Earning Alaska Airlines miles recently became slightly easier when Bilt added Alaska as a transfer partner. You can also earn Alaska miles with the Alaska Airlines Visa® credit card and the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business card. But of all the ways to earn Alaska miles, the Alaska Mileage Plan Shopping portal remains one of the most important for many travelers’ earning strategies. If you’re hoping to learn more about earning Alaska miles online via the Mileage Plan Shopping portal, here’s what you need to know. Alaska Mileage Plan Shopping portal basics Online shopping portals are one of the easiest ways…
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Screenshot: Inside Edition Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, responded to the death of OJ Simpson by saying his acquittal in the double murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman was a “necessary” outcome. Simpson, 76, died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday after battling prostate cancer. The former running back for the Buffalo Bills is best known for having been acquitted for the aforementioned murders. Hill though, had an interesting take following his death. “O.J. Simpson was an abusive liar who abandoned his community…
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