Originally Posted by GW McLintock

Why not? $40 is $40. I would rebook it but I guess it's up to you.

-J.

Originally Posted by blue bear

Not for $40 if you are happy with the booking.

I have had seats vanish or the price go up in the time it takes to book.

Originally Posted by samosa

You don't even have to re-book--you can change the flight.

Originally Posted by KiFly

Can't confirm this. I reached 75k almost three weeks ago. No 50k bonus yet... status changed a few days later though.

Originally Posted by TravelingZoomer

There are many different kinds:

First, Alaska semi-regularly has public sales that sometimes are across the board (e.g., Fly $99 to Hawaii!), or require a publicly known coupon code (e.g., BOGO2024). Given the peak flying dates, it's unlikely they'll have either

Second, Alaska will send out personalized discount codes for various reasons: you're targeted for a promotion, they messed up on a previous flight and want to give you a "we're sorry" coupon, your company has a special discount with AS. Given you never flown AS, and you're outside their core geographic demo unlikely you have access to these either.

Finally, Alaska has their "world famous companion fare", given out through their credit cards. Given you would likely pay the high fares anyways, this seems like a no brainer, even if you never set foot on another AS plane again. It would require about 6k in spend, but you have time and the RDM bonus is high at the moment too. AS has a great partner network that (to the dismay of many here) has been greatly simplified. It's likely you can use the RDMs for an organic way for future travel.

Cheers! Let us know if you do book; plenty of us (including myself) have spare GGUs and you may get lucky that an upgrade is available

Originally Posted by wharvey

i read the credit card application�. If I am reading it properly�. Even if I got the card now and immediately met the $6k spend, the companion certificate would not be issued until the anniversary date of the card.

Originally Posted by notquiteaff

The current offer at

https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit...s-credit-card/

seems to offer 70k RDM + a companion fare cert for $3k spend. And then you can get another cert at every card anniversary if you spent $6k in the previous year.

From the fine print:

�New Account Bonus Mile and Companion Fare Offer. This one-time promotion is limited to customers opening a new account in response to this offer and will not apply to requests to convert existing accounts. Cardholders who make any combination of purchase transactions totaling at least $3,000 (excluding any fees, such as the annual fee) that post to the account within 90 days of the account open date will qualify for 70,000 bonus miles and a round-trip coach Companion Fare code on Alaska Airlines from $122 (USD) ($99 base fare plus taxes and fees, from $23 depending on your Alaska Airlines flight itinerary) when traveling with another passenger on a paid published coach airfare on the same itinerary, booked at the same time on alaskaair.com. Primary fare and Companion Fare must be purchased with your Alaska Airlines credit card. The Companion Fare code must be redeemed within 12 months of the date of issue.�

Originally Posted by TravelingZoomer

There are many different kinds:

First, Alaska semi-regularly has public sales that sometimes are across the board (e.g., Fly $99 to Hawaii!), or require a publicly known coupon code (e.g., BOGO2024). Given the peak flying dates, it's unlikely they'll have either

Second, Alaska will send out personalized discount codes for various reasons: you're targeted for a promotion, they messed up on a previous flight and want to give you a "we're sorry" coupon, your company has a special discount with AS. Given you never flown AS, and you're outside their core geographic demo unlikely you have access to these either.

Finally, Alaska has their "world famous companion fare", given out through their credit cards. Given you would likely pay the high fares anyways, this seems like a no brainer, even if you never set foot on another AS plane again. It would require about 6k in spend, but you have time and the RDM bonus is high at the moment too. AS has a great partner network that (to the dismay of many here) has been greatly simplified. It's likely you can use the RDMs for an organic way for future travel.

Cheers! Let us know if you do book; plenty of us (including myself) have spare GGUs and you may get lucky that an upgrade is available

Originally Posted by MsEverywhere

I have an unused AS ticket that I cancelled within 24 hours. How do I use that to pay for my next reservation?

Originally Posted by Resplendent

Did you have it refunded to your original payment method or issued as credit?

Originally Posted by MsEverywhere

A credit. I don't see it sitting in my Wallet. Do I need to book a reservation, put it on Hold and call them to use the value?

it wasn't a refund because I cancelled it within 24 hours of booking, but also within 24 hours of departure.

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