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If you max out the deal you’ll be getting Alaska Air Mileage Plan miles at just under $0.02/mile
I just wrote an article a few days ago about Alaska Air Award Sweet spot: Middle East
Some other notables: business/first
- US-Europe on American for 50k and 62.5k
- US-Europe on BA First: 70k + fees ( which are substantial)
- US-Asia on Cathay Pacific: 50k and 70k
- US-Africa on Cathay Pacific: 50k and 70k
- US-China on Hainan: 50k
- US-Australia on Cathay Pacific: 60k and 80k
- US-Australia on Fiji: 50k
- US-Australia on Qantas: 55k and 70k
Another way to think of this is the cash value of these flights. These are great values as alternatives to buying a ticket.
- American to Europe in business/first: $1000/$1250 each way
- British Airways to Europe in First: $1400 + taxes and fees each way
- Cathay Pacific to Asia in biz/first: $1000/$1400 each way
- Cathay Pacific to Africa in bis/first: $1000/$1400 each way
- Hainan to China in biz: $1000 each way
- Cathay to Australia in biz/first: $1200/$1600 each way
- Fiji Air to Australia in biz: $1000 each way
- Qanta to Australia: $1100 and $1400 each way
*People have also had success repeating this offer as many times as they want. So if you want to buy a Million, I’m pretty sure you can.
Don’t forget Alaska allows free stopovers!
You can break up your trip and see another city En Route to your final destination. So if you’re thinking of taking a trip to the Taj Mahal you can stop in Hong Kong along the way. Hong Kong is a really cool city and worth spending a few days touring. I also mentioned in the Middle East post you can stop in London en route to the Middle East * you will definitely pay taxes and fees going through London tho.
Miles Loves London and you can read about how much he enjoyed flying roundtrip in Business and First Class for a wedding last year
Alaska Air Mileage Plan miles are great for International Premium Cabin redemptions
You can read my Cathay Pacific Business review and First is on my list to experience
British Airways First Class which my parents loved on their Trip Around the World
American Airlines Business Class 777-300ER – review to be published in the next couple weeks. Miles loved it
- Europe for 50k in business and 62.5 in first class
Don’t forget that Japan Airlines is a new partner as well and their chart should be available soon, this will offer stopovers in Tokyo!
Go here to buy if you’re interested!
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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