Originally Posted by
BarbatosRex
In Feb 2021, I booked a flight for 2 people to Puerto Vallarta for Sep 2022 using my 2021 companion fare.
I ended up having to cancel the plans and chose to redeposit the funds into my wallet, which Alaska assured me would allow me to rebook using the companion fare on another flight. ...
I’m reasonably sure that, despite the AS agent’s assurance, this was not the optimum action
my experience is that
changing the reservation definitely preserves the companion fare (and yes, you can change it to a placeholder and then change it again when you decide what you really want to fly)