Originally Posted by jonfriedman

I agree w/ITan2Much's post pretty much in its entirety. The one exception being that Alaska should simply apologize and reinstate its original policy w/regard to the companion certificates. This will be a revenue loser for Alaska. Just as ITan says, I too only have my 4 B of A accounts w/Alaska for the companion certificates, and I use them each year. In June 2012, I did a round trip PDX-DCA and return BOS-PDX w/my daughter and another to Kona (w/my wife and son and daughter). I paid more than $5100 for a total of 6 round trip tickets (the 3 full fare first and the 3 companion seats) and all but one flight segment caused me to have to go through Seattle. But for the companion certificate, I would have flown non-stop on a larger carrier w/larger planes. If this new policy sticks, Alaska will lose my $300 in annual VISA fees and my business. The seats I would have otherwise bought and paid for will not be purchased for full fare. Rather, MVPs or Golds will be seated in them generating 0 revenue to Alaska. This is a horrible play by Alaska. I suggested sending an email to both Caroline as well as President Brad Tilden in the format the moderator suggested. I sincerely hope Alaska will reverse this decision