Alaska isn't my primary airline, just use them for awards for the most part. Might change now with Hawaian, but they'll probably nerf the miles upgrade feature which is a great deal (if you booked ahead, plenty of avaiability for a 25k miles upgrade to a lie flat on top of a relatively cheap fare ($320 ow lax-hnl). At least htere was.

Bottomline, I always close them AS credit cards when fee comes up absent a compelling retention offer. Then I reapply.