Save up to 50% on Alaska Airlines Award Redemptions With Global Getaways [Book by April 11]

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members can save up to 50% on select award redemptions booked over the next few weeks, thanks to the Global Getaway promotion. This recurring promotion, which first launched in 2024, offers new deals every quarter.

This iteration of Global Getaways is offering discounts on partner award travel to multiple international destinations, and on Alaska Airlines itself to a destination in Canada.

Let’s explore the details.

Alaska Airlines Global Getaways — Q1 2025

The latest Global Getaways promotion from Alaska Airlines allows Mileage Plan members to save up to 50% on select international award redemptions. This recurring promotion offers new destinations and deals 4 times per year, and you can use these offers to save when redeeming Alaska miles for flights.

Under the terms of its current offering, Mileage Plan members can save on international partner awards to select destinations booked between March 11 and April 11, 2025. These deals are good for travel between March 11 and July 31, 2025.

Here’s a look at one-way prices for the current Global Getaways promotion, which includes both economy and premium economy:

The regular pricing varies greatly, depending on where you’re flying from, since Alaska Airlines now uses distance-based award pricing.

Taxes and fees are not discounted. You should also note that 50% is the maximum possible discount, but in many practical cases the actual reduction compared to regular award pricing is less.

For example, Global Getaways prices from Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD), at 30,000 miles per person, present a 20% discount from the regular price of 37,500 miles.

From the East Coast, the discount can be much better. For example, 20,000 miles from New York City (JFK) to Tashkent is less than half the regular cost of 42,500 miles on this route.

Make sure, however, to note how different your options can be. At the 20,000-mile price, travel times to Tashkent range from just over 18 hours to 29 hours.

Wide variations in duration and taxes and fees can apply to multiple destinations in this sale, so make sure you pay attention.

Calgary (YYC), in Canada’s Alberta, is the only destination among the 6 current Global Getaways served by Alaska Airlines itself, not by one of its (many) partners. The 12,500-mile discounted price we found on many flights from the lower 48, via Alaska’s hub in Seattle (SEA), is again not a bad price even if it’s not much of a discount.

How To Earn Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles

Historically, Alaska Airlines MileagePlan miles have been relatively hard to earn since they couldn’t be transferred 1:1 from any major program. However, that changed when Bilt added Alaska as a 1:1 transfer partner in 2024. (You also can transfer Marriott Bonvoy points to Alaska Airlines, but only at a 3:1 ratio.)

So now, in addition to earning Alaska Airlines miles through flying, Alaska Airlines credit cards, Mileage Plan Shopping, Mileage Plan Dining, and transferring from Marriott, you can transfer Bilt points to Alaska Airlines.

And with the new partnership between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, you can transfer miles 1:1 between programs freely and instantly. That means you can transfer Membership Rewards points to Hawaiian and then move those over to Alaska Airlines — for now. Alaska Airlines has hinted that this may go away.

Final Thoughts

Alaska Airlines has a promotion called Global Getaways that promises to offer new and exciting deals 4 times per year. The latest set of deals features discounted award bookings on partner airlines to 5 international destinations that are very different — sure to offer something no matter what you’re looking for. The deal also includes award bookings on Alaska Airlines itself to a destination in Canada.