mtnsider

Flying for Fun

Currently AS is in Terminal 2, AA in Terminal 4. The only way to get between the two is by bus. I have an AC Membership but never treck over to T4 for AC access. Too much hassle. AA soup dujour in small paper cups with plastic spoons doesn't excite me too much.

When AS moves to T3 it may be more feasible with the Skytrain but you will still need to go landside and clear security twice.

James

cblaisd

If you have an Alaska Lounge membership, the United Club in Terminal 2 is available to you.
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/ai...tion-and-hours (Other partner locations)

allset2travel

Mod: if there is a better thread for this, please move it there.

This is my first time trying to book AS flights using Companion Fare (had read through similar threads here and from some blogs on same subject). Hoping to book a return and to UG to F.

I began from my profile, click Discount and companion fare code. I Checked MVP Gold Guest (or should I have checked MVP Gold 75k)
I selected those flights with F box shaded with blue color (indicating F is available). In Flight Summary page, everything looked fine. So far so good.

But after I entered pax names etc,and proceeded to select seats, only Premium Class seat map showed! (on all of my flights).
What did I do wrong?

Appreciate your suggestions and advice.

safari ari

PHX clubs usually have a salad bar, which is much more substantial than just soups. While not gourmet, can be replaced as a meal with a variety of beans, corn, chicken, cheese and veggies. Also the complimentary beer on tap is an actual craft. Otherwise, your statement is correct and not worth the hassle.

Finkface

If you wanted the complimentary instant upgrade, you should have selected MVPG 75K as the upgrade type. Selecting MVP Gold Guest means you would need to use Gold Guest Upgrade certificates (1 per pax, per direction).

You can upfare to an instant upgradable fare in one of two ways:
1) go into your booking, slected ‘change’, then ‘make changes to this booking’, select all of the flights but leave the info the same and choose MVP Gold 75K as the upgrade type from the dropdown box at the bottom. It will show you the additional cost to move into an instant upgradable fare.

2) call in and tell the rep you want to upfare to the cheapest 75K instant upgradable fare class (Y, S, B, M or H).

Unless you intended to use GGU’s? In that case, you can apply them to your booking online. But it sounds like you wanted the complimentary 75K upgrade, correct?

If the upfare is more than you want to pay, you can just apply GGU’s to your current booking. You need one GGU per passenger, per direction. It will cover all connecting flights in one direction, assuming each connection is less than 4 hours.

WrightHI

I think previous response answered a different question than you're asking. If what you're asking is why you can only select a coach seat during the purchase process, the answer is that that's just how it works. You're buying a coach seat and upgrading, so the website wants to sell you a coach seat and then upgrade you. You can either select a coach seat during booking or skip seat selection until after purchase. Once you've purchased, the upgrade should come through within minutes if U space is available (the blue F box), and then you can go in to your reservation on the website and pick an F seat.

czpdx

DON'T do this! You will lose your companion code and won't be able to get it back. Use the change ticket procedure. Companion codes are lost forever if you cancel a ticket with them.

Finkface

True. Nice catch. I forgot about the companion code when I was responding. I’ll edit.

allset2travel

Finkface & WrightHI
Thank you both for the quick reply. Learned a bit about upgrade via MVPG 75K vs MVPG Guest.

I actually wanted to book with MVP Gold Guest (my guest happens to be also MVPG 75K). My confusion was in seeing the blue F box that indicated F was available. Selected that (included an upfare) and move on to seat selection. Looking at the seat map, it only showed PE & Y, no F.

So what I am hearing is that in the GGU booking process, I have to first purchase the tickets (24 hour hold not count?), then see if the U fare is available. If it is, then instant UG is possible, online.

Does this mean that if I first check EF for U-fare availability before getting online to AS to book, a better strategy?

jinglish

You're still searching as you were, looking for the blue-background F, and not waiting until after purchase to even start looking for U space--the F is the U indicator in searches. But the upgrade doesn't go through until the ticket is actually purchased, so you can't select an F seat during checkout.

remmster

Is there any creative routing I can do from Japan (e.g. Tokyo or Osaka) to India (eg. DEL or HYD) to take advantage of the free stopover or am I out of luck? Found out about it after I booked my flight to Tokyo, otherwise I prob would have flown to Hong Kong and done Hong Kong -> Tokyo -> Delhi.

twitch76

DrAlex

Nope, it should not.

allset2travel

Ding!
Thank you. That clarifies my confusion. Appreciate it!