Buy Alaska Miles with a 70% Bonus

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is a popular program for its great deals on redemptions and frequent mileage sales.

With the current sale on Alaska miles, you can earn up to 70% bonus miles on your purchase, which is the best deal we’ve seen for a while.

This sale ends at 11:59pm Pacific Time on March 15, 2024, so be sure to capitalize on the offer before then if you’re interested.

Buy Alaska Miles with a 70% Bonus

Normally, Alaska Airlines sells miles for 2.75 US cents per mile, plus a 7.5% tax recovery fee, for a total of 2.96 US cents per mile. Luckily, Alaska frequently offers discounts on purchasing miles.

This time around, you can get up to a 70% bonus on purchased miles, although you may have a lower offer available in your account.

The current best-available offer is structured as follows:

• 70% bonus when you buy 30,000+ miles
• 55% bonus when you buy 15,000–29,000 miles
• 40% bonus when you buy 3,000–14,000 miles

Log in to your Mileage Plan account to see the exact breakdown of your bonus, as not all members are given the best-available offer.

With a 70% bonus, you could buy 170,000 Alaska miles for $2,956.25 (USD) including tax, at a cost of 1.72 US cents per mile.

At our current valuation of 1.8 US cents per mile, that price is just below our target value, and could represent a great deal if you have a specific use in mind.

Historically, Alaska tends to offer bonuses in the 35% to 60% range, and we’ve seen rare offers as high as 70%. This offer is on par with the best bonuses we’ve seen recently, so if you have your sights set on an aspirational redemption, be sure to take advantage of it if you stand to benefit.

Keep in mind that Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is making sweeping changes to the program, which are set to take effect at some point in March 2024. If you have an immediate use for purchased miles, this could be a great deal; however, buying miles speculatively can be particularly risky at this point, given that the program is about to change significantly.

How many miles can you buy?

Unless you have elite status with Alaska, each Mileage Plan member is limited to receiving 150,000 miles per calendar year from mileage purchases (excluding bonuses), whether buying for yourself or being gifted from someone else.

There’s also a limit of 100,000 miles purchased per transaction (excluding bonuses). If you split your purchase up into multiple transactions, you…