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[Award Alert] Wide-Open Availability in Business Class to Ireland From 45,000 Miles

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We’re seeing wide-open availability in business class to Dublin and Shannon, Ireland, over the next few months.

These flights cost as few as 45,000 miles one-way and have several seats available, which means you should book now!

Let’s take a look at the details.

Award Alert — The Details

These awards are available through Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan and can be booked for as few as 45,000 miles one-way — though they jump up to 55,000 if you’re leaving from the West Coast.

Aer Lingus is the operating carrier, which means taxes and fees will be less than $20 per ticket.

On some dates, we’ve found as many as 4 seats per flight in business class. That plentiful availability isn’t available on every date, of course, but we’ve frequently seen 3 or 4 seats available in our searches.

To search for available dates, you can use a tool like Seats.aero, which provides a big-picture overview across a range of dates and airports.

USA to DUB award space Seats.aero
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Once you’ve found your flights, you can then book them on Alaska’s website.

Alaska Mileage Plan award IAD DUB March 2025
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Best Ways To Book

The best way to book these flights is to redeem Alaska Airlines miles for them. However, it can be tough to earn Alaska miles, due to the program’s relative lack of transfer partners. If you have Bilt Rewards points, you can transfer them to Alaska Airlines at a 1:1 ratio.

There’s also an unofficial workaround for converting your American Express Membership Rewards to Alaska miles through Hawaiian Airlines.

To do so, you’ll first need to transfer your Amex points to your eligible Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles account. From there, you can then transfer your Hawaiian Airlines miles to Alaska Airlines. All of this can be done at a 1:1 ratio.

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Final Thoughts

We’ve found tons of business class award space with Aer Lingus in the next 3 months. Although it’s not a long time to travel, there are up to 4 seats available on some flights — not something we see all the time. And since Aer Lingus doesn’t pass on any surcharges, you’ll pay less than $20 in taxes and fees.

Even if you’re not interested in heading to Ireland, with rates this low, you can choose to fly in and hop on a cheap intra-Europe flight to get where you’d really like to go. We don’t expect these prices to last long, so book soon if you want to take advantage!

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Ryan completed his goal of visiting every country in the world in December of 2023 and is letting his wife choose their destinations, including revisiting some favorites. Over the years, he’s written about award travel for publications including AwardWallet, The Points Guy, USA Today Blueprint, CNBC Select, Tripadvisor, Point.me, and Forbes Advisor.

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