American and Alaska / AS earnings and elite benefits as of 31 Mar 2021
Feb 22, 2023, 8:10 pm
#286
Join Date: Apr 2010
Programs: AA PP, UA 1K/MM, WoH Globalist, HH Gold
Posts: 1,201
As an EXP, flying AS on D fare for a distance of 1000 miles, you will get 2700LP: base miles 100% of miles flown, a cabin bonus 50% of base miles, a status bonus 120% of base miles.
Feb 23, 2023, 5:41 am
#287
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Programs: AAdvantage Exec Platinum, Hertz #1 Club Gold Five Star, IHG Platinum, Marriott Gold, HHonors Silver
Posts: 2,039
Feb 27, 2023, 1:43 pm
#288
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA ExecPlat; AF Gold; UA GS; Hyatt L. Globalist; Marriott Plat; Hilton Diamond; National EE
Posts: 6,165
I am AA Exec Plat. I am ticketed in N fare class on an Alaska Airlines flight JFK to SFO. The system is trying to charge me $135 for a premium class seat. Is that correct?
Feb 27, 2023, 2:37 pm
#289
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, Hyatt Glob, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, Total Wine & More Reserve
Posts: 4,523
When that happens, I just chat or text AS, and they gladly assign me the PC seat that I want.
Feb 27, 2023, 2:47 pm
#290
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA ExecPlat; AF Gold; UA GS; Hyatt L. Globalist; Marriott Plat; Hilton Diamond; National EE
Posts: 6,165
No, but there's been a few times when the system has tried to charge me after ticketing, especially if it's after I do a flight change. Most of the time it clears up after a few minutes, but in a few cases it does not.
When that happens, I just chat or text AS, and they gladly assign me the PC seat that I want.
When that happens, I just chat or text AS, and they gladly assign me the PC seat that I want.
Feb 27, 2023, 3:23 pm
#291
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP, Hyatt Glob, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, Total Wine & More Reserve
Posts: 4,523
For some reason, the process of getting complimentary PC seats doesn't work consistently with flight changes. What was strange was that even when it tried to charge me for PC seats, the message that I'm waitlisted for First re-appeared, so it still recognized my AA status.
Feb 27, 2023, 4:00 pm
#292
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,220
And of course, so I hate to ask, but you do have your AA number in the reservation, right?
Feb 27, 2023, 4:11 pm
#293
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,929
Complimentary Premium Class seats are available to AA Platinum status members as follows: Y, B, H, K, M, L, V, S or N fares after ticket purchase; all other fares at 72 hours before departure; Alaska Airlines Saver Fares (booked in ‘X’) are NOT eligible. @TravelinSperry, what is your fare class and are you at the 72 hour mark?
Feb 27, 2023, 6:23 pm
#294
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: NYC
Programs: AA ExecPlat; AF Gold; UA GS; Hyatt L. Globalist; Marriott Plat; Hilton Diamond; National EE
Posts: 6,165
Thanks. Yes, the AA no. was in the reservation, and the picking the seat part was after I already had bought the ticket.
Feb 27, 2023, 10:00 pm
#295
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: SF, CA, US
Programs: AA Plat Pro, UA MM Gold, HHonors Silver, Marriott Bonvoy Plat, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 1,236
FWIW, the last few times I've flown on AS metal the flights have posted to my AAdvantage account before I've even boarded the plane.
Feb 28, 2023, 1:07 am
#296
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EUG
Programs: AS MVP, AA MM, HH Diamond, MR Gold
Posts: 8,220
And we've been the opposite - I usually have my AS number in, my husband his AA - my miles post to AS within a day or two, my husband's AA miles have often taken more than a week.
Feb 28, 2023, 12:51 pm
#297
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 202
Hello travelmad478 , I have no recent experience with this but according to https://www.aa.com/i18n/aadvantage-p...a-airlines.jsp, the fare classes are still the same:
with the following footnotes:
There is also a section describing the process for Immediate access to Premium Class seats and Waitlisting for Premium Class seats.
Y, B, H, K, M, L, V, S or N fares after ticket purchase; all other fares at 72 hours before departure
**Alaska Airlines Saver Fares (booked in ‘X’) aren’t eligible for upgrades to First Class or access to preferred or Premium Class seats.
^AAdvantage® status members can upgrade 1 companion traveling on the same flight and in the same reservation.
^AAdvantage® status members can upgrade 1 companion traveling on the same flight and in the same reservation.
MarkY123, is that list of fare classes for PC eligibility/timing still accurate? I just bought two one-way tickets on AS for a trip in June/July, online. One booked into L and I was able to get an AS phone agent to move me into a PC seat a minute later; the other booked into V and a (different) phone agent said that I'd have to call for the upgrade no earlier than 5 days before the flight. I did provide my OWE (BA) FF number when I was doing the booking, and in neither case was I able to book the upgraded seat online--I had to call. But if your info is correct, I should be able to get the PC seat on the V ticket now, not 5 days before the flight. Should I call AS back and make a stink?
Feb 28, 2023, 7:00 pm
#298
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,929
Hello travelmad478 , I have no recent experience with this but...
The one other thing I realized upon re-reading your original post was that it referred to AA EXPs, whereas I am a BA Gold (same OWE level, but maybe not running according to the same rules on AS???) Anyway, it's all a moot point now. Yay!
Mar 2, 2023, 11:40 pm
#299
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: YYF/YLW
Programs: AA, DL, AS, VA, WS Silver
Posts: 5,951
Thanks for that detailed response! Even before you wrote it, I decided to take another whack at AS's phone line but before doing so, went back to look at my two bookings--and magically, the one that I was told wasn't available for upgrade until T minus 5 days had, in fact, already been upgraded! So I didn't even have to call.
The one other thing I realized upon re-reading your original post was that it referred to AA EXPs, whereas I am a BA Gold (same OWE level, but maybe not running according to the same rules on AS???) Anyway, it's all a moot point now. Yay!
The one other thing I realized upon re-reading your original post was that it referred to AA EXPs, whereas I am a BA Gold (same OWE level, but maybe not running according to the same rules on AS???) Anyway, it's all a moot point now. Yay!
Mar 3, 2023, 6:10 am
#300
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
Programs: BA GfL
Posts: 5,929
According to Alaska’s website, and to the two Alaska phone agents I spoke to, they are.