Dec 4, 22, 8:20 pm
Last edit by: dayone
Suggested Questions to Be Asked of AS Executives by In-Person Attendees
What was submitted from Remote participants:
Link to the presentation: Alaska Airlines Flyer Forum 2022 - YouTube
- The Elite Upgrade Processor does not upgrade at the elite windows when upgrade space is available and often process the upgrade list inconsistently when it does run. This has been a problem for well over a year. When will this be fixed?
- What are the plans for overall network growth (% increase in flights) for 2023 and 2024? Is the focus more flights to existing cities?
- What are the growth plans for SFO? LAX?
- What are the plans for Dallas Love Field (currently only one flight daily to SEA and SFO)?
- Please describe what *if any* plans exist for improving SEA ops in winter weather conditions … the chaos that has rippled throughout the entire system for nearly a week after the last four or five wx events — many of which actually didn’t develop as badly as initially forecast — has left a *very* bad impression of all aspects of AS operations and management
- Going forward, will AS allow mixing partner award flights? Like SEA-LHR on BA, then LHR-KUL on MH on a single ticket?
- Regarding Partner Award availability, are there any plans to make it easier for Seattle-based members to get to major U.S. gateways (e.g., LAX, DFW, ORD). In other words: why is there rarely/never award space at the right level to us get to these gateways?
- What are the expansion plans for PAE? Are Spokane and Portland possibilities?
What was submitted from Remote participants:
- How dependent on the network growth plan is the MAX assembly and delivery schedule?
- What will it take to display "real" EQMs (e.g. No California Bonus) and AS metal segments required for elite tier status in the Alaska App?
- A round robin question to each executive, non-binding answer of course, what airport would each exec like to see a new Alaska Lounge at?
Link to the presentation: Alaska Airlines Flyer Forum 2022 - YouTube
AS In-Person (and Online) Flyer Forum with Alaska Airlines Executives
Nov 15, 22, 11:52 am
#61
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.5MM; AS MVPG 75K
Posts: 20,089
it got upgraded!
Nov 15, 22, 12:07 pm
#62
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
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Posts: 21,268
Yes, but methinks you misremembered the last iteration of the processor!
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33899773-post11.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33899773-post11.html
Nov 15, 22, 12:28 pm
#63
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 11,777
Moderator Note
A bit of humor is good. Now, back to discussing the upcoming AS forum.
dayone, AS Moderator
dayone, AS Moderator
Last edited by dayone; Nov 15, 22 at 12:47 pm Reason: Typo.
Nov 15, 22, 12:33 pm
#64
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,409
Update: Looks like the site has the sign-up form for me now! There's a section to include Q&A on the form as well.
Last edited by be_rettSEA; Nov 15, 22 at 12:39 pm
Nov 15, 22, 1:12 pm
#66
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: CA
Programs: Alaska MVPG, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 77
I'm a lowly MVP (although on track to be gold before the year ends for the first time), and I also received an invite for the online forum. It's bizarre that some 75k or 100k didn't get an invite! Maybe they will roll out some more invites?
Nov 15, 22, 1:14 pm
#67
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska Airlines
Posts: 655
Just to give a little background on who got the in person invite: I've been AS elite for 10 years, 9 of them MVPG but never higher. Pre-pandemic I was averaging about 36 flights per year (~55k BiS miles on avg per year) with vast majority on AS & partner airlines (unless I was in some country where that wasn't an option). I generally take the time to provide feedback, good & bad, via AlaskaListens most of the time.
So by no means a top tier elite. I'm guessing they wanted to toss a wide net and get a range of elites to attend - otherwise they would've just focused on the 75K & 100K members.
So by no means a top tier elite. I'm guessing they wanted to toss a wide net and get a range of elites to attend - otherwise they would've just focused on the 75K & 100K members.
Nov 15, 22, 2:54 pm
#69
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 5
Try again - the sign up form poped up for me this morning.
Nov 15, 22, 2:55 pm
#70
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,909
Got mine I hope it's worth taking the time to "attend" In the registration they asked for questions you might have of the management team I was all over OW, AA relations lack of meaning fun award space, continued devaluation of miles. Who knows maybe until the old days when we had in person luncheons someone will answer.
Nov 15, 22, 3:38 pm
#71
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,459
I hope somebody brings up the topic of no award space to OW gateway airports. It's incredibly frustrating to see no availability SEA-ORD/DFW/LAX where there seems to be so much more award space available. Just today I saw award space on an int'l flight out of DFW, then see the cheapest award rate was 30k miles for a Sunday morning at 7:30am with zero seats sold. This is nothing to do with partners opening up space, but rather AS making it possible to get to the gateway.
Nov 15, 22, 3:39 pm
#72
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 36,690
Access to signup seems to be restored. And so I did. I didn't submit any questions.
Nov 15, 22, 3:43 pm
#73
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,409
Nov 15, 22, 3:55 pm
#74
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Bay Area, California
Programs: Alaska 75K, Bonvoy Titanium, Recovering United 1K
Posts: 310
My wife received an invite to the online event. She has never achieved status and I think she only had 2 revenue flights this year.
Nov 15, 22, 5:44 pm
#75
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: ANC
Programs: AS 100K
Posts: 225
I’ll be attending virtually from an undisclosed AL. I don’t have hope for much beyond a circlejerk and corporate speak, but since I’ll be waiting on a flight anyway, I’ll listen in.
