2019 Alaska Airlines *FLAME-FREE* Q&A Thread: All Welcome, New and Old!
Mar 22, 2019, 8:52 pm
#376
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James,
It's DFW-DXB in business class, nonstop. This is available on other days. The problem is that most of the other days match up with the availability that I see on Qantas and ExpertFlyer. I created an alert for the D saver class on EK. I received the available alert and looked on Qantas and it appears bookable through Qantas but when I search that same availability on Alaska, it's not there. My question is if it is real availability or only available to Qantas or not really available at all.
It's DFW-DXB in business class, nonstop. This is available on other days. The problem is that most of the other days match up with the availability that I see on Qantas and ExpertFlyer. I created an alert for the D saver class on EK. I received the available alert and looked on Qantas and it appears bookable through Qantas but when I search that same availability on Alaska, it's not there. My question is if it is real availability or only available to Qantas or not really available at all.
Barring that and you still see the availability on QF call AS back and ask for the Partner desk. Once there, explain to them your findings, give them the exact flight & date and ask if it can be processed manually. Frontline agents usually just see what you see on the AS website.
James in Phoenix
Last edited by Flying for Fun; Mar 22, 2019 at 9:42 pm
Mar 22, 2019, 8:55 pm
#377
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: AAdvantage, Alaska Mileage Plan, Avios, Southwest Rapid Rewards
Posts: 49
I would continue to watch on AS. Others have reported that AS Partner award availability is cached and may not accurately reflect availability. Once the cached data is refreshed it may show up.
Barring that and you still see the availability on QF call AS bach and ask for the Partner desk. Once there, explain to them your findings, give them the exact flight & date and ask if it can be processed manually. Frontline agents usually just see what you see on the AS website.
James in Phoenix
Barring that and you still see the availability on QF call AS bach and ask for the Partner desk. Once there, explain to them your findings, give them the exact flight & date and ask if it can be processed manually. Frontline agents usually just see what you see on the AS website.
James in Phoenix
Mar 23, 2019, 3:23 pm
#378
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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What's the cheapest/easiest method to attaining MVP status?
Mar 23, 2019, 9:34 pm
#380
Join Date: Dec 2010
Programs: AAdvantage, Alaska Mileage Plan, Avios, Southwest Rapid Rewards
Posts: 49
Barring that and you still see the availability on QF call AS back and ask for the Partner desk.
James in Phoenix
James in Phoenix
No luck. Partner desk did find ONE Emirates partner award instead of the 2 awards showing available on Qantas and Expertflyer. That ONE is still one more than their website is showing, so, it seems to be a partial success. I read somewhere that Alaska seems to have half the award availability of everyone else by design as a way to devalue creatively. Don't know the truth in that but it sure seems plausible now.
Keith
Mar 23, 2019, 10:07 pm
#381
Join Date: Jan 2018
Programs: HYATT Globalist Alaska 100k
Posts: 121
Does anyone have experience in changing flights booked with Wells Fargo Go Far Rewards points?
They seem to keep a firm grip on this reservation and phone rep on Alaska side couldn't do anything about it.
She told me form of payment from WF was 'cash or check' not 'credit card', which I don't quite understand.
Assuming some other OTAs will do the same, how does SDC work? Can Alaska take over and force the issue themselves on travel date? Might as well wait until that day to cancel if they do.
They seem to keep a firm grip on this reservation and phone rep on Alaska side couldn't do anything about it.
She told me form of payment from WF was 'cash or check' not 'credit card', which I don't quite understand.
Assuming some other OTAs will do the same, how does SDC work? Can Alaska take over and force the issue themselves on travel date? Might as well wait until that day to cancel if they do.
Mar 23, 2019, 10:10 pm
#382
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James,
No luck. Partner desk did find ONE Emirates partner award instead of the 2 awards showing available on Qantas and Expertflyer. That ONE is still one more than their website is showing, so, it seems to be a partial success. I read somewhere that Alaska seems to have half the award availability of everyone else by design as a way to devalue creatively. Don't know the truth in that but it sure seems plausible now.
