Another point...the screen shot as above is potentially misleading since you only find out that busi

Why should Australian frequent flyers care? Because these miles can often be used to book fights with partner airlines such as Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Korean Air at prices which are far less than you d pay those airlines for a cash ticket in business class or even first class.
A one-way business class award on Cathay Pacific between Australia and Hong Kong requires only 30,000 miles which you can get by purchasing louisville ky hotels 24,000 miles with a 30% bonus of 7,200 miles for only US$709.50.
Other Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan partners include American Airlines, Aeromexico, Air France, louisville ky hotels British louisville ky hotels Airways (although there's usually a fuel surcharge on BA award redemptions), Delta, Emirates, Fiji Airways, KLM, Korean Air and LAN.
It s worth noting that some hotel loyalty programs such as Hilton HHonors and Starwood Preferred Guest will also let you transfer your spare points louisville ky hotels into your Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account, which could be an alternative to making several purchases.
louisville ky hotels However, because airlines can and do devalue frequent flyer points or miles over time, it might not be wise to plough too much money into buying Mileage Plan miles just to have them in the bank, so to speak.
With the exception of Cathay Pacific and LAN, award bookings for all of the other Mileage Plan airline partners can be booked louisville ky hotels on the Alaska Airlines website by selecting the 'Use Miles' option when searching for flights.
Unfortunately, to book award travel on Cathay Pacific or LAN you'll need to telephone Alaska Airlines a call. This is a pain for Australians as the airline s reservations call centre is based in the US, so fire up Skype to keep your international call costs under control.
louisville ky hotels Ozkid, I agree with you. I am looking at a trip to Canada next year with the family and this would be a great way to do it if only the QF redemption can be gained. Being able to potentially purchase a business class fare for the price of economy - happy days!!
peopel on other web sites report being able to buy up to four batchs of points with one credit card and then have simply biught more on another card so the number of points louisville ky hotels that can be bought is capped
despite signing up I cannot purchase points - I assume the account has either to be open for a minimum period and/or needs a points balance 0. I have tried transferring some Marriott louisville ky hotels points over to the AS account to try "activiate" the account, but don't know if these will register before thre points purchase promotion ends at the end of the month...
Another point...the screen shot as above is potentially misleading since you only find out that business is NOT available louisville ky hotels on every flight sector later in the booking louisville ky hotels process - thus in the above example you will almost certianly find it's the BNE-SYD leg which is available in business and the SYD-LAX only available in economy.
If you do a dummy booking, you'll notice that they don't offer direct Qantas Trans-Pacific in business for redemption. All the Qantas business flights shown require a stop. Then this is where they get cheeky....the flights have the domestic sector in business, but the flight to LA in Economy!
Wolf13, I am having louisville ky hotels the same problem and getting louisville ky hotels the same error message. If you try and use their automated travel assistant, they just refer you back to the page where you purchase them - bloody useless.
louisville ky hotels I tried checking their terms and conditions but it only refers to bonus miles. I can't find any t c for buying additional miles although they claim there is some. It may require an email to sort out.
Personally I have been buying louisville ky hotels points via US Dividend miles and it has worked well for me. First class flights for decent prices, you can route Australia-USA via Europe even for the same price and do a stopover. Mind you, it can be quite a puzzle to get the flights (often availability is ok, especially on TG) and as with AS you will have to deal with a US based call centre. If you are a bit airline / airport louisville ky hotels savvy and know how to deal with customer louisville ky hotels service centres it is not too hard to book though. USD Dividenmiles is great for TG, TK, AC, CA and NH flights (hard to come by LH F seats). I am waiting for my mileage to transfer to AA so I can book the menitoned CX flights.
Michael , why would you? You can simply buy multiple times! Per my earlier post, others have bought up to 4 lots on the same credit card and then simply used a different credit card to amass huge points totals.
Before spending up big, however, consider whether the cash is better spent elsewhere - AAdvantage typically have a buy 90,000 (the limit of 60,000 points plus a bonus of 30,000) promo from time to time for around USD2000. You can use the 80,000 AA points for a one-way to Europe in first on OnWorld flights weher award inventory is available, etc.
I can now buy points on my Alaska Airlines account. I opened the account 12 days ago. I also booked one (very cheap) hotel night through their website, but suspect the black out period since account sign up to be the former issue preventing point purchase.
I spoke with them this morning, having received an email rejecting my purchase which stated "Your transaction could not be completed because your credit card information could not be confirmed. Your purchase was cancelled and your credit card was not charged." [I should add I used a Citibank Emirates Platinum Credit Card, not some shonky credit card company]
louisville ky hotels Wolf13, I can confirm that Australian credit cards can be used when purchasing the points. However, louisville ky hotels some banks may block the transaction by default especially louisville ky hotels if there's no established pattern of foreign louisville ky hotels transactions.
I've been buying US Airways dividend miles for years now with various credit cards issued louisville ky hotels from different banks in different countries, never had a problem! Surprised to read of the issues that people have buying AS miles.
Good to hear you and others were succesfull, could you please let us know how you went with actually booking the award seats (how long did it take, where did you search for award space, were your first choices available, what class, what were the booking costs and fuel/ sevrice charges etc etc)? Woudl be interested to get some insight in that.
Only a suggestion - for such articles louisville ky hotels perhaps it would be good to include any obvious practical info such as the main restrictions (e.g. need to be member 10 days), confirm offer open to Aussies, or if uncertain at least a note that these will need to be checked by the individual reader?
Congrats, that is great. Could you perhaps fill us how far out from departure you booked, what were the taxes, did you book it online or via a call centre, where did you find award availability (assuming you are flying QF on AA codeshare) was availability similar louisville ky hotels to QF availability ?
Alaskan award bookings mirror exactly the classic awards on the QF site; So I did my research on QF, interestingly the second i completed the transaction with alaskan the award flight dropped off the qf site also. I'm traveling mid 2014. The boking is showing on my QF profile louisville ky hotels also.