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#242
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: YVR, BLI
Posts: 78
I got my card but they gave me a new mileage acct, can my 25k bonus points be merge to the old acct?
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
ANSWER: Looking at the Companion FAQ, we can use the companion code for others, as long as I pay for the revenue & companion tix with a credit card using my name. In practice, looks like AS only checks the LAST name so I assume my dad could use his credit card to book using my companion code.
Thx
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
ANSWER: Looking at the Companion FAQ, we can use the companion code for others, as long as I pay for the revenue & companion tix with a credit card using my name. In practice, looks like AS only checks the LAST name so I assume my dad could use his credit card to book using my companion code.
Thx
Last edited by bhp; Oct 19, 2013 at 1:30 pm Reason: Answer found in Companion FAQ
#243
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Originally Posted by bhp
I got my card but they gave me a new mileage acct, can my 25k bonus points be merge to the old acct?
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
Thx
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
Thx
#244
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver Island, BC, San Jose del Cabo, BCS
Programs: Alaska Airlines, Air Canada, Westjet Rewards
Posts: 82
Not 100% sure but I think you need to go in under your Mileage Plan account and use your AS MC to buy a companion ticket. That's what I always do .
#245
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,645
You can use ANY payment method to pay for the companion ticket; you don't even need to have a valid Alaska Air CC at all to use the companion ticket. The companion ticket is an electronic "voucher" that is found in your account details on the Alaska Air website.
#246
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: YVR, HNL
Programs: AS 75k, UA peon, BA Bronze, AC E50k, Marriott Plat, HH Diamond, Fairmont Plat (RIP)
Posts: 7,817
I got my card but they gave me a new mileage acct, can my 25k bonus points be merge to the old acct?
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
ANSWER: Looking at the Companion FAQ, we can use the companion code for others, as long as I pay for the revenue & companion tix with a credit card using my name. In practice, looks like AS only checks the LAST name so I assume my dad could use his credit card to book using my companion code.
Thx
Also, I see the companion tix in my account. if i dont plan on using the companion tix for myself, can I use the companion code for my parents?
ANSWER: Looking at the Companion FAQ, we can use the companion code for others, as long as I pay for the revenue & companion tix with a credit card using my name. In practice, looks like AS only checks the LAST name so I assume my dad could use his credit card to book using my companion code.
Thx
#247
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,645
Yes and no. To use a companion code, you must either be one of the parties travelling or the one paying for the tickets using a credit card in your name if you are not one of the travellers. You are correct in that it doesn't have to be an Alaska Airlines branded credit card, but it must be a credit card of some type in the companion pass holder's name. Some discussion if only the last name has to match but you can't just use 'ANY' payment method. It has to be a credit card and the name on the card has to match the name of the account holder who owns the companion pass if said pass holder is not one of the travellers.
#250
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: PHX
Programs: AAexp, AC75k, HertzPC, NationalEE, Accor/MariottP, Hilton/HyattG
Posts: 3,606
#251
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Why? Why? Zed! / Why? You? Elle! / Gee! Are You!
Programs: Irrelevant
Posts: 3,543
https://www.alaskaair.com/planbook?awards=yes
In some cases I have had to call in for award flights on KLM with fewer connections. You may have the same issue with Emrites, never book an award flight with them yet though.
#253
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,527
Interested in the companion ticket.
Flying out from YVR to LAX, the base fare for the dates I'm looking at in May are around $250, and $150 in taxes.
Would the companion fare be $99 + $150 taxes? Or would it exclude YQ or something?
Flying out from YVR to LAX, the base fare for the dates I'm looking at in May are around $250, and $150 in taxes.
Would the companion fare be $99 + $150 taxes? Or would it exclude YQ or something?
#254
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: YVR, HNL
Programs: AS 75k, UA peon, BA Bronze, AC E50k, Marriott Plat, HH Diamond, Fairmont Plat (RIP)
Posts: 7,817
Fare Taxes & Fees Charges
Airfare for Traveler 1: $276.29 $77.60 $353.89
Total Due Now: $353.89
Using a CP on those same dates:
Fare Taxes & Fees Charges
Airfare for Traveler 1: $276.29 $77.60 $353.89
Airfare for Companion:$106.43 $69.70 $176.13
Total Due Now: $530.02
So the taxes are just a bit less. If you have a CP, try a dummy booking. If not, if you tell me the dates, I can do a test booking for you as I have a couple of CP's in my account.
#255
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: YVR to SEA
Posts: 2,527
I apologize, I seem to have misremembered the pricing (taxes are lower than I remembered, maybe I was looking at 2 people). I'm looking at leaving May 2nd or morning May 3rd, returning May 4th for a weekend wedding.
I have just applied for the AS Mastercard, so do not have a companion pass as of yet.
I have just applied for the AS Mastercard, so do not have a companion pass as of yet.