I am not kidding. This is a monster promotion from British Airways and Chase bank. CLICK HERE to apply for their Visa card. It’s a $75 fee per year.
After you’re approved and you make your first purchase, you get 50,000 British Air miles. That’s enough for a free ticket from ALASKA to “Zone 1″ in Europe. That includes London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and a couple of other cities. Under the terms of the award, you can fly Alaska Airlines to Seattle, then connect with British’s nonstop flight to Heathrow (LHR). I double-checked this with my international expert, Penny Lampl with USTravel in Kodiak (907-486-3232).
After you spend at least $2,000 in three months on the charge card, you receive an additional 50,000 bonus miles.
Folks, that’s two free tickets to Europe.
My travel-hacker friends are having a blast with this. Spend at least $30,000 in a year and you’ll get a companion ticket on British. The companion ticket is ONLY good on British Airways iron, so you have to pay your way to Seattle to pick up the flight. STILL–it’s a great deal.
I applied this evening. The email said Chase would get back to me in 15-30 days. Jeez. HURRY UP.
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Scotty:
As much as I enjoy giving you grief, thank you or “cheers” for the tip re: BA/Chase Bank credit card…it looks like a jolly good deal.
TTFN,
Perry
You have to pay the taxes, fees, fuel surcharges, etc, on the “free” ticket. Do you know what that would be on a ticket to London? I heard that their fuel surcharge was pretty high.
Ya-$310-$410 per ticket.
Yeah, I applied, too. Hope that BA’s Zone 1 includes Istanbul! Okay, it’s technically in Europe…
Hi Annie–Unfortunately, Istanbul is not in “Zone 1″. But for a few more miles…HA!
Do you know if there are any blackout dates? Also is Munich a zone 1. Can you fly into 1 city (Munich) and out of a different city (Paris)?
Hi RObert–Thanks for your note. Since this is a “bonus miles” offer, blackout dates are not really an issue. It’s just which destinations/flights are available for that many miles on any given day. FOr example, Zone 1 awards may not be available on July3, but may be on June 10. Also, I do not know the specific restrictions on “open jaw” itineraries, but I doubt it would be a problem. I would refer you to British AIrways’ “Executive Club” terms and conditions, though, since I’m not that familiar with the awards, etc.
Is Copenhagen, Denmark in Zone 1?
I think…not sure.
The “taxes and fees” in my experience vary from $350 to $650 depending on the itinerary quoted for a US to Europe round trip, and thus are higher than other mileage programs. For intra-Europe travel they run about 100-150 USD per one way, generally at or just a little higher than the lowest purchased fare available.
Per the terms and conditions, Zone 1 is defined as follows: “Europe Zone 1 includes the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Switzerland.”
Ijust got a letter back from Chase asking me to fax a or mail a copy of my SS card and proof of residence like a utlities bill. Has anyone else gotten such a letter? It’s weird, because I did have a card with them and paid it off and canceled it.
WEird….only thing I can imagine is this is U.S. only. Perhaps someone back at Chase or BA still thinks AK belongs to the Russians. Or Canadians. HA
2 tickets to europe? sign me up! Scott you have always done a fabulous job with promoting alaska, I think I need to see europe. Thank-you Nurse Nancy
Wow! Our son plays basketball in Belgium, so we’re headed there next year. We got our Chase cards, thanks to you. Great tip…thanks Scott!
Ya–I got my card today, too!
Is the 50,000 miles for a round trip?
YEs-50,000 miles for one rt ticket to Europe from the USA. Wow!
Are these tickets good from Spokane(GEG)to/from Europe via Alaska air?
YEs….good from Spokane. s
Scotty:
BA update…..low and behold I actually have 106,000 plus miles in my account and plan to start applying Alaska Airline miles and other charges into my account so I can get the 120K level (Biz class to Italia or España).
PS: What zone is Kabul?
Uh-huh. Kabul–Quite near Islamabad or the coastal playground: Karachi. I suggest a more direct route via Bagram Air Base. Swap out that snappy Tweed Sport Coat for full body armor. HA! Ya–Christy now is in line for the card, which will put us in the neighborhood of 240,000 household miles before year-end.
I’m not having any success making reservations online — best to call BA on the phone. Do you speak British? How much is that in dollars? HA!
Got the card, spent the bucks, and I now have 103,000 miles. My celebration was a bit premature, as I learned when I tried to obtain two tix to Amsterdam on the BA website. Lots of blackout dates, which effectively prevents us from traveling in May (or June), but that’s not the biggest issue. It would not let me originate my trip in AK. It didn’t even display Anchorage on their popup list. The nearest origin for this flight seems to be Seattle. Is there some trick I’m not aware of? This was billed as an “AK-Europe Zone 1″ deal. Help!
YOu have to call em on the phone. Web booking=impossible.