Alaska Schedule Change Affects Award Flight (Seeking Advice)
Just found out today that Alaska changed my business class award flight for my honeymoon on Sept 29th from SEA - CDG via ATL. I was scheduled to fly Alaska to Atlanta then Air France to Paris. Alaska bumped the flight to Atlanta back by an hour not allowing me to make the Paris flight.
After calling Alaska they offered me to fly coach the day before and not pay for the hotel (which is impossible since I have my wedding in Chelan WA the night before that flight), Or take a 3 hr later Air France flight that will cause us to miss a flight leaving Paris for Dubrovnik. Originally we had a nice 3 hr connection time for this flight. That is the only direct flight to Dubrovnik all day.
I realize that since the flight to Dubrovnik is on a different ticket Alaska has every right to say the later AF flight is an acceptable option and leave me to deal with it. However as an MVP gold i find it hard to believe that they couldn't just suck it up and put me on a non-stop delta flight that leaves about the time the original Alaska flight leaves.
So should I hold out on changing the flight and see if other acceptable options open? take the later flight and find another way to Dubrovnik? Pay for the delta flight out of pocket? Any suggestions? Kinda frustrated with Alaska's lack of helpfulness.