Originally Posted by
philemer
Have him wait. The onboard offers usually include some "bonus" miles. I've seen as high as 2000. YMMV of course.
My friend flew his outbound flight yesterday. He says there was none of the usual credit card hype on the plane, no card applications being hawked and handed out by flight attendants, no mention of it at all. He'll look again on his return flight next week.
It's been a while since I flew on Alaska metal, but I always recall the card hyping was something that always happened. Maybe they've stopped doing this?