Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles are among my favorite mileage currencies out there. On a per mile basis, I value Alaska miles more than any other airline miles. In this post I wanted to talk a bit more about actually redeeming Alaska miles -- the…
Alaska AIrlines Mileage Plan is one of my favorite programs to buy miles from, both thanks to the frequency with which they sell miles, and what a good deal their redemptions can be. In mid-April Alaska Mileage Plan launched their best promotion of the…
Well this is a bit of a surprise. As of July 1st 2019, El Al passengers will have the option to credit flown miles to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, rather than El Al's own Matmid frequent flyer program.
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given their unique array of airline partners, combined with their generous mileage earning rates. Alaska Airlines sometimes has promotions offering bonus miles for travel on their partners,…
It goes without saying that everyone has different preferences for flight times. For example, some people are morning people, while others are night owls. Some people can sleep on a plane without issue, while others struggle to sleep without the perfect…
The Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card is one of my favorite co-branded airline credit cards. It's a card I've had for years (along with the business version of the card, the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Credit Card), and in this post I wanted to provide…
Recently we saw an increased new welcome bonus launched on the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Credit Card, and it's an offer seriously worth considering. I applied for this card when it had a worse offer, so I'm jealous of those of you who can get this…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn for credit card spend. The number of bonus…
Back in August 2017, Alaska Airlines and Singapore Airlines announced a partnership, which would offer reciprocal mileage earning and redemption opportunities for members of both programs. While I appreciate Alaska's unique array of airline partners,…
As far as I'm concerned, the Alaska Airlines Visa® Credit Card is one of the most underrated airline credit cards out there. Alaska and Bank of America have also significantly improved the bonuses on these cards over the years, so if you don't yet have…
There are various airline credit cards that offer some sort of a companion ticket for spending a certain amount. To me the single most valuable companion ticket is the one offered by Alaska Airlines, so in this post I wanted to look at that in more detail,…
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given their unique array of airline partners, combined with their generous mileage earning rates. At the moment Alaska has quite a few promotions for flying. They're offering double miles…
I recently picked up the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Credit Card (given that I think it's a worthwhile card), though the card now has an even better welcome bonus that should make the card even more interesting for many. So let's take a look at what…
One of the things that I love about Alaska Mileage Plan is that they have such a unique array of airline partners, and they even allow stopovers on one-way award tickets. One of Alaska's cool airline partners is Icelandair. The airlines partnered until…
Nowadays it's quite rare to see frequent flyer programs actually offer promotions that incentivize flying. A vast majority of promotions nowadays seem to be for non-flying activities. Personally I'd pose the question if someone should be running a loyalty…
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given their unique array of airline partners, combined with their generous mileage earning rates. It's an exciting year for transpacific flights out of Seattle, as next month both Cathay…
Reader John asked the following question in the Ask Lucky forum: "Which credit cards can you transfer points at a good ratio to Alaska Mileage Plan and therefore would be good for someone loyal to Alaska?" It's a good question, and I figured this was…
Alaska Mileage Plan has just introduced a new promotion that makes it easy to earn MVP or MVP Gold status. With this promotion you can earn MVP status after just two roundtrips, or MVP Gold status after just four roundtrips. This promotion is valid for…
This month Alaska Airlines has unveiled their first Airbus aircraft with new interiors, so let's take a look. Alaska Airlines' takeover of Virgin America closed a couple of years ago. Aside from their common West Coast focus, the airlines otherwise had…
Alaska Airlines has announced today that they'll be opening an Alaska Lounge at San Francisco Airport Terminal 2 in 2020. The new 8,500 square foot Alaska Lounge will be on the top floor of SFO's Terminal 2, so will feature the highest viewpoint of any…
Alaska Airlines has just announced a Valentine's Day buy one get one fare sale. This sale is valid only for tickets booked today, and with it you can buy one economy ticket, and get a second economy ticket for just the taxes and fees. This is only valid…
