Alaska Airlines Canadian MasterCard
Jun 10, 2017, 4:30 pm
#1066
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YVR
Posts: 625
Not yet, but last time I had an issue with MBNA points posting I never received a reply to my email but my missing points appeared 2 or 3 days later. Has only been 3 working days since I submitted the email so it just may be in the queue still - or not.
What about others that are still waiting?
What about others that are still waiting?
Jun 13, 2017, 10:31 pm
#1069
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,646
Jun 14, 2017, 3:55 am
#1070
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: YYZ, HKG, MFM
Programs: AC35K, AS MVP, WS Gold, ITA EP, Marriott Plat, Hyatt-Explorist, IHG Diamond
Posts: 2,019
Jun 18, 2017, 8:49 am
#1071
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,646
Aug 5, 2017, 8:23 pm
#1074
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 96
How do you verify your account has been closed? I called in to cancel the account a month ago. But when I login to my online account today, there is no where mentioning the account has been closed. Other than talking to an agent again, any other way to verify that my account has been closed successfully?
Aug 5, 2017, 8:55 pm
#1075
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Delta, BC
Posts: 1,646
How do you verify your account has been closed? I called in to cancel the account a month ago. But when I login to my online account today, there is no where mentioning the account has been closed. Other than talking to an agent again, any other way to verify that my account has been closed successfully?
Aug 12, 2017, 5:37 pm
#1076
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 259
Time To Ditch AS Loyalty & This Card?
Annual fee is coming up and I'm questioning my loyalty & this credit card.
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
Aug 14, 2017, 11:16 am
#1077
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 73
Annual fee is coming up and I'm questioning my loyalty & this credit card.
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
Aug 18, 2017, 1:32 am
#1078
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Annual fee is coming up and I'm questioning my loyalty & this credit card.
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
No free bag, a foreign exchange fee so I don't use it outside Canada and lately with the merger with VX, given SEA is the nearest AS major hub for me, several flights of late have ended up going from non stops to having connections via SFO. One flight teturning from PSP now leaves me with a 6hr connection in SEA to YYJ! Strewth!
Every bonus mile opportunity (shopping, surveys, dinning) that comes along pretty much is for our U.S. friends.
So, the perk of a Companion fare aside, am I the only one feeling It's time to switch?
While the benefits are fewer, don't forget that you are earning Alaska Miles at a discounted rate. $1 CAD, earns 1 Mileage Plan Mile. $1 USD earns 1 Mileage Plan Mile. With today's exchange rate you are earning ~26% faster than your American friend. For a quick example, if you spend $5,000 CAD on the card you will have enough MP Miles for a discounted "hop" award. Your American friend will have to charge $5,000 USD or $6332 CAD for the same award.
Nobody likes to pay foreign currency exchange fees (typically 2.5% of the converted amount) and cards that offer a no currency exchange fee are a nice relief from the, until recently, inevitable. In the case of purchasing Alaska Flights with 3x MP miles. Lets look at an example. Again at today's exchange rate consider an Alaska $1,000 USD itinerary. Your American Friend would earn 3,000 MP Miles. You charge the $1,000 USD to the Canadian Alaska Airlines Mastercard. The exchange will be $1,226.69 fare + $30.67 exchange fee = $1,257.36 CAD. MP Miles on the transaction is 3,772. If you buy from an OTA quoted in Canadian Dollars the price you will pay will also include a foreign currency exchage fee but hidden in the final price and could be more than the fee charged by MBNA administrating the Affiliate Card or they may charge a booking fee in lieu.
The single most valuable benefit of the card is the annual companion certificate. The $75 CAD annual fee for me is insignificant. $6.25 CAD per month or $7.92 CAD per month for your American Friends. 🤔
My home Airport is YLW. I do own several properties in PHX so I do have a US Address. I have five Alaska Airline Credit Cards, 2 US Visa cards and 3 Canadian MasterCards. I can easily save more than $1,000 USD in fares on each companion certificate. I like to use them for Mini Vacation/Mileage Runs to maintain staus which brings a whole new basket of benefits including checked bags and the ability to purchase immediately upgradeable fares that will have you flying in first if there is upgrade space available at the time of purchase. Each person on the companion ticket also earns full miles flown.
I have one comimg up in October. I put together a four country 10 segment itinerary. The base fare was ~$1,200.00 USD and the companion $99.00 USD plus fees and taxes,. The itinerary is 15.5K miles and will put me into MVPG75K.
