How To Fly Round The World For Just 60,000 Alaska Mileage Plan Miles!

I’ve written a few instances lately about Alaska Mileage Plan’s ‘Global Getaways’ promotion – and why, with a little bit of creativity, it will probably result in some exceptionally good redemptions. For instance, you possibly can fly from Dublin to both the US West and East coasts for just 17,500 miles (or 22,500 in Premium Economic system).

I’ve been doing a bit extra digging and thought I’d share one other potential itinerary, to assist clarify the kinds of issues which can be potential.

What’s the Alaska World Getaways promotion?

Principally, every quarter, Alaska reduces the miles required to fly to a bunch of different cities (in Economic system or Premium Economic system) considerably.

The primary fascinating factor is that you would be able to fly with a variety of Alaska’s companion airways, like Qatar Airways, Aer Lingus, and many others. The second is that you’re allowed a stopover of as much as 14 days in every path. Opposite to the written phrases, journey doesn’t must originate within the US – it will probably additionally finish there. Which means you possibly can ebook two one methods with a stopover in every path.

Add these issues collectively and you’ll give you redemptions like the next…

Fly around the world for 60,000 miles

Step One: USA – Doha (stopover for as much as 14 days) – Hanoi (keep so long as you want): 30,000 miles in Economic system

I opted for a comparatively easy New York to Doha flight, however for those who actually needed to maximise the gap, you possibly can begin on the West Coast and even up in Alaska and join on the East Coast. Extra connections are tremendous so long as these particular person layovers are lower than 24 hours.

As you possibly can see under, I selected a 5 day stopover in Doha, earlier than persevering with on to Hanoi:

Step Two: Hanoi – Taipei (stopover as much as 14 days) – Los Angeles: 30,000 miles in Economic system

Coming again, I took benefit of the truth that Alaska additionally permits you to redeem miles with the Taiwan-based airline Starlux, which additionally flies to Hanoi.

I chosen a 6 day stopover in Taipei, however something as much as 14 days is okay, so long as you could find availability.

Once more, for those who actually needed to maximise your mileage and/or do an entire ‘Spherical-The-World’, slightly than ending in LA, you possibly can ebook connections all the best way to New York or wherever else within the USA you may like.

Backside line

It generally appears that lots of essentially the most enjoyable redemptions not exist (and don’t get me flawed, this might be rather more enjoyable in Enterprise Class!), however there are nonetheless loads of alternatives for getting large worth from factors/miles if you already know the place to look…

Characteristic picture: Starlux