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Hey there, points people! Today, I’m chatting with Betsey, a points enthusiast based in Alaska.
In this episode we discuss how Betsey has been able to take her daughter on dozens of flights, why she puts so much focus on the Alaska program and why it could be right for you, how grocery shopping at Safeway could earn you Alaska miles, and so much more!
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
02:24 – Get to know Betsey
04:28 – Why Betsey was an unaccompanied minor at age 5
05:22 – Where Betsey is flying with Alaska
06:44 – Betsey’s status with Alaska
07:08 – How she earns status
10:06 – What MVP level gets you and tricks to get it
11:41 – Best strategy to get status
13:32 – Opportunity costs with credit card spend
14:21 – Getting good redemptions with Alaska
15:05 – Using Safeway to earn fast with Alaska
20:45 – How much you need to spend with Safeway for 60k points
23:06 – Is Safeway bothered by this hack?
24:30 – Using different categories from Safeway redemptions
26:49 – How many Alaska miles Betsey has gotten from Safeway
28:50 – How to identify what to buy with Safeway
31:47 – Betsey’s tips for Alaska travelers
33:49 – Shoutouts
34:59 – Outro
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Appreciate the content, but the Safeway points to Alaska miles conversion is way off and needs correction! Like some people posted, it's 100 points for 100 AS miles, 200 pts for 250, 300 pts for 400, 400 pts for 600, 500 pts for 850, 700 pts for 1300.
It's 100 points for 100 AS miles, 200 pts for 250, 300 pts for 400, 400 pts for 600, 500 pts for 850, 700 pts for 1300. You can only buy 1 each reward denomination per week. So that's 3500 miles for 2200 points per week. If GCs regularly earn 2x points, you'll need $19k spend to earn a 60k reward flight. A little less if you only redeem 700 pts at once.
The 8x or 10x point promotions reduces it to about $3-$4k spend. Less than that during the 3x reward earning weeks.
Also, unless you have their membership plan, points expire the month after they were earned.
Great stuff! Set up CARRS and just got a $50 Fandango card and $30 of groceries and got over 700 points to redeem for 1300 miles! I may have messed up though, I thought it would prompt me to link my AS acct # when redeeming but it redeemed without anything linked. I went to the CARRS website and linked my AS acct, but not sure if it will process sucessfully and it says it can take up to 4-5 weeks to deposit! I called their CS # twice, first time they said not to worry and I could reverse the redemption if I wanted (that appears to be false), and second time they couldnt even see the redemption. Not sure what to do…
Just got my Alaska card so perfect timing with some great tips!
How many miles for 1 reward? 100 or 300?
15:19 thanks! I’ll have to try this out. Any way to buy digital gift cards?
This is so cool. Great content.
Does it work with Albertsons since they own Safeway?
Love Alaska Airlines, Thanks for these great tips
Used 110,000 Alaska miles last year for 2 business tickets on Condor from FRA-SFO. Condor service is really impressive!! I tried to link my Safeway card last year but Safeway said it was for stores in Alaska only. I just tried again by downloading the Carr’s app linking to Safeway then linking my Alaska account and I was successful so thanks for the tip 🎉
Great tips I’ve never heard about. Thanks Julia!
I've downloaded the CARRS app, connected it to my Safeway/Vons account. Now I'm trying to see where I connect my Alaska Miles account. Any info you can share on where this is done?
Bummer this is only available if you live in Alaska
FYI, two corrections: million milers get 20,000 EQMs per year (not 40,000). Two million milers get 40,000 EQMs per year. The EQMs are not spendable miles but help with your status (not mentioned).
The credit card spend bonus is 4,000 (not 2,000) EQMs per $10,000 spent. Although not mentioned one way or the other the bonuses are thresholds and not pro-rated, so for example if you spend $9,000 you get zero; if you spend $10,000 then you get 4000 EQMs.