Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
How does one properly value this benefit? If I wouldn’t spend $50 when I experience a 2 1/2 hr delay if it came out of my pocket and Alaska gave me $50 to spend, is that really worth $50? Does it depend on how I spend it? E.g., if I buy a $50 Best Buy gift card (electronics stores are on the list) for future use, I might get $50 value later on. If I load $50 into my Starbucks gift card for future use, I might get $50 value. But if I go to the airport bar and eat greasy bar food and drink a couple of brewskies for $50 that I otherwise wouldn’t have consumed, was that worth $50?
Fortunately the 25k Companion pass alone pretty much covers the annual fee for me, so I can stop trying to work out how to break even
Agree. It makes the math even easier and clear for me. This is an added value if it indeed is a “benefit”. I’d already be in the lounge at an AS station but the $50 credit would be used to some extent . The 25K points as well as the 100K points at 60K spend are automatics and alone net positive. The 2:1 status points makes titanium a standard achievement with no need to excessively plan, coordinate or complexity.