Alaska Airlines Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes 2026

The Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes gives eligible United States residents a chance to win 50,000 Atmos Rewards points from Alaska Airlines. One monthly winner is selected during each calendar month of the promotion, creating eight available prizes with a combined approximate retail value of $4,000. No purchase, zoo ticket or airline booking is required to use the official online entry method.

About the Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes

The promotion is presented by Alaska Airlines and sponsored and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego, doing business as San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

It began on May 1, 2026 and is scheduled to close on December 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The monthly entry-period table in the official rules uses Pacific Time for each monthly deadline.

Participants can enter through the official web-based form. Visitors physically present in the Skyfari loading areas at the San Diego Zoo may also receive additional opportunities through the zoo’s official mobile application.

What Can You Win?

Each of the eight monthly winners receives 50,000 Atmos Rewards points. The approximate retail value of each prize is $500, producing a total published prize value of $4,000.

Atmos Rewards points may be used for eligible flights operated by Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air, applicable SkyWest flights and eligible Oneworld alliance partners. The number of points needed for a flight depends on the selected route, date, availability and applicable award requirements.

The points do not have a cash-redemption option under the sweepstakes rules. They cannot be sold, transferred, auctioned, donated or exchanged for another prize by the winner.

Who Can Enter?

The sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia. Entrants must be at least 18 years old, except Alabama and Nebraska residents, who must be at least 19.

Employees and volunteers of the sweepstakes entities cannot enter. Their immediate family members and people domiciled with them are also excluded.

Only one prize may be awarded per household throughout the entire sweepstakes period.

How to Enter

Official Online Form

Visit the official promotion page and complete the web-based entry form with accurate information. Review the official rules and submit the form before the promotion closes.

This method does not require a purchase, San Diego Zoo admission, zoo membership, donation or Alaska Airlines booking.

San Diego Zoo App

Eligible visitors using the official San Diego Zoo mobile application while in the designated Skyfari loading areas may receive sweepstakes push notifications. A maximum of two such notifications may be sent to a visitor using the app in those areas.

The participant must follow the instructions provided through the eligible notification. Access to this particular method may require physical presence on the zoo grounds and the device permissions needed for the app to deliver location-related notifications.

Entry Limit

The official rules establish a maximum of three total entries per person across the entire promotion. The limit applies across the website and mobile-app opportunities combined.

Submitting more than three entries does not increase the permitted number of entries. Excess submissions may be removed. Automated systems, scripts and other methods intended to bypass the limits are prohibited.

Monthly Entry Periods

One potential winner is selected for each calendar month. Entries are cumulative, so an eligible entry received during an earlier month remains available for later drawings, subject to the rules and the one-winner-per-household restriction.

Winner Selection and Odds

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance randomly selects each monthly potential winner from the eligible cumulative entries received by that month’s deadline.

The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries accumulated by the applicable monthly deadline. Entering does not guarantee selection, and each selected entrant remains subject to eligibility and rules verification.

Winner Notification and Verification

Potential winners are contacted by email. The rules require the selected entrant to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability Release, applicable Publicity Release and IRS Form W-9 within five days after the documents are issued.

A selected entrant who cannot be contacted, fails to respond, does not return the documents on time or is found ineligible may be disqualified. An alternate potential winner may then be selected.

If an entrant satisfies the published minimum age but is still a legal minor where they live, the prize may be awarded through the entrant’s parent or legal guardian.

Atmos Rewards Account Requirement

A winner must have or create an Atmos Rewards account before receiving the points. An existing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account number should transfer to Atmos Rewards under the rules.

A potential winner who refuses to create the required account may lose the prize, allowing an alternate entrant to be selected.

Using the Prize

Reward travel is subject to point requirements, flight availability, fare rules and applicable taxes and fees. Connections and eligible paid or points-based upgrades may be permitted under the applicable program terms.

Winners are responsible for obtaining any identification or travel documents required for their selected itinerary. Depending on the trip, that may include a government-issued identification document or passport.

The points do not expire according to the sweepstakes rules, but all redemption and account activity remains subject to the latest Atmos Rewards terms.

