There are other programs offering regularly interesting award sales, think Flying Blue or Miles & More. Though valuable, these offers always have some kind of last minute character, making it some times a bit difficult to adjust to.

Alaska Airlines goes a different way with its new quarterly Global Getaways offers in its Mileage Plan: They can be booked during one month, but for a travel date a few months out. For instance, in April, you can book discounted offers for travel between September and November.

And the other interesting fact is that they are exclusively available on their wide range of partners! They are offered at a 50% discount, but are only availabe in Economy and Premium Economy – and only for flights originating in the US. But getting for 20,000 miles one-way to the Fiji or for 30,000 miles to Zanzibar is definitely a good deal!