Alaska Airlines has just announced a double redeemable mile promotion for flights on Emirates between March 1 and May 31. Now, given that most deeply discounted fares on Emirates only earn 50% miles, it’s not really worth mileage running for. However, given that Emirates have some insane sales and discounted fares (especially fifth freedom flights such as Sydney-Auckland and Singapore-Colombo in first class – which incidentally would have earned 300% RDM’s), this opens up a lot of possibilities in terms of flying Emirates, and still crediting your miles to a worthwhile program.
We’re all waiting for the announcement on Emirates mileage redemptions, but in the meantime, other Alaska Airlines partners such as Cathay Pacific and Qantas still offer good opportunities to fly international first class at reasonable rates- though no inflight showers! 
Roland is an student, travel blogger, award travel expert and frequent flyer consultant based in Sydney, Australia. He runs an award travel and mileage run consulting service, which can be found at Flight Concierge and regularly posts on FlyerTalk under the handle "belfordrocks".
