Jan 1, 2018, 3:17 pm
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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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ryandc99
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2018 Alaska Airlines *FLAME-FREE* Q&A thread: all welcome, new and old!
Aug 3, 2018, 7:50 pm
#1051
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Just to be clear, it is one Partner per direction. You can book an award as a return or two one-ways. So you could book JL LAX-TYO-ICN & KE ICN-LAX. Either way will allow a stopover; two stopovers for a return and one stopover on the one-way award.
AA LAX-NRT is 110K AS Miles in F, JL SFO-HND is 75K AS miles in F. Both allow AS connecting flights to the gayeway, yet only JL will allow you to continue on beyond Tokyo with or without a stopover. Easy to see where the better value is.
^
James
AA LAX-NRT is 110K AS Miles in F, JL SFO-HND is 75K AS miles in F. Both allow AS connecting flights to the gayeway, yet only JL will allow you to continue on beyond Tokyo with or without a stopover. Easy to see where the better value is.
^James
Just used to combining partners for a reward, like Asiana to ICN to SQ to NRT (don't know about AS, but SQ does NOT release any reward flights to UA except intra Asia) to UA. The stopover on a one way is a nice perk UA does not have.
And I fully expect to retire my flying days with exaclty ONE flight in Int'l First - a splurge after reading a trip report on TG A380 with Dom Perignon just before UA devalued reward redemption.
Aug 3, 2018, 10:52 pm
#1052
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Laguna Niguel, CA
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BOA Companion Fare Question
OK, I called AS on this but I'm still dubious. Booking a Companion Fare ticket for me and the GF. GF is 100% going but my plans my change. They told me to book myself as the Primary and her as the companion. Can someone confirm this is accurate? I understand that I will need to pay a change fee/fare difference but just want to be sure I won't have to pay another change fee for her and she can keep the original reservation. Thanks!
UPDATE: I called again and spoke with a more experienced agent. She said I should book myself as the COMPANION. I thought that was the case!
UPDATE: I called again and spoke with a more experienced agent. She said I should book myself as the COMPANION. I thought that was the case!
Last edited by mark diver; Aug 3, 2018 at 11:06 pm
Aug 4, 2018, 12:50 am
#1053
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Quick question - There's an "Asia to Asia" under Cathay/JAL in the award chart, and the map shows Asia as.... REALLY big. Including up to turkey, so basically all of continental Asia. Is it really only 45k RT in J (CX) or 50k (JAL) for, say, HKG-AMM (that's the furthest west i can see included)? HKG-DXB? HKG-TYO? TYO-DOH? Thanks!
What would the stopover rules on such a RT be?
What would the stopover rules on such a RT be?
Last edited by Smiley90; Aug 4, 2018 at 12:56 am
Aug 4, 2018, 1:34 am
#1054
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Quick question - There's an "Asia to Asia" under Cathay/JAL in the award chart, and the map shows Asia as.... REALLY big. Including up to turkey, so basically all of continental Asia. Is it really only 45k RT in J (CX) or 50k (JAL) for, say, HKG-AMM (that's the furthest west i can see included)? HKG-DXB? HKG-TYO? TYO-DOH? Thanks!
What would the stopover rules on such a RT be?
What would the stopover rules on such a RT be?
The only stopovers would be HKG for CX or TYO for JL. For instance, you could fly JL HKG-TYO/stop/TYO DEL or SIN-TYO/stop/TYO-DEL. For CX TYO-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM or SIN-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM.
James
Aug 4, 2018, 5:52 pm
#1055
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You need to look at the award chart for Asia to India & South Asia for CX. JL is an Asia to Asia award. Neither CX or JL fly directly to AMD. You could fly to BOM on CX for 60K return in J or DEL from TYO on JL for 50K return.
The only stopovers would be HKG for CX or TYO for JL. For instance, you could fly JL HKG-TYO/stop/TYO DEL or SIN-TYO/stop/TYO-DEL. For CX TYO-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM or SIN-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM.
James
The only stopovers would be HKG for CX or TYO for JL. For instance, you could fly JL HKG-TYO/stop/TYO DEL or SIN-TYO/stop/TYO-DEL. For CX TYO-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM or SIN-HKG/stop/HKG-BOM.
James
JAL also flies from other Japanese airports that I could presumably use for stopovers, like KIX?
Aug 4, 2018, 7:59 pm
#1056
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Looking further, I do see that KIX would be a possible stopover point for Intra Asia on JL but dependent on routing.
James
Aug 4, 2018, 8:07 pm
#1057
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Aug 5, 2018, 12:31 am
#1058
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SIN-BKK-HKG-TPE-ICN (all are operated by CX, stopover in either BKK, HKG or TPE)
GMP-HND-KIX-BKK (all are operated by JAL, stopover in either HND or KIX)
Aug 5, 2018, 6:29 am
#1059
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JL stopover allowed in Tokyo on intraasia award. It's the only partner that allows a stopover of any kind on intra regional award ( though none allowed in Japan to Japan)
Aug 5, 2018, 9:39 am
#1060
Join Date: Apr 2018
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CX reward question
Using CX reward can I travel from Bali-layover HK-PDX using 35K in PE? I can't use reward to fly on Cathay Dragon, correct?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Aug 5, 2018, 10:58 am
#1061
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So no stopovers on non-NA awards? Where is that in the rules if you don't mind me asking? What about HU?
Last edited by Smiley90; Aug 5, 2018 at 11:06 am
Aug 5, 2018, 11:13 am
#1062
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My flight did include North America. PDX=Portland. So......Bali-HongKong (2 day layover) -Portland is allowed for 35K PE, correct?
Last edited by pdxflyer00; Aug 5, 2018 at 11:14 am Reason: mistake
Aug 5, 2018, 12:14 pm
#1063
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Is it possible to re assign award miles ( ie to SQ - which is a partner on the class I flew) after the flight. Forgot to change the mileage number at. Checkin - cheers ( I did Ring but office closed)
Aug 5, 2018, 12:17 pm
#1064
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It's one of many unpublished rules. It was actually quite shocking when people were posting ability to stopover on JL intra Asia and Missy came on to say that it was special to JL. Each partnership negotiated individually so wierd exceptions show up. Hainan for example is more limited, if you look at the chart they have China to China and no intra Asia chart, so most limited of the Asian partners.
Aug 5, 2018, 12:23 pm
#1065
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It's one of many unpublished rules. It was actually quite shocking when people were posting ability to stopover on JL intra Asia and Missy came on to say that it was special to JL. Each partnership negotiated individually so wierd exceptions show up. Hainan for example is more limited, if you look at the chart they have China to China and no intra Asia chart, so most limited of the Asian partners.
Particularly sad because this: https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...nal-stopovers/
really just says no restrictions.
"Alaska has a particularly generous policy for booking stopovers on award tickets. You get one stopover for each one-way ticket, which means two stopovers when you fly round-trip! Many other carriers allow no stopovers at all, or only one stopover on round-trip itineraries."
no asterisk for "only transcontinental travel qualifies" or anything.
Last edited by Smiley90; Aug 5, 2018 at 12:38 pm