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The Offer
- Delta is offering flights to Alaska from 5,000 miles round trip
The Fine Print
- Round-trip Award fares for travel in Basic Economy departing from select U.S. cities to Alaska. Additional fees/restrictions/baggage charge may apply. Fares shown are round-trip.
- Promotional pricing ends on May 17, 2021
- Advertised fares are based on real-time itinerary pricing available at delta.com. Fares are subject to availability and may change at any time prior to completion of ticketing.
- A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on the Delta Connection® carriers: Endeavor Air, Inc., Inc., GoJet Airlines, Republic Airline, and SkyWest; Delta Shuttle® carriers: Republic Airline and Compass Airlines; SkyTeam partners: Aeroflot, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, Airlinair, Air One, Air One City Liner, Alitalia, BritAir, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, CSA Czech Airlines, KLM, and Korean Airlines; or Delta codeshare partners: Aerolitoral dba Aeromexico Connect, Alitalia CityLiner dba Alitalia, CAIone Alitalia Express dba Alitalia, CAI Second, Aeromar, Brit Air dba Air France, Carpatair dba Alitalia, City Jet dba Air France, GOL Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air Industries dba Horizon, KLM CityHopper, Olympic Air, Privilege Style, Regional CAE dba Air France, Shanghai Airlines, SwiftAir, Virgin Atlantic International, Virgin Australia International, Virgin Australia Limited NZ dba Virgin Australia, VLM Airlines, and WestJet.
- Maximum Stay: 30 days
Our Verdict
Incredible deal. Pricing ends on May 17th, but I suspect the better pricing/availability will be dead long before then.
Theres a shortage of car rentals…
At Yosemite national park, shuttle buses are not operating due to covid. And you need a permit even to enter the park starting May 20th.
I wonder if shuttle buses will be operating at Denali national park, the only option there.
The ticket for transit bus in Denali NP is almost sold out already.
650 for a three day rental in sitka 🙄
Gonna book via skymiles now and cancel for a full refund if plans change.
Refund/change won’t work for 5k seating as of end of April I noted while booking Anchorage in August – to book seats you can change/cancel are ~ 9k Denali here we come, if car rental costs don’t kill the deal.
Yeah, book the main cabin one. Still a nice fare.
I worked and lived in Alaska for a few years. While I would definitely recommend a car over not, this is still a really good deal. Alternate transportation options in the Anchorage tourist area — the Alaska Railroad is one, followed by the Parks Connection buses. It’s been a few years since I was up there but at the time, generally if one of those was going in one direction at a certain time of day, the other was going in the other direction at that same time. So depending on time of day and direction, you usually always had an option.
Of course, with COVID, people may still be wary of that sort of shared transport.
I purchased one for July anyway, 12k roundtrip from chicago in main cabin. If the car situation doesn’t improve, will cancel. Free cancellations.
Ha! I purchased (higher priced) award tickets the day the Alaska governor eliminated the Covid test requirements a few months ago. $225/week! Hopefully, they’ll have a car for me. The problem with the current DL award sale is that it’s mostly on multi-stop flights. I don’t want to spend 15 hours getting to Alaska.
It’s going to be a weird summer up there. Almost nobody ever travels around Alaska “independently.” They take guided tours. I have no idea why. I’m curious how many independent travellers I will see this year with all these crazy flights to ANC and FAI this summer. Maybe not many, if there are no cars.
As low as 12K roundtrip in Main Cabin from NYC for certain dates. Good deal if it works for you!
Delta seems to offer decent awards on West Coast… meanwhile, on East Coast, MCO-JFK, that’ll be 100K one-way Basic Economy on a random Tuesday 6AM.
Got 7k round trip from Sea to Fairbanks for the July long weekend. Great deal
Is this refundable?
Everything except basic economy is refundable on delta