Alaska Airlines Award Partnership Changes, Elevated CC Welcome Offers and More

Alaska Airlines & LATAM Partnership Ending: As of October 1 2025, you will no longer be able to use Alaska miles for LATAM award flights. This is obviously a bummer for those wanting to fly to South America on miles. See this post on One Mile at a Time for the details. A similar change is happening between Alaska Airlines and Singapore Airlines (see this post).

Elevated Welcome Offers on Credit Cards: This week, several credit cards have increased welcome offers:

Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard (75k bonus) (ends today 9/5/25)
Six Amex Delta Cards (up to 125,000 bonus miles)
Chase IHG cards (up to 165,000 bonus miles)
Chase Iberia/British Airways/Aer Lingus cards (85,000 bonus miles)

Flying Blue September Promo Awards: If you’re looking for a deal on economy award flights to Europe, Flying Blue has discounts from 7 U.S. cities. Check out the latest on Frequent Miler.

Alaska Airlines to Add Flights to Iceland: This is great news for travelers who live on the West Coast. Flights from Seattle to Reykjavík will begin next May and run daily through the summer. See the press release here.

Have a fantastic weekend!