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Would you buy miles for a discounted award? Alaska Air wants to know.

July 29, 2015 By Trevor 2 Comments





Right now, Alaska Airlines is selling miles for as low as 1.97 cents per mile (Link via Travel Codex). I usually don’t think about buying miles or points, unless its just to top up for an award, but, I really like Emirates–I know, shocking for regular Tagging Miles readers.

So here I am, thinking to myself, that for roughly $2,000 I could have my next Emirates First Class flight, pending award space availability. I don’t even know where I would go – but, I’m a little bit tempted by this.

Of course, then I log in, only to find a paltry 35% bonus offer:

Alaska Buy Miles July 2015

According to this FlyerTalk thread, you have a higher probability of getting the 50% bonus if you have an Alaska Air Visa Signature. I still don’t get anything better than 35%, but, I may keep playing around with it.

Back to my previous point though: Its not always a great idea to buy miles. In fact, speculatively buying miles is downright worse than accruing Delta SkyDrachmas. However, if you’ve got a trip in mind, and see the availability, Emirates, for example, is 90k Alaska miles to the Middle East one-way, 100k to Asia, Europe, and Africa one-way. There are some other good values, like Cathay Pacific and Fiji Airways.

So, check your travel calendar, check your e-mail, or AlaskaAir’s website, and if it makes sense, jump, because this could be the cheapest you’ll find–other than, you know, Manufactured Spending or applications).

What offer did you get? 35%, 40%, 50%? Are you going to buy?

Filed Under: Airline Programs, Awards, Travel Tagged With: Alaska Air, Buy Miles, Emirates

Targeted: $50 Alaska Air flight discount when you use your Alaska Airlines Visa Signature

October 8, 2014 By Trevor 2 Comments

I assume this is a targeted offer (I received it via e-mail).

Receive a $50 flight discount after you spend $1,250 or more with your Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card at qualifying Book, Toy, Electronics, Sporting Goods, and Department Stores from the day you activate through December 31, 2014.

It seems like a pretty good selection of stores to make purchases at, and really, $1,250 isn’t a whole lot (roughly 4% if math serves me). The terms and conditions specifically state:

You will receive a $50 flight discount code on future travel if from the date you activate this offer through December 31, 2014, you make purchases of $1,250 or more at merchants which are assigned one of the following specified merchant category codes (“MCC”): Department Stores (5311), Electronics Stores (5732), Computer Software Stores (5734), Hobby, Toy and Game Shops (5945), Book Stores (5942), Sporting Goods Stores (5941) and Sports Apparel, Riding Apparel Stores (5655), each an “eligible purchase” for this offer. Please note that this list does not include MCC(s) commonly assigned to large discount retailers that are often referred to as “big box” stores or “superstores”.

So it probably doesn’t hurt to double check the MCC of particular stores if you plan to try to MS or resell your way to that $1,250.

Here’s a screenshot of the offer:

Targeted $50 Alaska Air Flight Credit from Bank of America

Targeted $50 Alaska Air Flight Credit from Bank of America (after $1,250 spend).

Filed Under: Credit Cards Tagged With: Alaska Air, Bank of America

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