You can use 50,000 Alaska miles to book Qantas business class one-way between the US and Australia. You can include domestic connections on Alaska and connections within Australia or to New Zealand on Qantas for no additional miles. Plus, you can include a stopover on a one-way award for no extra miles so you can see two cities for the price of one.
Your only options for earning Alaska miles with credit cards are their Bank of America co-branded cards or transferring points you earned with the Marriott Bonvoy cards.
Unfortunately, Alaska Mileage Plan is revamping their award chart as of March 2024 and this rate will jump to 85,000 miles one-way. It's not an entirely unreasonable award rate, but it's a huge jump.
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