Travel&Vacation

In this roundup, we’re featuring ways to earn up to 50,000 bonus miles with Northwest, 20,000 with United, and lots of other ways for earning smaller rewards with other airlines.

Alaska

In celebration of its new nonstop routes between Portland, OR, and Boston and Orlando, Alaska is offering double miles on them. You must travel between September 9 and October 31. You must register prior to your first qualifying flight.

You can also earn double miles on all flight segments arriving or departing in California through April 4. You must register prior to your first qualifying flight.

American

Earn 1,000 bonus miles on round-trip flights between Denver and Dallas or Los Angeles through April 30. You must book a ticket in classes F, A, P, Y, B, G, H, K, L, M, S, V, or W. You may earn this bonus an unlimited number of times, but you must register prior to travel. Use code DEN07 when booking.

Continental

You can earn double miles when you fly round-trip between Houston and Loreto, Mexico, from June 7 through August 31. You must register prior to August 31. Be sure to book using code 54021.

You can also earn double miles on Copa Airlines flights between Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and San Jose, Costa Rica, between April 1 and December 31. You must register prior to December 31. Be sure to book using code 54026.

Frontier

Frontier is offering a reward for hitting the slopes. You can earn 5,000 bonus miles if you’re a Rocky Mountain Super Pass holder and you use at least 15 of your ski days. For details on how to redeem your miles, click here.

Northwest

You can earn up to 50,000 bonus miles by completing certain tasks outlined in Northwest’s “Perkology” program. You must register by May 31.

You can combine cash and miles this spring on domestic and international trips. North American routes start at $139 plus 10,000 miles, trans-Atlantic trips are available from $379 plus 20,000 miles, and trans-Pacific begin at $488 plus 20,000 miles. You must purchase your ticket at least 14 days before travel, but no later than May 26.

United

If you purchase flight, hotel, and car vacation packages through United Vacations by September 1 (and travel by September 1) you’ll be eligible for up to 20,000 bonus miles. Packages must be for travel in the U.S. and Canada. If you purchase two packages, you’ll get 7,500 bonus miles. Three packages will get you 12,500 bonus miles, and four or more packages will earn 20,000 bonus miles. You must enter code SEEUV when booking your package to be eligible for this promotion.

All prices, dates, and booking details listed here were valid at the time of publication. Some information may have changed since that time.