Keith
No luck. Partner desk did find ONE Emirates partner award instead of the 2 awards showing available on Qantas and Expertflyer. That ONE is still one more than their website is showing, so, it seems to be a partial success. I read somewhere that Alaska seems to have half the award availability of everyone else by design as a way to devalue creatively. Don't know the truth in that but it sure seems plausible now.
Keith
James in SEA
Mar 24, 2019, 9:40 am
#383
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: BOS/ORH
Programs: AS 75K
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If you have status with another US Carrier you may be able to do a status match.
If you are close to one of the cities in the challenge promo you can get it in 2 transcon round trips - https://www.alaskaair.com/promo/AS1904
Other than that is getting up in the air and flying 20K miles on Alaska flights or 25K in combination with international partners
If you are close to one of the cities in the challenge promo you can get it in 2 transcon round trips - https://www.alaskaair.com/promo/AS1904
Other than that is getting up in the air and flying 20K miles on Alaska flights or 25K in combination with international partners
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Mar 25, 2019, 4:58 am
#384
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 733
I called to make a flight change and paid the change fee. I received an automated email of the new itinerary.
I noticed that the email lists some else's name in the spot I've replaced with Ys: "$125.00 was charged to the Mastercard card with number************XXXX held by YYYYYYYY YYYYYYYY on 03/25/2019." The name is very different from mine.
I made the change and traveler name is correct, so I'm not concerned of fraud -- my question is whether the agent just accidentally had someone's else's written in their form field, or more worrisome, whether the system may be revealing other traveler's details in these emails. The card number was correct.
I noticed that the email lists some else's name in the spot I've replaced with Ys: "$125.00 was charged to the Mastercard card with number************XXXX held by YYYYYYYY YYYYYYYY on 03/25/2019." The name is very different from mine.
I made the change and traveler name is correct, so I'm not concerned of fraud -- my question is whether the agent just accidentally had someone's else's written in their form field, or more worrisome, whether the system may be revealing other traveler's details in these emails. The card number was correct.
Mar 27, 2019, 10:53 am
#385
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New York City
Programs: AA P; Marriott G; Hertz 5*; Club Carlson G; IHG P;
Posts: 84
SYD-NAN-LAX-JFK
Is this a valid award routing? First two legs on Fiji and last leg on AS. Stopover in NAN. It doesn't show up on website.
Is this a valid award routing? First two legs on Fiji and last leg on AS. Stopover in NAN. It doesn't show up on website.
Mar 27, 2019, 11:48 am
#386
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: Hilton/Marriott Gold, Accor Silver
Posts: 2,036
It is, but it requires partner availability on FJ for the first two segments and AS saver award availability on LAX-JFK. Have you tried searching for the individual segments?
Mar 27, 2019, 3:08 pm
#387
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Bonvoy Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 621
If you want to get status-qualifying miles from a domestic AA flight, is it sufficient that the flight simply have an AS codeshare number, or do you have to explicitly book it either through AS or as the AS codeshare (if you're booking through the Ultimate Rewards or Amex portal, for instance)?
Mar 27, 2019, 3:26 pm
#388
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
If you want to get status-qualifying miles from a domestic AA flight, is it sufficient that the flight simply have an AS codeshare number, or do you have to explicitly book it either through AS or as the AS codeshare (if you're booking through the Ultimate Rewards or Amex portal, for instance)?
James
Mar 27, 2019, 3:30 pm
#389
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: Eurostar CB, HH D, IHG Spire, Easyjet Fight Club, Ryanair...oh, wait.
Posts: 47
Are the Alaska phone lines always busy? I've been trying to call to book award travel but cannot even get in to a queue. The UK number just goes to a pre-recorded message ("All lines are busy, please call later") and the US direct number just has the busy tone.
Mar 27, 2019, 3:36 pm
#390
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Say I have a ticket with AS flights as well as flights on another airline, ticketed by the other airline. Can I still SDC my AS segments and get the fee waived? Or do the changes need to be processed by the other airline?