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There is currently an Alaska flash sale for Mileage Plan members, but it ends at midnight on December 14th. Now's the time to redeem miles for your post-holiday flights! Awards can be booked from 5k to 15k miles plus $6, but restrictions apply.
Key Terms
- Flights must be purchased before midnight on the 14th of December, 2019
- Flights will cost between 5k and 15k miles plus $6
- Travel must be between January 7th and March 11, 2020*
- Blackout dates apply
- Many (maybe all?) of the routes are limited to Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays
- Additional terms and conditions apply, including baggage fees for checked luggage
- Direct link to the Alaska Flash Sale
This sale is available on select Alaska operated flights, based on availability. You have to book by midnight on the 14th, and your travel must be a minimum of 21 days after purchase*.
*The Alaska Flash Sale page states that travel must take place between January 7th and March 11th, 2020, and that blackout dates apply between February 12th and 23rd, 2020. However, when searching for flights, I found this sale applied to throughout the year with very few dates where the sale didn't apply.
Sample Bookings
You can go to the Alaska Flash Sale website to see all available flights. For example, there are 35 flights available from Portland, Oregon.
Flights from JFK Airport to the West Coast were 10k each plus $6.
The most expensive flights I could find with the Alaska Flash Sale were from Hawaii to the continent, and those were only 15k plus $6. Most flights in the deal were around 7.5K miles. Click on the drop-down menu on the flash sale page to see all the available cities, and choose your flight.
Our Take
This is a nice opportunity just in time for the holidays. As good as it is, not every flight will be a better deal with this sale, so you should still compare the cash prices. In some cases, revenue-ticket prices are also quite low during the promotion's travel window. But if you're looking to put Alaska miles to use, I don't think you'll get a better deal than 10k miles plus $6 for flights from Seattle to New York.
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This is a great app- happy that it’s available
Just missed. On the subject of Alaska Air; anyone have tip for booking a Milk Run on points?
Bummer I would have jumped on this.. I just saw it.
Just getting in with Alaska’s mileage plan. I already have miles saved up for a good trip. I hope they do this again. It might be really helpful. It’s difficult to build miles quickly with Alaska, so I hope that they don’t change how they price. It’s sad that they do not really partner with American anymore.
I have flown them several times and love them. I wish they had more flight times to and from PDX for my destination. Oh well.
Thank you for the link!!! I hate AS for the inflexible cancellation so I switched 99% of my travel to WN. Since I booked some trips on AS previously I can’t use this deal 🙁
Wow, this is such a great offer, and perfect timing for me!
Does United ever do sales?
Nice!
I love Alaska Air as they treat their customers as customers – not enemies!
Alaska is one of the few programs with actual value
Good to know about these deals but I like using my Alaska miles for premium cabins on their partner airlines.
Love Alaska. Hope they continue do their own thing with MP and don’t copy the bad things from AA, DL, and UA.
Flights from some airports, such as Boston, don’t seem cheaper than a non-sale.
Love Alaska and their loyalty scheme.
They’re probably the best one out there
Yes, you’d have many here agree with you.
Do they have sales like this on a regular basis? I have some summer plans that could involve Alaska flights and it would be nice to get a discount like this on my travels. Thanks.
Some good deals to have
Good offer! MP still has legs
Perfect very good
Just booked yesterday and confirmed in fact not available for the date needed. Oh well. Nice deal if it works for you