Alaska
Airlines Mileage Plan members who dream of reaching far-flung paradisiacal
shores on their next vacation are now in luck.
The U.S. carrier
has just launched
its new Global
Getaways program, available exclusively to its loyalty plan participants,
which offers rewards travel for up to 50 percent off of the usual redemption rates
when customers book travel to a select set of destinations aboard Alaska’s global
partner airlines.
The list of
international destinations on which the offer is available will be shuffled up
four times per year, so there will be a new list of amazing locales to use your
rewards points on each quarter.
For this, the
program’s first offering, customers can redeem their miles at reduced rates
throughout the month of April via Alaska’s website for travel from this fall,
from September 1 through November 30, to any among a collection of exotic, sun-drenched
beach escapes.
These reduced rewards
flights are discounted automatically when you visit alaskaair.com, and you can
find them easily by searching for flights to any of the specified eligible
destinations and checking the “Use Miles” function.
According to Travel
+ Leisure, travelers can also include a single stopover of up to 14 days’
duration as part of these overseas itineraries, extending the value of their
discounted fares even further by essentially enfolding two trips into one.
Couple vacationing in the Maldives. (Photo Credit: Alaska Airlines)
These one-way
redemptions are available in economy and premium economy cabins aboard Alaska’s
various partner airlines:
- Tahiti
(French Polynesia): now
starting at 20,000 miles instead of 30,000
- Nadi (Fiji): now starting at 20,000 miles
instead of 37,500
- Nassau
(Bahamas): now starting at 15,000 miles
instead of 17,500
- Zanzibar (Tanzania): now starting at 30,000 miles
instead of 42,500
- Malé (Maldives): now starting at 30,000 miles instead
of 42,500
- Bali/Denpasar (Indonesia): now starting at 30,000 miles
instead of 42,500
“That
once-in-a-lifetime trip is even closer with our quarterly Global Getaways
promotion for discounted award travel to fabulous, far-flung locales,” said
Brett Catlin, vice president of loyalty, alliances and sales at Alaska
Airlines. “We’re continuing to invest in making Mileage Plan the most
rewarding loyalty program with the industry’s most valuable currency.”
A resort in Tahiti, French Polynesia. (Photo Credit: Alaska Airlines)
Alaska’s partner
airlines include 24 oneworld alliance member
carriers, as well as additional global airlines that include Air Tahiti Nui,
Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, STARLUX more. Travel in any
class of service with all of these partners can be booked directly through Alaska’s
own website.
There are also
special benefits to purchasing your tickets with partner airlines through
Alaska’s website, including:
- Earn a
mile for each mile flown with Alaska Airlines and its partners
- You
earn at least 100 percent of the miles flown as elite qualifying miles when
flying with Alaska and its partners (providing a quicker path to Mileage Plan
MVP elite status)
- All
flights purchased with the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature credit card at
alaskaair.com—including partner flights—earn three miles for every dollar spent
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