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We’ve seen American Express launch a new targeted offer this morning and with it it’s offering select cardholders a discount of $100 on spending made with Alaska Airlines through Amex Travel in the next three months.
Spend $500 and get $100 back with Alaska Airlines & Amex Travel
Headline details
Get a one-time $100 statement credit by using your enrolled eligible Card to spend a minimum of $500 in one or more purchases for Alaska Airlines marketed flights booked online at AmexTravel.com by 5/26/2024. Flights must originate in the US and be paid for in US Dollars.
Key terms
- Enrollment limited.
- Must first add offer to Card and then use same Card to redeem.
- Limit 1 enrolled Card per Card Member across all American Express offer channels.
- Your enrollment of an eligible American Express Card for this offer extends only to that Card.
- Offer valid only for Alaska Airlines marketed flights booked directly with American Express Travel online through AmexTravel.com, the Amex® App, or by calling the number on the back of your Card.
- Flights must originate in the US and be paid for in USD, in an amount totaling at least $500 between 2/26/2024 and 5/26/2024, in order to qualify.
- Excludes flights purchased as a Flight + Hotel package through American Express Travel, and any flights booked directly with Alaska Airlines (outside of American Express Travel) or through other third-party sites and apps.
- Excludes all other types of American Express Travel bookings or purchases not listed as eligible.
- Excludes fare upgrades, seat selection/baggage fees, in-flight spend, gift cards, hotel, car services, travel insurance, Alaska trips, Alaska Lounge membership, Alaska Lounge merchandise and day passes, purchase of points/miles, Alaska Airlines Freight and Alaska Lounges/Boardrooms.
- Valid only on purchases made in US dollars.
- Limit of 1 statement credit per Card Member.
- Statement credit will appear on your billing statement within 90 days after 5/26/2024, provided that American Express receives information from the merchant about your qualifying purchase.
- Limit 1 enrolled Card per American Express Card online account.
See your targeted offer for full terms and conditions.
Quick thoughts
Amex offers for Alaska Airlines spending aren’t all that common (the last one that I can remember seeing was published over five months ago), so it’s nice to see this one appear in my account this morning.
Overall (and as usual) there’s good news and bad news here.
The main bit of good news is that the $500 of spending that’s needed to trigger the $100 rebate doesn’t have to be made in a single transaction, so multiple flight bookings that add up to at least $500 will activate the rebate.
The bad news is that it looks like only airfare spending will count towards the offer’s spending requirement (the last Amex offer for Alaska Airlines included spending on a lot more than just airfare) and that the spending has to be made through Amex Travel.
As someone who really dislikes booking flights through 3rd party providers, that’s a restriction that I don’t like seeing included.
Also, out of all my Amex cards, only card_name has been targeted for this offer, so there’s a chance that if you don’t hold that card (or possibly card_name), you may not see this offer in your account.
Hopefully, that’s not the case as it would make this offer quite narrowly targeted.
Bottom line
If you have plans to spend $500 or more with Alaska Airlines in the next three months, you should check your online Amex accounts to see if you’ve been targeted for an offer that could earn you a $100 statement credit.
Make sure you read the terms and conditions of the offer carefully before you hand over your credit card details as there are a lot of restrictions attached to this offer, and make sure you don’t forget that only flight spending made through Amex Travel will count towards the offer target.
