Buy Alaska miles with 30% discount: Summer Flash Savings

Alaska’s summer flash savings is on now, for one week only – a 30% discount on purchased miles. The ‘Summer Flash Savings’ are available until June 30, 2019.

Alaska Mileage Plan Summer promotion – 30% Discount

Promotion Link to miles Purchase

The 30% discount is with purchase of 20,000 miles or more. This promotion can be maxed by purchasing 60K miles for ~$1241.63 (discount of $495) at 2.0 CPM. We have seen regular promotions where Alaska miles are available to purchase at 1.97 CPM, so this would a good offer to top up accounts with a specific use in mind.

Alaska miles are one of the most valuable airlines currency in the market and come with great airline partners and routing sweet spots (including stopover on one-way awards) – couple of examples;

• Cathay Pacific from North America to Asia (Cathay Pacific Business Class on 777-300ER review 2018), oneway for 30K/35K/50K/70K across all cabins
• KLM from North America to Middle East, oneway for 40K/70K across Econ and Business

Terms and Conditions of the promotion:

• Transactions must be completed between 6:00 AM PST June 24, 2019 and 11:59 PM PST June 30, 2019 to be eligible for the discount.

• 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.

• You may purchase and gift Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles in increments of 1,000 miles to a maximum of 60,000 miles per transaction.

• Your Mileage Plan account may be credited up to a maximum total of 150,000 miles acquired through Points.com in a calendar year, whether purchased by you or gifted to you. MVP, MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K Mileage Plan member accounts have no annual limit on the number of miles which may be purchased or gifted through Points.com. 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.