{"id":387,"date":"2013-10-24T20:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T00:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2013-10-24T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T17:27:20","slug":"airlines-offering-double-mile-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/airlines-offering-double-mile-promotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines offering Double Mile Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late in the year, usually in the fall, it&rsquo;s common for airlines to offer special promotions &ndash; and they do this for a number of reason:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peak summer travel has ended, so their planes are usually not as full and they&rsquo;re trying to entice passengers to book.<\/li>\n<li>Frequent travelers who earn elite status with the airlines are likely aiming to re-qualify for elite status again for the following year.&nbsp; Often times, they&rsquo;re just a few flights short of reaching the threshold for elite status, so these double mileage promotions are very attractive offers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>United, Southwest and Alaska Airlines have all announced promotions with varying restrictions:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Southwest<br>\n<\/strong><\/span>Southwest was the first to announce a double mile promotion this year (although in their rewards system, their currency is &ldquo;Points,&rdquo; and not &ldquo;Miles.&rdquo;).&nbsp; Travel must be booked and flown between <strong>October 21<\/strong> and <strong>November 21<\/strong> (so unfortunately, if you booked your trip prior to October 21, it won&rsquo;t be eligible).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013.png\" class=\" wwm_socialshare_imagewrapper \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-391\" alt=\"WN DRDM 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013-650x249.png\" width=\"520\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013-650x249.png 650w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013-190x72.png 190w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013-60x23.png 60w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013-400x153.png 400w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/WN-DRDM-2013.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>United<\/strong><\/span><br>\nUnited is offering double miles for travel that is purchased&nbsp;<strong>and<\/strong> completed between <strong>October 21<\/strong> and <strong>November 21<\/strong>.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s only valid on certain fares (fare classes F, A, J, C, D, Z, P, Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, W and S), which means that most of the cheapest fares would not be eligible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/UA-DRDM-2013.png\" class=\" wwm_socialshare_imagewrapper \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UA DRDM 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/UA-DRDM-2013.png\" width=\"580\" height=\"155\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you do have any upcoming travel that you&rsquo;ll be booking on United, you&rsquo;ll need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.united.com\/web\/en-US\/apps\/mileageplus\/promotions\/registrationDetails.aspx?promoCode=TB2M06\">Register<\/a> for the promotion before your trip.&nbsp; If you need help deciphering the Fare Class of your ticket, feel free to let me know!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alaska<\/strong><br>\n<\/span>Alaska Airlines has a relatively limited promotion &ndash; it is only valid on certain routes, but the positive is that it&rsquo;s valid for travel between now and May, 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013.jpg\" class=\" wwm_socialshare_imagewrapper \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-398\" alt=\"AS DEQM 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013-190x90.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013-60x28.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/AS-DEQM-2013-400x189.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The valid routes are between Seattle and Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Rosa.&nbsp; Again, you&rsquo;ll have to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskaair.com\/www2\/Promo\/Registration\/PromoEntry.aspx?INT=AS_PzM-G3NoCal_%7C%7C20131022_MP%7C%7C&amp;pid=AS1310\">Register<\/a> prior to travel.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Moral of the Story<\/strong><\/span><br>\nAt any given time, airlines can be running various bonuses and promotions that can make your trips really add up.&nbsp; Make sure to check back here or with the individual airline websites to see their current promotions before booking your next trip.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wwm_social_share wwm_top_left\"><li class=\"wwm_pinit\"><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late in the year, usually in the fall, it&rsquo;s common for airlines to offer special promotions &ndash; and they do this for a number of reason: Peak summer travel has ended, so their planes are usually not as full and they&rsquo;re trying to entice passengers to book. Frequent travelers who earn elite status with the airlines are likely aiming to re-qualify for elite status again for the following year.&nbsp; Often times, they&rsquo;re just a few flights short of reaching the threshold for elite status, so these double mileage promotions are very attractive offers. United, Southwest and Alaska Airlines have all <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/airlines-offering-double-mile-promotions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Airlines offering Double Mile Promotions<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,27,28,16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airlines","category-other-airlines","category-southwest","category-tips-tricks-and-special-deals","category-united"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Airlines offering Double Mile Promotions - Guru of Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guruoftravel.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/24\/airlines-offering-double-mile-promotions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airlines offering Double Mile Promotions - Guru of Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Late in the year, usually in the fall, it&rsquo;s common for airlines to offer special promotions &ndash; and they do this for a number of reason: Peak summer travel has ended, so their planes are usually not as full and they&rsquo;re trying to entice passengers to book. 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