(EXPIRED) Bonus Alaska miles with new CLEAR membership (1K or 1.5K miles)

CLEAR has occasionally run promotions offering incentives to sign up for the service. Unfortunately, we hadn’t seen any new CLEAR incentives for quite some time. That has recently changed, with CLEAR and Alaska Mileage Plan offering a small incentive for signing up: you can get 1,000 bonus Alaska Mileage Plan miles (or 1,500 miles for elite members) when you sign up for CLEAR along with a very slightly discounted rate. This isn’t nearly as good as some of the promotions we saw throughout the pandemic, but it beats no incentive at all if you were already thinking about singing up.

The Deal

• Alaska Mileage Plan is offering $10 off the standard price of a 12-month CLEAR Plus membership when you link your membership to your Alaska Mileage Plan account. Additionally, you can receive bonus 1,000 miles as a general member or 1,500 miles as an elite member when you sign up for a new CLEAR Plus membership and 1,250 miles at renewal for elite members who link their Alaska account.
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Key Terms

• Mileage Plan members enrolling in CLEAR will receive $10 off the standard price of a 12-month CLEAR Plus membership linked to their Alaska Mileage Plan account.

• In addition to the discounted price, Mileage Plan members with MVP, MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K or MVP Gold 100K status will receive 1,500 bonus miles for enrolling in a new CLEAR Plus membership and 1,250 bonus miles upon renewing a CLEAR Plus membership linked to their Mileage Plan account and paying the CLEAR Plus annual membership fee, regardless of enrollment channel.

• Mileage Plan MVP, MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K or MVP Gold 100K members who hold an existing CLEAR Plus membership may link their Mileage Plan and CLEAR accounts to be eligible for 1,250 bonus miles on their annual renewal date after paying the renewal fee.

• Bonus miles eligibility is based on holding elite status as of the date of enrollment or renewal.

• Bonus miles will post to the member’s Mileage Plan account 60 days after enrollment or renewal, provided the CLEAR Plus account is still open and active.

• Bonus miles do not count toward elite status qualification. All Mileage Plan Terms And Conditions Apply.

• Limited time offer terms and conditions:  Between June 21, 2023, and July 16, 2023, all Mileage Plan members who purchase a new CLEAR membership linked to their Mileage Plan account will receive 1,000 bonus miles.

• Offer not valid for members with existing CLEAR memberships, or for renewals.

• Bonus miles will post to the member’s Mileage Plan account 60 days after enrollment provided the CLEAR Plus account is still open and active.

Quick Thoughts

A couple of years ago, we saw offers like $100 in United TravelBank credit or 10,000 miles. Unfortunately, I think those types of offers are a thing of the past as we haven’t seen anything like that in quite a while. The good news is that several Amex cards reimburse the CLEAR fee, so if you have a card that offers a fee reimbursement, you might be thinking about singing up and then may as well earn something for doing it.

Just recently, during our Party of 5 challenge, we helped Carrie get signed up for CLEAR while we were on our way to the airport. You can do most of the sign up process right from your phone and then you just need to stop by a kiosk to get fingerprinted and have your eyes scanned at the airport. I held out for a long time since my home airport doesn’t even have a CLEAR lane, but it has come in handy in skipping the long security lines a few times now.

While a thousand Alaska miles wouldn’t move the needle much for me, I wouldn’t turn them down if I were going to get the membership by July 16th.

H/T: Award Wallet

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