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2017 Alaska Airlines *FLAME-FREE* Q&A thread: all welcome, new and old!

Old Jan 5, 2017, 1:17 pm
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I have a few gift certificates, any downside to depositing them into the wallet on the website?
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Old Jan 5, 2017, 2:23 pm
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Originally Posted by mhdena
I have a few gift certificates, any downside to depositing them into the wallet on the website?
benefits - you can easily combine the $$ into paying for one larger purchase and you don't have to keep track of the codes and expiration dates

drawbacks - they become essentially non-transferable, meaning you must be logged into your account to use them though you can still make bookings for others with them
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Old Jan 5, 2017, 7:52 pm
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Folks, posted the below question in the Missy thread and got a Missy answer..can anyone help a newbie get around this?

I'm new to Alaska and just matched status to MVP75K. Can someone please help me understand how many redeemable miles i would earn for the below trip if credited to AS:

EWR-LHR-EWR on BA metal, ticket bought via AAVacations. AA flight numbers operated by BA.
Actual flight miles - 6930 round trip
Booking class - I
BA Flight numbers - BA0184 & BA0189

Thanks in advance.
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Old Jan 5, 2017, 8:32 pm
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Originally Posted by karannarang
Folks, posted the below question in the Missy thread and got a Missy answer..can anyone help a newbie get around this?

I'm new to Alaska and just matched status to MVP75K. Can someone please help me understand how many redeemable miles i would earn for the below trip if credited to AS:

EWR-LHR-EWR on BA metal, ticket bought via AAVacations. AA flight numbers operated by BA.
Actual flight miles - 6930 round trip
Booking class - I
BA Flight numbers - BA0184 & BA0189

Thanks in advance.
In theory and usually in practice.

Base miles (also counts as EQM) - 6,930
Class of service bonus (also counts as EQM) - 3,465
Additional RDM bonus - 6,930
75K RDM bonus - 8,663

EQM = 10,395
RDM = 25,998
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Old Jan 5, 2017, 9:24 pm
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On the same day round trip ticket, do I need to complete my first leg to be able to check in for the return flight?

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Old Jan 6, 2017, 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by CDKing
In theory and usually in practice.

Base miles (also counts as EQM) - 6,930
Class of service bonus (also counts as EQM) - 3,465
Additional RDM bonus - 6,930
75K RDM bonus - 8,663

EQM = 10,395
RDM = 25,998

So just to verify - the Additional Bonus Alaska rolled out does not count for EQM, correct?
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by jediwho
On the same day round trip ticket, do I need to complete my first leg to be able to check in for the return flight?
If you use the full website it asks for departure city and as long as nothing has changed, it should allow you to check in for the return.


Originally Posted by konradh
So just to verify - the Additional Bonus Alaska rolled out does not count for EQM, correct?
Correct. Its an RDM only bonus.
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 11:01 am
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Doing a mileage run today (starting early for the year) from LAX-SEA-YKM and back. I don't have much time between SEA-YKM layover (35 minutes) and my LAX-SEA is delayed by 32 minutes already, which means most likely I am going to miss my YKM flight and back. Any thoughts, suggestions?
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by jediwho
Doing a mileage run today (starting early for the year) from LAX-SEA-YKM and back. I don't have much time between SEA-YKM layover (35 minutes) and my LAX-SEA is delayed by 32 minutes already, which means most likely I am going to miss my YKM flight and back. Any thoughts, suggestions?
two options that i see:

1) Call AS and declare a trip in vain. You will get a refund (and it should be to your original form of payment, not a "wallet" credit). You could also ask for the miles via ORC instead of the refund, but they might be more inclined to give a refund with a trip in vain declaration.

2) Fly to SEA and deal with it there. In all likelihood you can just get on your return back to LAX and request the ORC for the whole trip.

If it were me I would call them and see if they'll give you trip in vain, but i'm a pretty pathetic mileage runner.
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 12:49 pm
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Originally Posted by jinglish
American is the only Alaska partner (aside from Delta, and that's ending soon) to give AS elites perks; as an MVP Gold, you'll get free Main Cabin Extra seating at booking, along with priority check-in/boarding and free checked bags (which you'd have on an international itinerary anyway). It looks like your DL status would at least get you preferred seats and priority boarding on AF if you end up taking them, though.
AA isn't the only partner offering benefits. HU, FI, and BA offer MVPG lounge access. https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...-benefits.aspx
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by sturges
AA isn't the only partner offering benefits. HU, FI, and BA offer MVPG lounge access. https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...-benefits.aspx
Available to MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75K members, when traveling between London and Seattle

Access to the Terminal 5 Galleries Lounge at London-Heathrow (LHR) airport


... That's a very narrowly defined partner benefit :P
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 1:27 pm
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Specifically I think the original question was for preferred seating, which we only get on AA and DL.
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 3:56 pm
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Is anyone else having issues with flight searches on the AS site today? I've had problems two different laptops so far, ranging from the date dropdowns not working to award space not showing while during a multi-city search (but working fine while searching for one-way awards).
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 4:20 pm
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Originally Posted by jinglish
Is anyone else having issues with flight searches on the AS site today? I've had problems two different laptops so far, ranging from the date dropdowns not working to award space not showing while during a multi-city search (but working fine while searching for one-way awards).
Did 2 successful multi city search no problem.

Sample:

BOS-PDX 7/12/17
PDX-ANC 9/19/17


BOS-NRT 7/12/17
NRT-CGK 9/19/17
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Old Jan 6, 2017, 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by cblaisd
On December 15, I had a two segment AA flight (booked in F). Somehow, my AS # dropped out of the itinerary.

I waited the two weeks required and then on December 29 used the online tool to claim the missing mileage credit.

Now my account has flights in it. The correct number of miles are shown in the "Miles" but the status says "Partner Pending."

How long should I expect to wait before the flights actually credit and when should I start emailing AS support if they don't?
Kind of surprised that I seemed to have stumped the band here
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