Alaska Program airline partners

Alaska miles are an extremely valuable currency - there aren't many ways to gain these miles unless you fly on Alaska or use the co-branded credit card from Bank of America.  If you are able to accumulate miles in the program, redemption options are fairly robust for direct flights on partner airlines (or on Alaska if you choose).  The list of partners:

American Airlines
British Airways
Cathay Pacific
Condor
Emirates
Fiji
Finnair
Hainan Airlines
Icelandair
Japan Airlines
Korean Air
Latam
PenAir
Qantas
Ravn Alaska

For redemptions (especially Cathay Pacific and Latam) you will need to call Alaska at 800-252-7522.  You can also search for availability on those two carriers by using the British Airways site.

Emirates is an excellent partner for business class awards to the Middle East; I also like Cathay and JAL.