Originally Posted by
guv1976
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Paying for two one-ways might be more expensive than paying for one roundtrip. Look into using your and your husband's miles for a roundtrip (two one-ways) for just one of you; then, buy a cash roundtrip for the other.
Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Finally, paid flights one-way are typically way more expensive than half the round-trip fare, sometimes very close to the round-trip fare. So perhaps you should consider having one person pay round-trip, and the other person two one-way awards, rather than both having awards one way and both paying the other way.
Alaska doesn't do "stupid pricing tricks" like the other legacies. One ways are half the cost of round trips, to the best of my recollection, just like WN and other LCCs.
(In fact, an AS round trip is merely two one ways.
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Originally Posted by
Gardyloo
Alaska has gone to a 2-tier mileage pricing on domestic award seats, 12.5K miles one way (economy) and 20K miles one way. The 12.5K seats are quite scarce on peak routes in peak periods, so the "availability" you're seeing on Alaska's website is most likely all at the 20K level.
Three tier in coach/economy, actually: 12.5K, 20K and 30K.