Jan 1, 2018, 3:17 pm
Last edit by: Baze
Welcome to the Alaska Airlines Flame-Free Q&A Thread for 2018!
Anyone is welcome to ask anything, even the most basic questions, in this thread without having to fear a snarky response. In this thread, there's no such thing as a dumb question--we were all new to Alaska Airlines, FlyerTalk, and even the whole idea of mileage programs once and needed some help navigating the ropes. We're here to help you do just that!
That said, if you want to do a little reading to see if your question has been previously discussed, links to some of the most common and extensive topics in this forum are listed in our FAQ thread -- click here to check it out.
Special care will be given in this thread to trying to provide answers in a clear manner with minimal use of acronyms and jargon.
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You are welcome to send a private message to any of these individuals for assistance, but you'll generally get a faster response and broader palette of answers if you simply post your inquiry here in this thread.
Note to FlyerTalk members who enjoy the ability to take advantage of loopholes--if someone posts something that exposes information you'd rather not be public, please remember this is a Flame-Free thread, and harsh or snarky posts are not permitted. Although FlyerTalk itself does not censor posts that share information, members are free to edit their own posts to remove information. If you wish to request any poster to remove information they have shared publicly, please do so politely and respectfully.
Welcome, and we look forward to providing any assistance we can!
~the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan forum team~
For the 2016 version of this thread, please click here
For the 2017 version of this thread, please click here
Anyone is welcome to ask anything, even the most basic questions, in this thread without having to fear a snarky response. In this thread, there's no such thing as a dumb question--we were all new to Alaska Airlines, FlyerTalk, and even the whole idea of mileage programs once and needed some help navigating the ropes. We're here to help you do just that!
That said, if you want to do a little reading to see if your question has been previously discussed, links to some of the most common and extensive topics in this forum are listed in our FAQ thread -- click here to check it out.
Special care will be given in this thread to trying to provide answers in a clear manner with minimal use of acronyms and jargon.
If you need to contact someone for help, here's a current list of our forum's team:
Ambassadors (Our Greeters--members who have specifically volunteered to welcome and mentor newbies and monitor this thread):
ANC RED-EYE
baliktad
beckoa
golfingboy
Moderators (Our Janitors--members who have volunteered to do housekeeping/keep the forum in order)
ryandc99
jackal
You are welcome to send a private message to any of these individuals for assistance, but you'll generally get a faster response and broader palette of answers if you simply post your inquiry here in this thread.
Note to FlyerTalk members who enjoy the ability to take advantage of loopholes--if someone posts something that exposes information you'd rather not be public, please remember this is a Flame-Free thread, and harsh or snarky posts are not permitted. Although FlyerTalk itself does not censor posts that share information, members are free to edit their own posts to remove information. If you wish to request any poster to remove information they have shared publicly, please do so politely and respectfully.
Welcome, and we look forward to providing any assistance we can!
~the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan forum team~
For the 2016 version of this thread, please click here
For the 2017 version of this thread, please click here
2018 Alaska Airlines *FLAME-FREE* Q&A thread: all welcome, new and old!
Apr 6, 2018, 1:12 am
#526
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 40
LATAM recently began selling tickets on their new TLV - GRU route (LA 713 / LA 712).
How long do you think it will take for Alaska to add it to their award chart (Middle East to South America) ? how often do they even update it ?
Thanks ahead.
How long do you think it will take for Alaska to add it to their award chart (Middle East to South America) ? how often do they even update it ?
Thanks ahead.
Apr 6, 2018, 8:31 am
#527
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
They wont. The partnership is specifically for those in north america to travel to South America. If you look at all of AS partnerships they are set up the same way. For instance AF & EK go to south America and never had charts for it.
Apr 6, 2018, 10:22 am
#528
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Apr 6, 2018, 11:29 am
#529
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 18,323
Apr 6, 2018, 11:30 am
#530
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
yeah.. you’ll never see that award on AS chart tho
Apr 6, 2018, 12:13 pm
#531
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I am piecing together a mileage run starting in Sydney and ending in Tokyo routing through Auckland, Fiji, Easter Island, Santiago, Madrid and Seoul on QF, LA and KE with ~20K EQM snd 45K RDM for USD $720 next month. LA really helps with RDM.
James
James
Apr 6, 2018, 1:02 pm
#532
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,610
Before the airfrance partnership end was announced, I had booked the following ticket, on 057 (AirFrance) stock, with AF numbers, on the same ticket number/same PNR.
Cairo - Paris - Seattle (first segment on AirFrance metal, AF eligible numbers for alaska mileage; second leg delta metal so ineligible for alaska mileage with ineligible af number).
If i don't put in any frequent flyer number initially, can I send in the first segment to Alaska, and second segment to Delta, for split mileage accrual?
Cairo - Paris - Seattle (first segment on AirFrance metal, AF eligible numbers for alaska mileage; second leg delta metal so ineligible for alaska mileage with ineligible af number).
If i don't put in any frequent flyer number initially, can I send in the first segment to Alaska, and second segment to Delta, for split mileage accrual?
Apr 6, 2018, 2:32 pm
#533
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Before the airfrance partnership end was announced, I had booked the following ticket, on 057 (AirFrance) stock, with AF numbers, on the same ticket number/same PNR.
