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From now until June 26, Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is offering a bonus of up to 70% when you purchase miles, with prices as low as 1.74 cents per mile. Simply log in and buy miles through the Alaska Airlines website.
Since these miles can be difficult to earn, buying them during this sale could help top off your account to save on future redemptions, especially if you’re ready to book a high-value award flight and you've already found available award space.
Now, let’s take a closer look at this offer.
Buying Alaska Miles with up to a 70% bonus
Buy points and miles promotions are frequently targeted, so yours may be different. Here is an outline of what we’ve seen with this tiered offer:
| Miles purchased | Mileage bonus | Price per mile (including tax) |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000 to 19,000 miles | 50% | 1.97 cents |
| 20,000 to 39,000 miles | 60% | 1.85 cents |
| 40,000 to 100,000 miles | 70% | 1.74 cents |
This is one of the highest bonuses we’ve seen for Alaska miles. Although the lowest price you can get is 1.74 cents — still higher than our June 2025 valuation of 1.5 cents for Alaska miles — it may still be worth taking advantage of this promotion.
You can occasionally get more than 1.5 cents per mile, especially if you redeem them for first- and business-class travel on one of Alaska’s many international airline partners like Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines and Fiji Airways.
Related: 6 things to know about the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program
How many Alaska miles can I purchase?
If you hold MVP, MVP Gold, MVP Gold 75K or MVP Gold 100K elite status in the Mileage Plan program, there’s no annual limit on how many Alaska miles you can buy. If you don’t hold elite status with Alaska, you can only buy up to 150,000 miles per calendar year.
Know, though, that the calendar year limit for non-elite members doesn’t include bonus miles. If you’re targeted for a 60% bonus and haven’t purchased or received any Alaska miles as a gift this year, you could buy 150,000 miles through this sale and receive 90,000 bonus miles for a total of 240,000 miles deposited into your account.
Keep in mind that the website only supports buying up to 100,000 miles (before the bonus) per transaction. If you intend to buy more, you’ll need to purchase your miles in two transactions.
Related: Alaska Airlines unveils 4 major changes to MVP elite status
How should I redeem Alaska miles?
On top of Alaska’s Oneworld and Oneworld Connect partners, Alaska Airlines partners with various other airlines, including Korean Air and LATAM. Best of all, you can add a free stopover on many Alaska Mileage Plan awards.
Since Alaska merged with Hawaiian Airlines, the carriers have announced plans to operate under a single loyalty program, set to launch this summer. It remains to be seen if and how the Mileage Plan award chart will change as a result. For now, the distance-based award chart still has some great sweet spots, and you can score up to half off redemptions with the Global Getaways sale through June 30.
For instance, one TPG staffer helped two of his friends leverage this promotion to book business-class flights home from Tokyo. The seats on Japan Airlines cost 75,000 Alaska miles plus $60 in taxes and fees.
Since miles must be purchased in increments of 1,000, they bought 45,000 miles with the 70% bonus for a total of 76,500 miles per person, which cost $1,330 after taxes. Not bad for a ticket with a cash price of over $4,000.
Similarly, you could fly American business class from Chicago to London for just 55,000 Alaska miles and $18. Those miles would cost you $1,035 with this promotion, compared to over $2,738 if you booked with cash.
You could also book a Starlux business-class ticket from Los Angeles to Taipei for 75,000 Alaska miles and $18. With this promotion, you could buy all the miles you'd need for $1,330 instead of paying $3,680 in cash.
Which credit card should I use to buy Alaska miles?
When you buy miles, Points.com — not Alaska Airlines — will process your purchase. Thus, you won’t earn bonus rewards for using a card with airline spending as a bonus category.
Instead, pay with a credit card that offers a solid return on everyday purchases, such as:
- Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card: Earn 2 miles per dollar spent on every purchase
- Citi Double Cash® Card (see rates and fees): Earn 2% cash back on all purchases (1% when you buy and 1% as you pay).
- The Blue Business® Plus Credit Card from American Express: Earn 2 points per dollar on eligible purchases the first $50,000 spent on purchases per calendar year (then 1 point per dollar).
Related: The best credit cards for buying points and miles
Bottom line
We don’t recommend buying points or miles speculatively. However, if you have an upcoming trip that you want to book with Alaska miles and you’ve found award availability, this sale may let you earn Alaska miles at a reasonable rate.
If you don’t need the miles immediately and are instead starting to plan a trip, you may prefer to apply for an Alaska Airlines credit card and earn miles through its welcome bonus. And don't forget that you can still transfer Amex Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian Airlines, and thus Alaska Airlines, through June 30.
