AA flights booked through Alaska - qualifying miles
Jan 18, 2019, 11:49 am
#3
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Miles earned on American Airlines operated flights purchased as Alaska Airlines flights AS4000-4799, AS6000-6999, AS8001-8199, or AS8201-8999 will count toward elite status in the partner category.
Jan 18, 2019, 12:19 pm
#4
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Just because it is booked through the Alaska site does not mean the segments earn miles. There are plenty of instances --say SFO to BDL where the first flight/s are on Alaska and then the connecting one is solely an AA flight number. If that segment in question is a domestic flight with an AA flight number, no credit is earned.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.
Last edited by sfozrhfco; Jan 18, 2019 at 12:25 pm
Jan 18, 2019, 1:29 pm
#5
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I just booked ROC>ORD>SEA through Expedia and got the AS flight number (in the right range) for the ROC>ORD. Searching through the Alaska website only came up with the AA flight number for that leg. Price was exactly the same on both sites.
Jan 18, 2019, 1:53 pm
#6
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Are you clicking through to the confirm-before-starting-checkout phase, or just looking at search results? Because the former will show an AS codeshare flight number in parentheses. Years ago I was able to purchase AS itineraries with a non-codeshare AA segment, but my understanding is that they're not selling any AA flights that way anymore.
Last edited by jinglish; Jan 18, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Jan 18, 2019, 1:54 pm
#7
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That's just the confusing way alaska.com displays the flight - if you click through to the purchase page, it'll show AA xxxx as the flight number, with AS xxxx in parentheses next to it. The website is actually selling the AS codeshare, not the native AA number.
Jan 18, 2019, 2:04 pm
#8
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
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Just because it is booked through the Alaska site does not mean the segments earn miles. There are plenty of instances --say SFO to BDL where the first flight/s are on Alaska and then the connecting one is solely an AA flight number. If that segment in question is a domestic flight with an AA flight number, no credit is earned.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.
In your example, I found that both the AA legs are AS code shares. On the flight list it shows the AA #, but if you add it to cart it shows the code-share:
While this phrase from the old AA update doesn't guarantee all flights on alaskaair.com are code-shares, it certainly seems to insinuate it IMO (emphasis mine):
"You’ll still have lots of eligible American flights with an Alaska “AS” flight number to choose from in and out of Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Phoenix. As always, you can find eligible flights on alaskaair.com."
It'd be pretty crummy experience for me to buy a flight directly from alaskaair.com and not get code-share credit. Has anyone seen actual examples of this?
Jan 18, 2019, 2:08 pm
#9
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For example, if you search SEA-PVD, AS.com will display an AS to PHL connecting to AA to PVD option, even though AS doesn't codeshare on PHL-PVD. On the purchase page, no AS codeshare number would appear in parentheses. It also shows a warning message after search:
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles no longer accrue on domestic American Airlines and all Delta Airlines flights listed below due to recent partnership changes.
Jan 18, 2019, 2:35 pm
#10
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You don't even have to limit it to that. I frequently search PDX-SLC and get itineraries with DL flights, which is not even a partner. They only tend to show up when viewing the options by price, but they are there.
Jan 18, 2019, 5:01 pm
#11
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There is no guarantee that a flight that just because a flight shows up on the Alaska site with an AA flight number is a code share. You have to check each one and click through to ensure it is really a code share. If you buy it through a 3rd party, that does not explicitly have only an AS flight number you will get no credit. Like if you went SFO-SNA on Alaska and SNA-DFW-TLH on AA no code share appears--even after you add it to the card. Same with SFO-DCA on AS connecting to AA to SAV. The moral of the story is never assume you will get credit. You have to check each segment carefully to ensure you are actually purchasing a code share and not just an AA segment.
Jan 18, 2019, 5:03 pm
#12
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Jan 20, 2019, 10:13 am
#13
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A separate but related question: I booked an Alaska flight on AA's website so I have the AA PNR and AA flight number. How do I get the Alaska PNR so I can go on their site to choose seats?
Jan 20, 2019, 11:19 am
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James.
Jan 20, 2019, 1:42 pm
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Just because it is booked through the Alaska site does not mean the segments earn miles. There are plenty of instances --say SFO to BDL where the first flight/s are on Alaska and then the connecting one is solely an AA flight number. If that segment in question is a domestic flight with an AA flight number, no credit is earned.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.
It is not like UA's system where you can book a ticket through the UA site on Avianca issued as a 016 ticket and get award miles, PQM, PDQ.