Alaska Airlines is out with another round of Global Escapes – discounted award flights to half a dozen destinations around the world.
The Deal
- Book discounted award flights using Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles to the following destinations (prices shown are one way in economy):
- Calgary, Canada – from 12,500 miles
- Dublin, Ireland – from 17,500 miles
- Reykjavik, Iceland – from 17,500 miles
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan – from 20,000 miles
- Sydney, Australia – from 30,000 miles
- Hanoi, Vietnam – from 30,000 miles
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Global escapes pricing is offered on flights in Economy & Premium Economy class only. Travel has to originate in the US.
- Each award is subject to taxes and carrier-imposed fees starting from Promo is valid on bookings March 11, 2025–April 11, 2025 for travel March 11, 2025–July 31, 2025. Each award is subject to taxes and carrier-imposed fees starting from $5.60 per person, each way. These taxes and fees vary by itinerary and are based on trip origin and destination. The exact amount of taxes and carrier-imposed fees that will apply will appear when searching for a particular itinerary, and can start at $100 for international itineraries with select partners. For itineraries that include one (1) or more partner award segments, a $12.50 (USD) nonrefundable fee will be collected per person, each way.
- One (1) enroute stopover of up to 14 days is allowed per one-way on eligible international itineraries. On a roundtrip international itinerary two (2) stopovers are permitted with one (1) in each direction of travel.
- Prices have been available for one-way trips within the last 24 hours and may not be currently available.
- Lap infants are not permitted on international partner awards and will not be accepted for travel. Members will need to book seats at prevailing rates.
Quick Thoughts
All six of these destinations have the potential to provide good value, but it’s worth comparing the mileage cost to the cash cost because you might decide it’s better to hold on to your miles if cash ticket pricing is low enough.
There appears to be good availability on at least some of the routes. For example, here’s New York to Dublin – there’s availability every day during the first two weeks of May:
That low pricing and great award availability is also bookable from the west coast – here’s what it looks like from Los Angeles in the first half of May.
The terms of this Global Escapes promotion state that discounted awards are available on both economy and premium economy flights. There appears to be no shortage of availability in economy, but I struck out trying to find discounted premium economy awards to any of the six destinations. That’s not to say that it’s not out there, but I didn’t find any based on my limited searches.
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I guess I lucked out yesterday when I tried to find Econ flights from SFO to KEF (ICELAND) via SEA. Was pleasantly surprised the one way flight was at 17500 + $138 tax when previously I have been watching those flights and lowest I have ever seen was 27500 points. And this is peak summer 6/29 for 8 seats traveling together! Didn’t know there was a promo going on! Unfortunately our flight from KEF to FCO is almost more expensive at 35000 pts or $250 nonstop!
Was tempted by the Dublin offer, but I keep reading terrible reviews of Aer Lingus’s TATL A321 economy flights. Has anyone had a good experience flying EI in economy? Inability to select seats easily is another reason to avoid EI.