Tag Archives: Alaska Air

First Class to Hawaii by Way of Currency Devaluation

I’m a bit late to the party, but Online Travel Review noted yesterday that Icelandair is having a 20% bonus on purchased points until September 28th.  30k Saga Club points (25k base + 5k bonus) can be purchased for 39,500ISK … Continue reading

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$50 off Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines is offering a $50 discount certificate for new Mileage Plan members resident in California who sign up by October 26th, 2012.  The discount code is valid for travel between September 5th and November 10th for travel from California. … Continue reading

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South of Expected

Last year, I picked up the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature card when they were running a 40k miles after first purchase promotion. Alaska offers its members using the card a 1K mile bonus on each booking.  At … Continue reading

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My 2011 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

I traveled just over 144k miles this year, approximately 125k of which were revenue flights: I wound up with four redemptions: 2 nights at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas as part of Starwood’s Free Resort Nights promotion. 1 upgrade … Continue reading

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Free Wifi in August

Delta is offering free wifi on its flights in August using the promotion code DIETCOKEGOGO (Hat Tip: View from the Wing). Alaska Air is offering free wifi for smartphones and iPads in August and September courtesy of Visa Signature.

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Airlines, Codeshares, and Passengers

Someone at work was looking to get to Europe later this summer and asked my advice for how I find cheap fares.  I pointed out ITA in addition to my paid ExpertFlyer account.  A quick search later turned up an … Continue reading

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