Alaska Airlines is back to sell you more miles, though without as generous a bonus as they had on the sale that ended earlier this month. Still, Alaska’s Mileage Plan is a favorite of people that like to travel with airlines in various alliances and do it for lower amounts in business class than other airlines charge. If you were planning on a trip in coach someplace, you may be able to put that money into buying miles and flying business instead – but you will need to check the math to see if it works for you!
New Miles Promo: Buy Alaska Airline Miles and Get a 40% Bonus
Link: Buy Alaska Airline Miles with 40% Bonus
Note: If you buy miles using the link above, I will earn a small commission. Thank you for that if you do but please only buy miles if it makes sense for your award travels now! I do not recommend you buy miles on speculative award redemptions as programs can and do devalue. But, if it makes sense for you, thanks for using my link! 
Some of the airline partners you can book with Alaska miles
This one is pretty simple – the 40% bonus kicks in at 20,000 miles. If you buy anything below 20,000 miles, you will get no bonus at all. Even though this bonus is only 40% instead of the 50% last month, if you are only buying between 20,000 and 40,000 miles, this promotion is actually better since the old one was tiered and only offered 35%.
Here are the details of this promo:
- Transactions must be completed between 6:00 AM PST October 22, 2018 and 11:59 PM PST October 28, 2018 to be eligible for bonus miles.
- Miles are purchased from Points.com Inc. for a cost of $27.50 per 1,000 miles, plus a 7.5% Federal Excise Tax*, and GST/HST for Canadian residents.
- Miles are non-refundable and do not count toward MVP and MVP/Gold status.
- Offer is subject to change and all terms and conditions of the Mileage Plan Program apply.
- *Points.com Inc. is collecting Federal Excise Tax on behalf of Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Alaska Airlines Inc. has the obligation to collect Federal Excise Tax and remit the tax to the appropriate government agency.
Asia in Business From 50,000 Miles!
You can get deals like 50,000 miles one way from the US to Asia with Hainan Airlines or Cathay Pacific! Or fly Cathay Pacific in First Class for 70,000 miles! That could present some terrific value since you would essentially be paying $1,064 for a one way business class ticket on Cathay Pacific. That is certainly not for everyone (I won’t be doing it) but many people wouldn’t mind spending a little more than an economy ticket (for some destinations) to get a business class award!
