so here is another stupid question, but when I book award travel through Alaska is the probability of me getting an award any less than if I booked it directly through any of the direct companies(delta, AA, etc)?

This seems like a good alternative to the AAdvantage mastercard, or the diner's mastercard, because I can fly who I want without transfer fees on the diner's and not be limited to AA, no?

I also just saw a post that "you can put miles from Alaska into delta", is this true, if so do I just call Alaska, or is it a points.com thing?

Thanks upgrademe for correcting me. I have been here for a while, but am still a FF baby.