Originally Posted by jsguyrus

This is a known issue that has been going on for YEARS. Alaska is aware and apparently doesn't give two hoots about it, probably because it's better for them if people can't spend their miles. The best answer I have come up with after dealing with this for YEARS is Alaska's IT is so poor that it can't communicate with other airlines in real time so you are seeing inventory that was available at some point in the past but is no longer actually available.