2022 Alaska Airlines *FLAME-FREE* Q&A Thread: All Welcome, New and Old!
#931
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Intermountain West
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Welcome to FT. There are a lot of folks here that are willing to answer any questions you might have. And usually they are correct.
No one can tell you when the offer will go up or down. I'd grab the 50K offer now. Read through the last 3 or 4 pages here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...-70-000-a.html
No one can tell you when the offer will go up or down. I'd grab the 50K offer now. Read through the last 3 or 4 pages here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cred...-70-000-a.html
#932
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,608
If i fly Seattle-Doha in Qatar business class (R-fare cash, 7411 miles flight), how many ELITE qualifying miles am I expected to earn?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi.../qatar-airways
From the weblink above I would expect to earn 7411 x 1.25 = 9264 elite qualifying miles only
But when I asked alaska chat/twitter, they seem to suggest that I'll earn about 16000 elite miles (the 100% miles 7411, and then *on top of that* 125% elite miles of 9264). This seems incorrect and I don't want to rely on my elite qualification strategy based on poor info from their twitter team. Can someone here please confirm?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi.../qatar-airways
From the weblink above I would expect to earn 7411 x 1.25 = 9264 elite qualifying miles only
But when I asked alaska chat/twitter, they seem to suggest that I'll earn about 16000 elite miles (the 100% miles 7411, and then *on top of that* 125% elite miles of 9264). This seems incorrect and I don't want to rely on my elite qualification strategy based on poor info from their twitter team. Can someone here please confirm?
#933
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
If i fly Seattle-Doha in Qatar business class (R-fare cash, 7411 miles flight), how many ELITE qualifying miles am I expected to earn?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi.../qatar-airways
From the weblink above I would expect to earn 7411 x 1.25 = 9264 elite qualifying miles only
But when I asked alaska chat/twitter, they seem to suggest that I'll earn about 16000 elite miles (the 100% miles 7411, and then *on top of that* 125% elite miles of 9264). This seems incorrect and I don't want to rely on my elite qualification strategy based on poor info from their twitter team. Can someone here please confirm?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi.../qatar-airways
From the weblink above I would expect to earn 7411 x 1.25 = 9264 elite qualifying miles only
But when I asked alaska chat/twitter, they seem to suggest that I'll earn about 16000 elite miles (the 100% miles 7411, and then *on top of that* 125% elite miles of 9264). This seems incorrect and I don't want to rely on my elite qualification strategy based on poor info from their twitter team. Can someone here please confirm?
EQM = 7411 1.25 = 9264
RDM = (7411 1.25) + 7411 = 16,675
James
Last edited by Flying for Fun; Sep 22, 2022 at 12:34 pm
#934
Join Date: Apr 2020
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy Titanium; AS 100k; BA Silver; UA Silver
Posts: 442
#935
Join Date: May 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG100, Hyatt Globalist, MGM Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 636
Do AS 100K get to choose better seats on Iceland Air? Has anyone anything to share on the BOS-KEF flights in economy? Thx
#936
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: TXL
Programs: AF/KL Platinum, AY Gold, Hilton Gold, Radisson Gold
Posts: 59
Newby from Gemany: Is it ok to offer an Alaska Voucher code here?
#937
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: SNA/ONT
Programs: AA EXP, HH Diamond, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 113
I booked a flight on AS for next month and asked them to include my AAdvantage number on the booking so I am credited with miles. I opened the AS app this morning and noticed my flight was gone. Looked it up via confirmation code and it looks like they removed my AS Mileage plan number and in place put my AAdvantage number. Is there no way to have both on the booking so I can still use the app for my boarding pass?
#938
Join Date: Dec 2021
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan - MVP Gold
Posts: 183
No you cannot have both FF#s on the same booking.
In the app you can "Add a trip" with the confirmation code on order to have it show up in the Trips section and be able to get a mobile boarding pass.
In the app you can "Add a trip" with the confirmation code on order to have it show up in the Trips section and be able to get a mobile boarding pass.
