Originally Posted by
stellertony
Don't know what the difference would be in calling the UK office (which looks like it's contracted out to a marketing agency) versus booking on alaskaair.com.
Thanks guys.
The difference is that instead of the booking being made in dollars, which will result in a credit card surcharge plus a dreadful exchange rate determined by the credit card company, the fare is converted into GBP prior to sale and the transaction goes through in GBP.
So potentially a reasonable saving.