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Dec 6, 2018, 4:53 pm

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Originally Posted by sjbsf

SFO to Seattle has increased from $69 to $99 for main cabin. That's a 43% increase to avail myself of the MVPG change fee waiver. I travel on my own dime, 2-3 times per month. They've also made it harder and harder to get a reasonably priced ticket out of OAK. I'm holding off on buying any more tickets and I truly hope that Alaska considers the response from its elites. I haven't jumped ship for WN yet, but its' on the table if pricing doesn't get refined.

Have you sent in a message to AS about this yet?

I think a compromise I could live with is a change fee waiver extended to MVPG and G75K's. I can deal with some of the rest. Zero flexibility is unfortunate, especially as a 1MM'er and unlike AS.

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