Cairo - Paris - Seattle (first segment on AirFrance metal, AF eligible numbers for alaska mileage; second leg delta metal so ineligible for alaska mileage with ineligible af number).
If i don't put in any frequent flyer number initially, can I send in the first segment to Alaska, and second segment to Delta, for split mileage accrual?
Cairo - Paris - Seattle (first segment on AirFrance metal, AF eligible numbers for alaska mileage; second leg delta metal so ineligible for alaska mileage with ineligible af number).
If i don't put in any frequent flyer number initially, can I send in the first segment to Alaska, and second segment to Delta, for split mileage accrual?
Apr 8, 2018, 9:11 am
#534
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: AS MVP, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 191
I apologize if this has been discussed. I searched but couldn’t find anything.
What is the “Electronic Bag Tag” referring to on the app? When I check my luggage now it will show my tracking number in the app under this section. However, it seems like there is an option to sync with your own electronic bag tag device when checking in. I googled a little bit couldn’t find much about these devices. Anyone know more about this entire process?
What is the “Electronic Bag Tag” referring to on the app? When I check my luggage now it will show my tracking number in the app under this section. However, it seems like there is an option to sync with your own electronic bag tag device when checking in. I googled a little bit couldn’t find much about these devices. Anyone know more about this entire process?
Apr 8, 2018, 10:10 am
#535
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
I apologize if this has been discussed. I searched but couldn’t find anything.
What is the “Electronic Bag Tag” referring to on the app? When I check my luggage now it will show my tracking number in the app under this section. However, it seems like there is an option to sync with your own electronic bag tag device when checking in. I googled a little bit couldn’t find much about these devices. Anyone know more about this entire process?
What is the “Electronic Bag Tag” referring to on the app? When I check my luggage now it will show my tracking number in the app under this section. However, it seems like there is an option to sync with your own electronic bag tag device when checking in. I googled a little bit couldn’t find much about these devices. Anyone know more about this entire process?
Alaska has never announced anything further, so either it's still in testing or has been shelved. If it's it in the app, I'm guessing it's still being tested.
Very brief FT thread here:
Electronic bag tags
Apr 8, 2018, 10:55 am
#536
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MM, MVPGold100k, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 1,475
https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...onic-bag-tags/
Alaska has never announced anything further, so either it's still in testing or has been shelved. If it's it in the app, I'm guessing it's still being tested.
Very brief FT thread here:
Electronic bag tags
Alaska has never announced anything further, so either it's still in testing or has been shelved. If it's it in the app, I'm guessing it's still being tested.
Very brief FT thread here:
Electronic bag tags
Apr 8, 2018, 3:00 pm
#537
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 170
I am on flight as1399 in a few weeks. I checked flightstats for this flight and the largest delay is over two hours but the average delay is 30 minutes.
I have an event I have to make that is two hours after the scheduled arrival time (with one hour travel time, so I have one hour of wiggle room).
My question is - how often do delays past an hour happen? This seems to be the earliest flight to LAX so they can't really put me on anything earlier.
I have an event I have to make that is two hours after the scheduled arrival time (with one hour travel time, so I have one hour of wiggle room).
My question is - how often do delays past an hour happen? This seems to be the earliest flight to LAX so they can't really put me on anything earlier.
Apr 8, 2018, 4:16 pm
#538
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
Apr 8, 2018, 4:45 pm
#539
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 170
If I want to avoid the change fees (post 24 hrs, pre 60 days) and I am not Gold/75k, is it possible to do so? I see an option to cancel the ticket and apply the value to a future reservation, but that would incur change fees. If I plan to make Gold next year, could I cancel this ticket, make gold, then use this ticket's funds toward the value of a future ticket to avoid the change fee (as I would then be gold in 2019)?
Thanks!
Apr 8, 2018, 10:19 pm
#540
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
For Alaska’s Qantas double miles promotion I am booking
JFK LAX MEL SYD MEL LAX JFK -
all legs on Qantas but per the rules I will only earn double miles on LAX MEL and MEL LAX? Does that sound about right? Just trying to get 75K status out of the way sooner than later. 64,750 miles earned as Gold 75K with the MEL route - or 64,750 if I do the JFK LAX SYD LAX JFK route. Wow, same miles earned (if MEL route doesn’t earn JFK LAX JFK which I suspect it doesn’t)
Los Angeles and Melbourne
Los Angeles and Sydney
Dallas/Fort Worth and Sydney
New York and Sydney (via Los Angeles)
San Francisco and Sydney
Vancouver, BC and Sydney
JFK LAX MEL SYD MEL LAX JFK -
all legs on Qantas but per the rules I will only earn double miles on LAX MEL and MEL LAX? Does that sound about right? Just trying to get 75K status out of the way sooner than later. 64,750 miles earned as Gold 75K with the MEL route - or 64,750 if I do the JFK LAX SYD LAX JFK route. Wow, same miles earned (if MEL route doesn’t earn JFK LAX JFK which I suspect it doesn’t)
Fly direct between:
Los Angeles and BrisbaneLos Angeles and Melbourne
Los Angeles and Sydney
Dallas/Fort Worth and Sydney
New York and Sydney (via Los Angeles)
San Francisco and Sydney
Vancouver, BC and Sydney