Apologies if this has been discussed in a different thread or announced earlier, but seems AS has updated it's award chart and now is showing as of July 1, 2026 an increase to the Partner Award Booking Fee. The fee will go from $12.50 to $20 per segment per passenger. According to OMAAT, the Summit card fee waiver will still work.

https://onemileatatime.com/news/atmo...-fee-increase/


Also, Upgraded Points is reporting a change to Saver fare earnings, going from 30% of miles flown to 0%. Change is effective for June 11, 2026 bookings and onward. Not sure if this had been announced prior to, but wanted to share this as well.

https://upgradedpoints.com/news/alas...ine-june-2026/

Awesome! Makes the Summit card even more valuable.Harmonizing with AA, which makes sense.

I really appreciate how AS tries to deflect the macro-economic pressures away from its best customers (Atmos elites and Summit card holders) by raising fees that are easily avoided (like partner award booking fee and checked baggage fees) rather than increasing base fares or devaluing the award chart. Thank you!

The award chart has already been devalued since all values are now "starting at" so there is no maximum anymore thats governed by the chart. So I think it can become truly dynamic at any time without updating the chart or terms?

I really wish they would put that partner booking fee into investing is better IT. I still have multiple bookings that I cannot pay with my summit card due to AS own IT issues so risk trying to wait and book through an agent or book the reward and pay the fee then call and try and get customer care to refund it since award space often goes fast.

Man, don't go over to Reddit, they are losing their minds over there over the Saver Fare earning rate.

I've only booked saver a few times outside of short CA/NV hops. For the short inter-CA-NV routes the savings are still worth it since 200-500 points per trip are pretty much worthless and there is no significant in flight service anyways. You can get more points using the shopping portal more easily and cheaply haha.

How popular is Saver? I never even consider it, but that�s mainly because I hate the idea of needing to cancel but not getting anything back.

Argh, I was looking forward to cancelling Summit card after a year.

As a fan of Mileage Plan for partner bookings but rarely fly AS myself and main terminal is TBIT (disconnected from AS lounge airside), the only usefulness of Summit card is the fee waiver. Don't think my speculative booking fees are worth prepaying $395 though.

For the Seattle flyer, this will make Alaska no more attractive than Delta. Just fly whichever is cheaper and has a better schedule. If they wanted to save money but retain an advantage, they should have reduced basic economy earnings to 25% or even 10%.

I now have zero loyalty to any airline. I used to have a lot of loyalty then reduced loyalty during the pandemic. At the same time, my business travel drastically was reduced. So from now on, my business travel will be on any airline with a slow accumulation and my personal travel will be no loyalty at all. That is bad for Alaska, which has a smaller network than all the big airlines, except in Seattle.

What can AS do? Reinstate miles for Saver fares to have something.

I guess you have a few days to book Saver under the old accrual where AA essentially made the BE miles change effective immediately.

I never fly saver, but at the same time it's crazy to think that buying a candy bar at the supermarket on a Bilt card will net you more miles on Alaska than flying a saver fare from JFK-SEA, especially with the recent devaluations.

I'm not surprised but at the same time I thought a change like this was a year or two off. That pot they put the frog into seems to be boiling right about now.

Not disagreeing that the change is bad for many, but you can still accrue points for buying the ticket, just as you can for buying the candy bar. You just don't get points for flying the ticket, just like you don't get points for eating the candy bar...

Really no reason for either of these, except a money grab.

...I understand it may not make a difference.

However I encourage all to make their frustrations heard:

https://www.alaskaair.com/feedback/general-comments?

"Alaska Air Group reported a net loss of $193 million for the first quarter of 2026. This represents an adjusted net loss of $192 million or $1.50 per share), driven by broader airline headwinds including higher jet fuel prices and weather disruptions."

Sounds like they need it...

You know, if they're gonna up the partner fee to the ballpark of Aeroplan and Lifemiles, they ought to let us combine multiple partners on one booking. Those other programs do.