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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 6:29 pm
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Originally Posted by pnsnkr
Is either of the following itineraries valid for companion fare?

PDX-xSEA-FAI (stopover)
FAI-ANC (open-jaw)
YVR-PDX

PDX-ANC (stopover)
ANC-FAI (open-jaw)
YVR-PDX
no.

You can't have both an open jaw and a stopover.

You can do PDX to ANC or FAI, and then YVR back to PDX. You'll have to buy the segment between ANC and FAI separately.

and for that particular routing, I believe you'll need to call Reservations to book, as its not a legal open jaw... but its an exception we make for cruise passengers.

Originally Posted by trajanc
I've found Alaskan has been very frustrating to deal with in regards to using our card rewards;
That's because Alaskan makes beer.

Originally Posted by flyer206
If NO ONE is able to go, why would it be better to have the gold attached to the larger amount of money? The penalty would be the same?

More flexibility. A Gold is a Gold because they travel a lot. So a Gold is more likely to find a use for that $ much faster than one who isn't. If you know you're going to use it with the companion fare again, then it doesn't matter much. But if the companion isn't someone who travels that often, why tie up $ in their name?

Last edited by jackal; Aug 17, 2011 at 1:22 am Reason: Merging consecutive posts--probably would have been better/clearer to leave them separate, but too late now
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