Icelandair was one of Alaska s smallest partnerships. Few customers earned or redeemed miles on the

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You could straight luxury hotel in london up buy miles and redeem them on Alaska for first class to Hawaii for about $350, the blog reported. It was cheap to buy miles in part because of weakness in their country s currency. And if that wasn t enough they were even running a buy-miles bonus.
Icelandair was one of Alaska s smallest partnerships. Few customers earned or redeemed miles on the airline, she said, and Alaska s other partners (American, Delta, luxury hotel in london British Airways, Air France and KLM) serve the same markets.
Whatever the cause, it s too bad this partnership is ending because it was the only useful way for people in the Northwest to make use of miles flown on Icelandair. The airline has no partnerships with other U.S. airlines.
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