Alaska Airlines 40% offer

[Limewood]

This has been one of my favourite airline award points deals - from AS, this one an extra 40% miles for nix, operators who know the ropes, can buy as many as you like, in bed with numerous other airlines, stopovers less than 24 hours permitted like SFO/HKG/BNE. To find CX flights I use BA.

 

[casanovawa]

Did you use to be able to stop over at each tranist on AS flights, has that changed???

Have to look at the deal but with the $US so high it can be hard to get great value...

 

[smit0847]

Did you use to be able to stop over at each tranist on AS flights, has that changed???

Have to look at the deal but with the $US so high it can be hard to get great value...

One (proper) stopover allowed on one ways, two stopovers allowed on a round trip. There is no better way to book EK F.

 

[casanovawa]

Well possibly, unless you can earn Qantas points fairly freely through shopping and credit card sign ups and use those points to book EK F for next to nothing...

I imagine AS might have lower surcharges than QF but that conversion from US$ to A$ does as well...

 

[Limewood]

Once stopped over in HKG on way to USA also done 2 CNS/HKG/CNS in J all using AS miles, latter was AUD$1650 when exchange rate was about 0.72 to $1USD.

 

[zainman]

Can't fly EK F to/from Oz anyway can we?

 

[Limewood]

Can't fly EK F to/from Oz anyway can we?

Nope.

can have a play here

 

[Lou.d]

can these points be used for flight from perth to europe at all?

 

[RooFlyer]

can these points be used for flight from perth to europe at all?

Welcome to AFF, Lou.d. You may want to wander across to the 'Introductions' thread and tell us a bit about your ambitions here - that gets the conversations going in your favour .

You can redeem Alaskan miles on line for:

• American Airlines
• Aeromexico
• Air France
• British Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• Emirates
• Fiji Airways
• Icelandair
• KLM
• Korean Air
• PenAir
• Qantas
• Ravn Alaska

but you need to call them for Cathay Pacific or LAN.

I'm not familiar as to whether EK or CX flies out of Perth, but directly or indirectly you could use an AS award PER-Europe.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Welcome to AFF, Louis D. You may want to wander across to the 'Introductions' thread and tell us a bit about your ambitions here - that gets the conversations going in your favour .

You can redeem Alaskan miles on line for:

• American Airlines
• Aeromexico
• Air France
• British Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• Emirates
• Fiji Airways
• Icelandair
• KLM
• Korean Air
• PenAir
• Qantas
• Ravn Alaska

but you need to call them for Cathay Pacific or LAN.

.

Though I had assumed you could only book the legs in the Alaskan Tables and not just anywhere where the above airlines fly? Or that is what the link earlier seemed to indicate.

 

[RooFlyer]

Though I had assumed you could only book the legs in the Alaskan Tables and not just anywhere where the above airlines fly? Or that is what the link earlier seemed to indicate.

You are correct; I was simplifying my answer a bit for the first time poster but also making the wider point that there are a variety of airlines to redeem on.

On Cathay, for instance there are awards from Australian to HKG and from HKG to Europe. Doesn't appear you can do it on EK.

 

[Lou.d]

thanks i am still learning my way around the forum

i travel a lot for my business and i am tired of travelling the expensive way i guess

can i buy thee points through alaskan and have some guarantee of using them to europe?

as obviously i cant check on line if there is award availability first?

 

[Lou.d]

thank you so much, in addition i cant seem to login to buy miles either.

i have a miles account, but everytime i go to login it asks me for my name, membership no and email but still doesnt recognise?

any ideas?

 

[RooFlyer]

thank you so much, in addition i cant seem to login to buy miles either.

i have a miles account, but everytime i go to login it asks me for my name, membership no and email but still doesnt recognise?

any ideas?

That's an odd one. Did you accept their cookies?

Can you call them, cheaply (ie via Skype)? Their phone staff are quite good at helping.

 

[Lou.d]

That's an odd one. Did you accept their cookies?

Can you call them, cheaply (ie via Skype)? Their phone staff are quite good at helping.

yes i will do that - thanks

 

[Gold Member]

I'm having the same problem trying to purchase miles. Account is now 1 day old and it will not authenticate...

Is there any special trick or do we have to call them to fix it?

EDIT: I think I found the answer myself... seems there's a 2-10 day period before you can buy miles.

 

[CJEMNMAC]

Looking at grabbing some of these at the moment with the USD/AUD improvment.

Can someone please just clarify booking CX for me ?

I understand you need to call for CX.

Are we just checking say BA and QF first, then just call and book the available flight.

Secondly, if I was looking at SYD xHKG JFK I could search SYD - HKG ( stay overnight but less than 24 hours ) and then search the connecting HKG - JFK

The alternative is to actually stop over, I then assume it would be priced as to awards ?

Thanks so much for any advice

 

[andy2015]

Looking at grabbing some of these at the moment with the USD/AUD improvment.

Can someone please just clarify booking CX for me ?

I understand you need to call for CX.

Are we just checking say BA and QF first, then just call and book the available flight.

Secondly, if I was looking at SYD xHKG JFK I could search SYD - HKG ( stay overnight but less than 24 hours ) and then search the connecting HKG - JFK

The alternative is to actually stop over, I then assume it would be priced as to awards ?

Thanks so much for any advice

Yeah check on QF/BA to find the available seats leg by leg. Not guaranteed Alaska will see the same availability but a pretty good chance (might be phantom). I used QF and had no problem.

They allow stopovers on one ways so you should be allowed to stop in HKG at no extra cost apparently. Not 100% on that as my connection was under 24 hours.

 

[CJEMNMAC]

Yeah check on QF/BA to find the available seats leg by leg. Not guaranteed Alaska will see the same availability but a pretty good chance (might be phantom). I used QF and had no problem.

Alaska allows stopovers on one way tickets so you don't need the connection to be under 24 hours.

Great thanks andy2015

 

[andy2015]

Great thanks andy2015

I edited that second sentence as I am not definite about that. They may try and price it as two separate so hopefully someone else knows definitively or give them a call and ask.