Originally Posted by
Quokka
I've looked through both the Alaska Airlines and the American Airlines web sites but have yet to find info an answer to these two questions ...
If you have a BofA Alaska Airlines Visa card with the first bag free benefit and your flights are on Alaska Airlines, do you still get that first bag free benefit if your ticket is a mileage award trip bought using AA miles and booked on the AA.com site? If so, how does this work and does the pax need to do anything at booking on aa.com and/or check in with AS to make it happen?
Similarly, do AA Barclay's or Citibank credit card holders get those CCs "first free bag" benefits when booking AA flights using Alaska Mileage Plan miles on the alaskaair.com site?
If you have the AS Visa and your AS MP number is on your reservation, you will get the free checked back benefit regardless of how you booked it. This only works if your first flight is on AS and you check in with AS.
An AA expert will have to answer the Barclay/Citi question.