{"id":116176,"date":"2024-08-04T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/3-ways-to-fly-icelandair-using-points-and-miles-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-04T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:00:16","slug":"3-ways-to-fly-icelandair-using-points-and-miles-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/3-ways-to-fly-icelandair-using-points-and-miles-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ways to fly Icelandair using points and miles – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Icelandair is a popular carrier for visiting Iceland because its hub is Keflavik Airport (KEF), an airport located about 31 miles outside of Reykjavik. Icelandair is well known for its inexpensive flights, and many travelers use the airline to travel between the U.S. and Europe while also taking advantage of a stopover in Iceland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, if you’re looking at how to use points and miles to fly Icelandair, you’ll quickly discover the airline isn’t part of a major airline alliance. Although the airline has interline and codeshare agreements with Emirates, Turkish Airlines and JetBlue, you can’t currently redeem rewards from these airlines’ loyalty programs for Icelandair flights.<\/p>\n

In short, you can’t redeem many types of points and miles to fly on Icelandair flights.<\/p>\n

But you do have a few options, so let’s dive in.<\/p>\n

Related: Watch us fly Icelandair 2 different ways: Business class versus economy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Redeem Icelandair Saga Club points<\/h2>\n

Icelandair has its own loyalty program called Icelandair Saga Club. The bad news for infrequent Icelandair flyers, though, is that none of the major U.S. transferable points currencies work with Saga Club. So, although you can earn Saga points on Expedia bookings, JetBlue flights, Alaska Airlines flights, Hertz car rentals and more, most U.S.-based travelers will have trouble earning a significant balance of Saga points.<\/p>\n

Luckily, you don’t have to have enough Saga points to cover your entire Icelandair flight booking. You can use whatever amount of Saga points you wish to book any seat on any scheduled Icelandair flight. You can even redeem Saga points to cover the taxes and fees on Icelandair flights.<\/p>\n

For example, on a sample $593.50 round-trip booking, I used the carrier’s slider tool to select various combinations of points and cash.<\/p>\n

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