#939
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,445
I booked a flight on AS for next month and asked them to include my AAdvantage number on the booking so I am credited with miles. I opened the AS app this morning and noticed my flight was gone. Looked it up via confirmation code and it looks like they removed my AS Mileage plan number and in place put my AAdvantage number. Is there no way to have both on the booking so I can still use the app for my boarding pass?
#940
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,608
The same day change - can it be done multiple times if you keep noticing free seat availability at a better flights for the day (i'm gold so no concerns about the fees)? I'm assuming you just need to not check in to do a same-day change? Or call and uncheck yourself?
Also, there's no issues doing same-day change if we are on a companion ticket right?
Also, there's no issues doing same-day change if we are on a companion ticket right?
#941
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kent, WA
Posts: 18
I have the BOA Alaska Air credit card. I plan to buy my son and grandson tickets from TPA to SEA. Will their luggage be free, or will they have to pay for each bag? I will be there checking in simultaneously and flying on a companion ticket with my granddaughter.
#942
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: DCA - PDX - LAX
Programs: AA Gold, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, AS 75k
Posts: 755
They will pay unless you check the bags in under your name (and have the appropriate allowance).
#943
Join Date: Sep 2022
Programs: AC 25k, WJ Platinum
Posts: 44
Booked a rewards flight YEG-SEA-ATL-DOH-KTM
ATL-DOH and DOH-KTM in QR QSuite
YEG-SEA is a 1x day flight currently. Historically this was a 6:00am flight, and was at time of booking. Schedule change moved this flight to ~16:45 daily now, and this has held for a few months. I held off the the prompt to call in and rebook in hope that the 6:00 flight would come back, but that hasn't happened yet. My options would be to fly in a day early, for a 16h overnight layover (which is what they have me booked on now) or potentially fly/drive to YYC and get on that early morning flight.
Leaving a day earlier results in me having to take two additional days off work, and a hotel for the layover. Is there any hope for compensation or a hotel voucher? Perhaps for a positioning flight to YYC?
Alternately does anyone have insight to if/when the 06:00 YEG-SEA flight may return?
ATL-DOH and DOH-KTM in QR QSuite
YEG-SEA is a 1x day flight currently. Historically this was a 6:00am flight, and was at time of booking. Schedule change moved this flight to ~16:45 daily now, and this has held for a few months. I held off the the prompt to call in and rebook in hope that the 6:00 flight would come back, but that hasn't happened yet. My options would be to fly in a day early, for a 16h overnight layover (which is what they have me booked on now) or potentially fly/drive to YYC and get on that early morning flight.
Leaving a day earlier results in me having to take two additional days off work, and a hotel for the layover. Is there any hope for compensation or a hotel voucher? Perhaps for a positioning flight to YYC?
Alternately does anyone have insight to if/when the 06:00 YEG-SEA flight may return?
#944
Join Date: Dec 2021
Programs: Alaska Mileage Plan - MVP Gold
Posts: 183
The same day change - can it be done multiple times if you keep noticing free seat availability at a better flights for the day (i'm gold so no concerns about the fees)? I'm assuming you just need to not check in to do a same-day change? Or call and uncheck yourself?
Also, there's no issues doing same-day change if we are on a companion ticket right?
Also, there's no issues doing same-day change if we are on a companion ticket right?
#945
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Just saw a notification on my phone that my flight is now boarding at gate C2E. I am at home, not traveling (the notification was from last night when I was sleeping). Thinking through it for a few moments (after sipping some more coffee), I realize it was an award flight that I canceled a few weeks ago. I double-checked and yes I received the refunds.
I dont recall if I opened the AS app on my phone since the cancellation, so my suspicion is that the app didnt sync my trips from the server and acted upon old data without first checking with the mothership. Does that sound plausible?
I dont recall if I opened the AS app on my phone since the cancellation, so my suspicion is that the app didnt sync my trips from the server and acted upon old data without first checking with the mothership. Does that sound plausible?