, and finally to the Mahe, the Seychelles (SEZ). The itinerary was less than stellar, and…