If I didn't have Elite Staus or the American Visa and can still save over $1,000 USD on an itinerary I am not sure I would be too terribly concerned about paying for a couple of checked bags.
Some thoughts to consider,
Cheers.
Aug 18, 2017, 9:40 am
#1080
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 259
While the benefits are fewer, don't forget that you are earning Alaska Miles at a discounted rate. $1 CAD, earns 1 Mileage Plan Mile. $1 USD earns 1 Mileage Plan Mile. With today's exchange rate you are earning ~26% faster than your American friend. For a quick example, if you spend $5,000 CAD on the card you will have enough MP Miles for a discounted "hop" award. Your American friend will have to charge $5,000 USD or $6332 CAD for the same award.
Nobody likes to pay foreign currency exchange fees (typically 2.5% of the converted amount) and cards that offer a no currency exchange fee are a nice relief from the, until recently, inevitable. In the case of purchasing Alaska Flights with 3x MP miles. Lets look at an example. Again at today's exchange rate consider an Alaska $1,000 USD itinerary. Your American Friend would earn 3,000 MP Miles. You charge the $1,000 USD to the Canadian Alaska Airlines Mastercard. The exchange will be $1,226.69 fare + $30.67 exchange fee = $1,257.36 CAD. MP Miles on the transaction is 3,772. If you buy from an OTA quoted in Canadian Dollars the price you will pay will also include a foreign currency exchage fee but hidden in the final price and could be more than the fee charged by MBNA administrating the Affiliate Card or they may charge a booking fee in lieu.
The single most valuable benefit of the card is the annual companion certificate. The $75 CAD annual fee for me is insignificant. $6.25 CAD per month or $7.92 CAD per month for your American Friends. 🤔
My home Airport is YLW. I do own several properties in PHX so I do have a US Address. I have five Alaska Airline Credit Cards, 2 US Visa cards and 3 Canadian MasterCards. I can easily save more than $1,000 USD in fares on each companion certificate. I like to use them for Mini Vacation/Mileage Runs to maintain staus which brings a whole new basket of benefits including checked bags and the ability to purchase immediately upgradeable fares that will have you flying in first if there is upgrade space available at the time of purchase. Each person on the companion ticket also earns full miles flown.
I have one comimg up in October. I put together a four country 10 segment itinerary. The base fare was ~$1,200.00 USD and the companion $99.00 USD plus fees and taxes,. The itinerary is 15.5K miles and will put me into MVPG75K.
If I didn't have Elite Staus or the American Visa and can still save over $1,000 USD on an itinerary I am not sure I would be too terribly concerned about paying for a couple of checked bags.
Some thoughts to consider,
Cheers.
Nobody likes to pay foreign currency exchange fees (typically 2.5% of the converted amount) and cards that offer a no currency exchange fee are a nice relief from the, until recently, inevitable. In the case of purchasing Alaska Flights with 3x MP miles. Lets look at an example. Again at today's exchange rate consider an Alaska $1,000 USD itinerary. Your American Friend would earn 3,000 MP Miles. You charge the $1,000 USD to the Canadian Alaska Airlines Mastercard. The exchange will be $1,226.69 fare + $30.67 exchange fee = $1,257.36 CAD. MP Miles on the transaction is 3,772. If you buy from an OTA quoted in Canadian Dollars the price you will pay will also include a foreign currency exchage fee but hidden in the final price and could be more than the fee charged by MBNA administrating the Affiliate Card or they may charge a booking fee in lieu.
The single most valuable benefit of the card is the annual companion certificate. The $75 CAD annual fee for me is insignificant. $6.25 CAD per month or $7.92 CAD per month for your American Friends. 🤔
My home Airport is YLW. I do own several properties in PHX so I do have a US Address. I have five Alaska Airline Credit Cards, 2 US Visa cards and 3 Canadian MasterCards. I can easily save more than $1,000 USD in fares on each companion certificate. I like to use them for Mini Vacation/Mileage Runs to maintain staus which brings a whole new basket of benefits including checked bags and the ability to purchase immediately upgradeable fares that will have you flying in first if there is upgrade space available at the time of purchase. Each person on the companion ticket also earns full miles flown.
I have one comimg up in October. I put together a four country 10 segment itinerary. The base fare was ~$1,200.00 USD and the companion $99.00 USD plus fees and taxes,. The itinerary is 15.5K miles and will put me into MVPG75K.
If I didn't have Elite Staus or the American Visa and can still save over $1,000 USD on an itinerary I am not sure I would be too terribly concerned about paying for a couple of checked bags.
Some thoughts to consider,
Cheers.