Alaska Airlines is a hometown favorite that has one of the most valuable mileage programs in the world. Mileage Plan's international partners and flexible stopover rules put incredible travel within reach. How does flying Cathay Pacific First Class from the US to Hong Kong, stopping for a week, then continuing to South Africa, all for 70,000 miles sound?

1. 85-Day One-Way for 12,500 Miles
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2. Alaska Marine Highway System
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3. How to Travel Like a Millionaire:
Alaska Mileage Plan's Hidden Awards
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4. Cash
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• Flexible to use anywhere
• Easy to use
• More stable value
• You own it

5. Points
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‘Aspirational travel’ – 75,000 Citi points =
$750 or 75,000 EVA Air miles
OR

6. What Points Can Do
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• Happy times – family celebrations
• Sad times – family emergencies
• Learning – self-improvement
• Leisure – fun
• Business – bootstrapping
• and more

7. Travel Dreams (that Start Lie-Flat)
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8. My Payoff
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9. Socotra Island, Yemen
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13. Syria
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17. Where I’ve Traveled
Every country in the world!
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18. The 2 Concepts for Alaska’s
Hidden Awards
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19. 1. Eclectic Partners
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20. Alaska’s Partners
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21. Alaska Partner Rules (1)
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Award charts show valid routes and exclusions

22. Alaska Partner Rules (2)
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Only one partner per award ticket (plus Alaska)

23. Alaska Partner Rules (3)
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Beware the blue seat icon – ‘mixed cabin’

24. 2. Free Stopovers
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25. Fiji + New Zealand
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Add a week stop for the same miles

26. If You Book Separately
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87,500 miles instead of 55,000 miles!

27. Why Not Slip Away this Weekend?
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28. Where Will You Go?
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29. Bonus: Use Partners to Book Alaska
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30. Thank You
stefan@rapidtravelchai.com
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