Originally Posted by jinglish

RDMs will be base miles (for a given class of service) + COS bonus + additional bonus. EQMs will be only base miles + COS bonus.

Originally Posted by Finkface

I think something has changed recently as well. I travel a lot between Canada and the US and I have never had problems doing online check in. On my past three trips, though, I can OLCI for the Canada-US legs but cannot for the return portion US-Canada even though the first one or even two segments are all domestic within the US. I get the same error message as the OP, despite having passport and Nexus saved in my profile, entered at booking and entered again at OLCI. And this is on all AS metal itineraries.

I suspect it is the new normal. Any international flight or connection departing from the US even with a domestic segment first gets this error. I’d love to hear recent examples that prove this wrong, though. It has become a real pain to not be able to check in online as I often cut it pretty close getting to the airport (no bags, Nexus/Precheck, in F). It means I have to get to the airport an hour early just to check in and have to shlep down to AS counters, then backtrack to security. I used to either do the passport check at the gate of my first flight or, more often, at the gate before the actual flight to Canada. It is really annoying and it only started a few months ago. I have always been able to OLCI in the past with a doc check needed at some point. I am wondering what changed.

Originally Posted by seacarl

I suspect that this could be due to Canada's new annoying eTA requirement. Canada requires all non-USA and non-Canadian citizens to get an eTA even if they are U.S. permanent residents and have a Nexus. (The eTA process is cumbersome and pretty much stupid and redundant if you have Nexus and are already vetted, don't even get me started on that.) But it may well be that the penalties on Alaska are high if they transport someone without the eTA, that the safe way for them to ensure they don't do that is to require a manual check-in and documentation check.

I don't think Canada thought this through very well, but this may be an unintended consequence.

Originally Posted by Finkface

But I am Canadian, travelling on a Canadian passport, which has been in my AS account forever along with my Nexus number. I have no problem OLCI going from Canada to the US (which is where there should be a problem, if any at all). It is only checking in for the return trip US-US-Canada that it won’t allow OLCI. And as I said, this is all new as of just a few months ago. I have never had a problem doing OLCI and printing a BP in the past and I just had to do a doc check at some point before boarding the actual US-Canada flight. But now, it always tells me I have to check in at the counter, which is a real PITA both from a time perspective and a backtracking-through-the-airport perspective.

Originally Posted by flyer05

I know that Alaska flights can be combined with partner airline flights on the same award ticket. My question is: are ALL Alaska-operated flights that have award space combinable with partner airlines? I've found space on AKL-NAN-HNL on Fiji Airways, as well as HNL-SEA on Alaska; however, when I search the two one-ways together in a Multi-City, nothing shows up. Can I combine these two journeys into a single award via the call centre?

Originally Posted by flyer05

Thanks. Other question, does Alaska still allow free upgrades from economy to business if overall itinerary was booked in business but one segment in economy?

Originally Posted by flyer05

Thanks. Other question, does Alaska still allow free upgrades from economy to business if overall itinerary was booked in business but one segment in economy?

Originally Posted by Flying for Fun

...James at the St. Regis Bora Bora.

Originally Posted by danger

I submitted a mileage claim request for some non-AS flights. I included a copy of the booking reservation and the boarding passes in question with the email request. Alaska has denied the claim alleging that the flights have been credited to another program. The other program's FF number was included at the time of making the reservation and is therefore printed on the booking reservation that was provided to AS; however, the other FF number was removed before travel and does not show on the boarding passes I submitted.

How can I go about getting AS credit for these flights? The flights did not credit to the other program (they couldn't, as no FF number was in the booking at the time of travel), nor have they since credited to another program. Is AS going to stand its ground based on the reservation receipt rather than the boarding passes?

Originally Posted by Flying for Fun

May we ask which Partner airline? If is AA, I was flying an international flight and inquired at the lounge to make sure my AS FF# was on the reservation. She advised both AS & AA were in the reservation. The agent removed the AA FF# but it posted to AA anyway. I called AA and had the credit reversed. The agent with 32 years experience had no idea international flights still credit to AS and actually called me back after I directed her to the AS Partners page to thank me for the information.

It still did not post automatically but posted quickly with a manual request to AS.

A few more details would help us help you.

James at the St. Regis Bora Bora.

Originally Posted by danger

These were Cathay flights. My Qantas number was in the original reservation (and is therefore on the ticket receipt) but was removed well before travel and does not appear on the boarding passes I submitted for credit. The flights have not credited to Qantas and won't because the Qantas number wasn't in there at the time of travel.

By "manual request", was this through the online form or did you call?

Originally Posted by Flying for Fun

Yes! There will not be a change fee to move a segment up to the level of award you have already booked.

James at the St. Regis Bora Bora.

Originally Posted by safari ari

If there is no A space when you book a business class ticket, you can call if A space opens and be put into FC. But there is no waitlist for this as you will have to monitor it.