Now, the above specifically states that these redemption rates apply for tickets within the Continen

Online Travel Reviews points out that Icelandair is offering a 20% bonus on the purchase of Saga Club miles through September 28, 2012. You can purchase up to 100,000 Saga Club miles per year, and you need to be a member of Saga Club before being able to access the promotion.
Now, the above specifically states that these redemption rates apply for tickets within the Continental US and Canada, though Online Travel Review insists those are the redemption costs for any destination, including Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii. The above also doesn t explicitly state that those costs are roundtrip, though Online Travel Review has apparently family cruise priced several itineraries and has confirmed that those are the roundtrip costs.
The award space that Icelandair has access to should match the saver award space that Alaska Airlines offers their own Mileage Plan members. Award availability is great on some routes (like California to Hawaii, west coast hops, and some flights family cruise to Alaska), while it s awful on other routes (like Seattle to Hawaii and virtually all transcons).
It s an intriguing promotion, and it will be interesting to see whether Icelandair decides to pull their mileage bonus promotion (though even without it this can still be a great deal). I m somewhat concerned by the verbiage about award costs being for flights within the Continental US and Canada, as I fear Icelandair could actually enforce that if too many people take advantage of this. But if you take advantage of this now and plan on making a booking first thing in the morning I d say you re probably safe.
@Mike: You have to call them to redeem on Alaska. They only allow roundtrip redemptions on Icelandair, so I can t imagine why they would permit one-way redemptions on Alaska. Plus I ve now spoken with them a few times and priced out itineraries I ve been told repeatedly it s 20k round trip. It s not a crazy deal most Alaska Airlines family cruise routes are short-or-mid haul, so 20k isn t nuts. And Avios charges 25k roundtrip for flights to Hawaii from the West Coast.
I played with it yesterday evening, and transcon availability in F at their Saver level is almost non existent, particularly if you re looking for more than 1 seat. So a crazy valuable east coast to hawaii itinerary looks very, very difficult to pull off
how are you all finding saver avalability family cruise without doing a tedious date by date search. Is there a broader way to search on the Alaska site? I don t have KVS. If anyone does have KVS can they see if there is any FC saver space from ATL to HNL any time in the next 6-8 months?
@Scott: if you check Award Calendar when doing your search on the Alaska site it brings up a calendar that looks like the one in Lucky s post above. The dates with saver availability will show 37.5K if you re looking for Hawaii. (The problem I m running into is that most of the saver itineraries they give you mix First and Coach.)
There seems to be some trouble with some of the routings from the East Coast and Midwest that require long layovers in SEA before going onward to Hawaii. This seems to be the primary area where people are having trouble. Unfortunately, Alaska doesn t time those flights to connect well, and in many cases requires an overnight. I know that Alaska can book them, but Icelandair is having some trouble. They ve been incredibly helpful (emailing me in response to reader questions), and they re swamped (remember Lucky s post about Avios and Aer Lingus?) they re a small contact center and they re doing the best they can. Happy to answer any other questions
I get the gut feeling family cruise that this is going to end poorly. family cruise I know it s not a mistake fare, or anything shady, but I just get that feeling at some point Iceland Air is going to come to their senses and lots of people get stuck with unusable saga points.
Ben I m with you actually wish there was an affordable way to actually use these points on Icelandair. 210K points to fly RT Denver to Iceland in Saga Class?!?! Or 30K points to fly RT DEN-OGG in AS first? Hmmmmm .
Are these the standard redemption levels for Saga redemption s on Alaska or is this a special promotion? I m wondering if you bought the points could you wait a year or more to book travel to Hawaii? Right now there s not a lot available but if I wait to next year and plan ahead, they might be easier to use. I go to Hawaii twice a year and always fly AS.
@ Deborah Yes, these are the standard redemption rates. What s special is the mileage bonus and week Icelandic currency. That being said, there s no guarantee that they won t increase family cruise the number of miles required in the future.
Thanks Lucky. BTW love your site! I m thinking about buying the miles for future travel or even hotel redemption s. I see they are partnered with Hilton and Raddison. Can t see what you need for booking rooms until they process my Saga Club membership.
I have my 2 First Class tickets and will be in Maui for 9 days but the car rental prices are out of sight ! Do you have some thoughts family cruise on getting cheap car rentals in Hawaii or at lease the lowest family cruise cost alternative. Thanks and I think you re doing a great job with your blog.
@ Matthew Are you looking at first class? If it s within the lower 48 then it should be 25,000 miles each way. That needs to be available in order to book this through Icelandair. It s a bit more expensive on Alaska s website for Hawaii and Mexico.
family cruise Most people are reporting that the points posted right away after purchase (although the website does say to allow up to 24 hours). I ve been waiting over a day for mine now anyone else having this problem? Gah. Just want to make my booking!
Alright, here s what we ve found. The transaction didn t go through because your account is too new. It has to be at least 10 days old before transactions can be done on it. As a result, family cruise the charge that you see is actually just an authorization hold on the credit card. No money has been charged to the card and the hold will automatically family cruise drop off.
I m on the phone with icelandair and she is telling me I need to go through Alaska family cruise airlines, which of course makes no sense. After talking her into looking to see if she can book it she helped me for a bit, put me on hold, then disconected
These flights both have Icelandair and Alaska Airline family cruise flight numbers. Icelandair Saga Club members family cruise can only redeem their Saga Club Points for an Award Ticket family cruise on flight numbers of the operating carrier on these flights.
Does this mean that Saga points can only be used for award flights family cruise that are codeshared and not other Alaska flights? I live in Los Angeles and want to be able to fly Alaska to DCA using Saga points. Thanks in advance for input.
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