Costco selling Alaska Airlines Gift Cards for 10% off
Nov06

Costco selling Alaska Airlines Gift Cards for 10% off

Well here’s a deal we don’t see every day. Costco.com, Costco Online, is currently selling Alaska Airlines $500 gift cards for $449.99. That’s 10% off, and it’ll stack with a bunch of other offers as well. The Deal Buy a $500 gift card for $449.99, with a limit of 10. Here’s the link to buy (NOT a referral link or commission link), and here’s the fine print: Save 10% on an Alaska Airlines Gift...

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Alaska Airlines Service and Catering during Covid-19
Sep10

Alaska Airlines Service and Catering during Covid-19

Each Airline is taking their Covid-19 situation slightly differently. Alaska Airlines seems to be taking it a step further, rolling out a “Next Level Care” operation that takes into account everything from cleaning to touch points in the airport.  Alaska Airlines’ policies on Covid will remain in effect until October 31st, but I imagine they’re going to be extended past that. An empty plane! Onboard...

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Alaska Appears to be Quietly Eliminating Some First Class Upgrades
Aug25

Alaska Appears to be Quietly Eliminating Some First Class Upgrades

Alaska Airlines has always been a very customer centric company, with some of the most popular elite benefits for their most frequent fliers. During the pandemic, they’ve been very flexible with changes, credits, cancellations, and the like. One incredibly popular benefit for MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members are the Gold Guest Upgrades. On any flight with upgrade space available, you can redeem one of these codes for an instant...

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Earn Alaska Airlines MVP Elite Status Miles via Credit Cards
Jun05

Earn Alaska Airlines MVP Elite Status Miles via Credit Cards

If you haven’t been flying much in the past few months, you’re not alone. Airline loads are down, revenues are down, and the coveted elite fliers have not been filling the seats like they used to. Airlines have worked hard over years to maintain that level of loyalty and don’t want the covid-19 pandemic to deter people from considering flying with them in the future. Historically, the only way to earn elite status...

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Stealth Mileage Plan Devaluation? Alaska Airlines Restricts JAL First Class Awards
Jun04

Stealth Mileage Plan Devaluation? Alaska Airlines Restricts JAL First Class Awards

Has Alaska Airlines devalued one of their most valuable redemptions without telling anyone? We look into the program’s latest award issue.

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Alaska Airlines Loses Emirates Redemptions. Temporary or Not?
Jun03

Alaska Airlines Loses Emirates Redemptions. Temporary or Not?

In what I can hope is only an error in their IT systems, the ability to redeem Alaska Airlines miles for Emirates flights, arguably one of the more valuable uses of Alaska Airlines miles, has disappeared overnight. The question now becomes whether this is a temporary or permanent change, an IT glitch or something larger because of Alaska Airlines new Oneworld partnership. Emirates Redemption Alaska Airlines allows you to take your...

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Alaska Airlines giving away Miles for Working Out
May14

Alaska Airlines giving away Miles for Working Out

Airlines are looking for ways to keep their loyal customers engage with their company, especially when times show that we simply aren’t flying as much as chances are that we won’t be any time soon. Alaska Airlines just announced a partnership with the fitness app Strava, and if you record your workouts you can earn miles while you’re on the ground. From Alaska Airlines president Ben Minicucci: With all these stay at...

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Alaska Airlines Waives Fees until April 30, 2021
Apr20

Alaska Airlines Waives Fees until April 30, 2021

Alaska Airlines is waiving change and cancellation fees on all their tickets from now until April 30, 2021 in light of the coronavirus Covid-19

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Alaska Airlines’ new First Class Seat? Like a Luxury Car?
Apr18

Alaska Airlines’ new First Class Seat? Like a Luxury Car?

As we live in Seattle, Alaska is our hometown airline. Because we give a large proportion of our business to them, we’re also often flying up in the front of the plane quite a bit. This time last year Alaska announced that they would be releasing a new first class product. Now that the new seat is rolling out on their planes, the question is… is the seat better or worse than before, and are...

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Alaska Airlines Simplifies their Mileage Earning Charts
Feb17

Alaska Airlines Simplifies their Mileage Earning Charts

Redeemable Miles. Elite Miles. Qualifying Distance. Bonus Miles. First Class Bonus. 500 mile minimum. It can be very confusing to try and track just how many miles you’re going to earn from taking a flight on an airline. Delta has MQM and MQDs. United Airlines has PQP, PQM, PQC, PQS, fare based and non fare based miles. American Airlines uses EQM, EQD, Vouchers, Stickers, and more. Seriously, even the most seasoned...

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