Taxes and Additional Expenses

Each winner is responsible for applicable federal, state, local and municipal taxes. An IRS Form 1099 may be issued where required.

Expenses not covered by the prize may include award-travel taxes, baggage charges, ground transportation, lodging, meals, parking, security fees, gratuities and other incidental costs.

Important Information

Review the official Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes rules and the official entry page before participating.

The official rules control if a promotional page or third-party summary contains different eligibility, entry, prize or deadline information.

WorldFreePrizes is an independent giveaway discovery website. It is not the sponsor, administrator, prize supplier or an official partner of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance or Alaska Airlines.

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Browse the active giveaways directory for other current prize opportunities. Before responding to a winner notification, review the online giveaway safety guides and confirm that the message came from an official source.

No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Eligible participants may enter through the official online form. Zoo visitors may also receive additional entry opportunities through the San Diego Zoo mobile application while in the designated Skyfari loading areas.

Online Form

1. Visit the official Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes entry page.
2. Open the official web-based entry form.
3. Complete every required field using accurate and current information.
4. Review the official rules and any required consent statements.
5. Submit the completed form before December 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

No purchase, zoo ticket, donation, membership or airline booking is required to submit the online form.

San Diego Zoo Mobile App

This entry opportunity is available to eligible visitors using the San Diego Zoo mobile application while physically present in the Skyfari loading areas on the zoo grounds.

1. Install or open the official San Diego Zoo mobile application.
2. Allow the application permissions needed to receive applicable notifications.
3. Visit a designated Skyfari loading area at the San Diego Zoo during the sweepstakes period.
4. Open and follow the instructions in an eligible sweepstakes push notification.
5. Submit any requested entry information before the applicable deadline.

The rules state that a maximum of two push notifications may be sent to zoo visitors using the app in the Skyfari loading areas.

Entry Limit

There is a maximum of three total entries per person during the entire sweepstakes period.

The three-entry limit applies across the online and mobile-app methods combined. Entries exceeding the limit may be removed from the selection process.

Automated entries, scripts, bots and other methods intended to interfere with or bypass the entry process are prohibited.

Monthly Entry Periods

One winner is selected for each calendar month. Eligible entries are cumulative, meaning an eligible entry received earlier in the sweepstakes remains included in later monthly drawings unless the entrant has already won or is otherwise disqualified.

Only one winner is permitted per household during the full sweepstakes period.

No Mail-In Entry

The official rules explicitly state that no mail-in entry method is available. Do not send a postcard or written request to the sponsor as an attempted entry.

Atmos Rewards Account

An Atmos Rewards account is not required when submitting the initial entry. A selected winner must have or obtain an Atmos Rewards number before the prize can be credited.

If the selected winner declines to create the required account, an alternate potential winner may be selected.

The Skyfari Now Boarding Sweepstakes Presented by Alaska Airlines is open only to eligible legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

• Most entrants must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry.
• Residents of Alabama and Nebraska must be at least 19 years old.
• The promotion is void outside the 50 United States and District of Columbia and wherever prohibited by law.

Employees and volunteers of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Alaska Airlines and the other companies or agencies associated with the sweepstakes are not eligible.

Immediate family members of excluded employees and volunteers are also ineligible. The official rules define immediate family to include parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings and spouses, including common-law spouses, regardless of where they reside.

People domiciled with an excluded employee or volunteer are also ineligible.

No purchase, San Diego Zoo admission, zoo membership or airline booking is required to use the official online entry form.

An Atmos Rewards account is not listed as a requirement for entering. However, each potential winner must have or create an eligible Atmos Rewards account before the points can be awarded. An existing Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan number should transfer to Atmos Rewards under the rules.

Only one winner is permitted per household during the entire sweepstakes period.

If a potential winner meets the published minimum age but is still legally considered a minor in their jurisdiction, the prize may be awarded in the name of the entrant’s parent or legal guardian. The parent or guardian would be responsible for completing the required winner documents.

Winners must possess any government-issued identification and travel documentation required when redeeming the points for air travel.