Interesting MVP Gold Benefit
Oct 1, 2004, 7:33 am
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Interesting MVP Gold Benefit
I often change the times and/or dates of my Alaska/Horizon flights and the no change fee for MVP Gold is one of the most important benefits for me. What I didn't know is that it applies to flights on other carriers booked through AS as well as AS/QX. I have a flight coming up that I made major changes to yesterday. Two segments were on Horizon, four were on AA.; I added another city (2 more segments on AA) to the itinerary and extended the trip by four days, thinking I'd be charged the typical $100 AA change fee. (And no, these were not code share flights.) How wonderful to learn that there was no fee to change since I booked through AS and I'm MVP Gold.
Way to go Alaska!
Way to go Alaska!
Oct 1, 2004, 12:44 pm
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Glad it worked for you,
I usually buy K,V,Q fares which require 7 day advance purchase. If I find out that I can get an early start on my trip, I usually can't change as I need to meet the 7 day advance purchase requirement.
However I can change the return flight which is good especially if I am looking for an upgrade and F is full on my flight, I can look at an earlier or later flight with availability 
Also sometimes, availability is an issue, and although there are seats on the plane, the K,V,Q buckets are sold out.
I usually buy K,V,Q fares which require 7 day advance purchase. If I find out that I can get an early start on my trip, I usually can't change as I need to meet the 7 day advance purchase requirement.
However I can change the return flight which is good especially if I am looking for an upgrade and F is full on my flight, I can look at an earlier or later flight with availability Also sometimes, availability is an issue, and although there are seats on the plane, the K,V,Q buckets are sold out.
Oct 4, 2004, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by BLI-Flyer
I often change the times and/or dates of my Alaska/Horizon flights and the no change fee for MVP Gold is one of the most important benefits for me. What I didn't know is that it applies to flights on other carriers booked through AS as well as AS/QX. I have a flight coming up that I made major changes to yesterday. Two segments were on Horizon, four were on AA.; I added another city (2 more segments on AA) to the itinerary and extended the trip by four days, thinking I'd be charged the typical $100 AA change fee. (And no, these were not code share flights.) How wonderful to learn that there was no fee to change since I booked through AS and I'm MVP Gold.
Way to go Alaska!
Way to go Alaska!
Just for clarification - you are talking about making bookings through Alaska/Horizon which incorporate other airlines (such as AA) segments in the itinerary, correct?
Oct 4, 2004, 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by deeman
Thats pretty amazing. I change AS flights often but did not realize the others could be changed to.
Just for clarification - you are talking about making bookings through Alaska/Horizon which incorporate other airlines (such as AA) segments in the itinerary, correct?
Just for clarification - you are talking about making bookings through Alaska/Horizon which incorporate other airlines (such as AA) segments in the itinerary, correct?
Last edited by BLI-Flyer; Oct 4, 2004 at 5:40 pm
Oct 5, 2004, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by deeman
Thats pretty amazing. I change AS flights often but did not realize the others could be changed to.
Just for clarification - you are talking about making bookings through Alaska/Horizon which incorporate other airlines (such as AA) segments in the itinerary, correct?
Just for clarification - you are talking about making bookings through Alaska/Horizon which incorporate other airlines (such as AA) segments in the itinerary, correct?