Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan: Global Getaways for Spring 2024

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan has launched a new recurring promotion called Global Getaways as part of its recently revamped loyalty program. 

Through the promotion, you can benefit from discounts on award bookings of up to 50%, either to various destinations or with specific airlines available through the program.

For the inaugural Global Getaways promotion, Mileage Plan members can redeem miles at a discount for trips to beach destinations across the world.

What Are Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Global Getaways?

Global Getaways is a new recurring promotion available to members of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan.

Each quarter, Alaska Airlines will release a set of offers to select international destinations or with specific airlines in various classes of service, with a discount of up to 50% on award bookings.

The discounted awards must be booked during a set period of time, for travel during a specific set of dates. A limited number of discounted award seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

As per the terms and conditions, travel must originate in the United States, so if you’re based elsewhere, you’ll need to take a positioning flight to the US first.

You can add a stopover of up to 14 days on an eligible one-way international itinerary, while two stopovers are permitted on a round-trip itinerary (one per direction of travel).

Lap infants aren’t allowed on international partner awards, which means that you’d need to book a separate seat at the prevailing rate.

Promotional pricing is reflected in the award search results on the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan website. Simply select “Use miles” and look for fares at the promotional rates in the search results. 

Then, proceed with booking as you normally would. 

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Global Getaways for April 2024

The theme of the Global Getaways promotion for Spring 2024 is beach destinations across the world.

This time, you can book Global Getaways from April 3–30, 2024, for travel from September 1–November 30, 2024. The promotional pricing applies to flights in economy and premium economy with Alaska Airlines and partner airlines.

Here’s a rundown of the “starting at” prices for this quarter’s Global Getaways promotion:

• Bahamas (NAS): 15,000 miles in economy 
• Fiji (NAN): 20,000 miles in economy 
• Tahiti (PPT): 20,000 miles in economy
• Zanzibar (ZNZ): 30,000 miles in economy 
• Bali (DPS): 30,000 miles in economy 
• Maldives (MLE): 30,000 miles in economy

If you’re flexible with dates, it’s easy to spot the dates on which discounted awards are available. 

Simply tick the “Award calendar” box when you go to look for flights.

Then, in the search results, you’ll be able to see a month’s worth of availability at a time, and you can select the dates that show the promotional “starting at” pricing when you go to book.

The Global Getaways deals aren’t marked in any way, so you’ll need to know the price to look for to ensure you’re getting the best deal.

How to Earn Alaska Miles

In the United States, you can earn Alaska miles directly on the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature and Alaska Airlines Visa Business credit cards.

Bilt Rewards points also transfer to Alaska miles at a 1:1 ratio. 

Otherwise, you can transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to Alaska miles at a 3:1 ratio, with a bonus of 5,000 miles when transferring 60,000 points into miles. 

In Canada, it’s worth noting that MBNA has signalled that MBNA Rewards will become transferable to Alaska miles at a 1:1 ratio; however, a date for this has not been set.

Conclusion

Alaska Airlines has launched its inaugural Global Getaways promotion for Mileage Plan members. 

If you’d like to score a flight in economy or premium economy to beach destinations throughout the world, be sure to give the deal a look.

Just keep in mind that you’ll need to book flights by April 30, 2024, for travel from September 1–November 30, 2024.

The next round of Global Getaways is expected to be announced in Summer 2024.