r/AlaskaAirlines

Years ago I opened a BA credit card because Chase had a good SUB, and I'd planned a trip to Europe. That never happened, and I've been slowly cashing out Avios ever since.

My final trip was this past weekend - I used those Avios to book Alaska to SAN. When I booked, I did not have enough to buy first class ... I know it's lame on an E175, but I like my shoulder room even on short flights.

Between the booking and the flight, I made Atmos Silver... I've never in my life flown often enough to earn status, but this year the stars aligned and I got there. This flight to SAN was the first one I'd taken after having reached Silver.

Much to my surprise, both inbound and outbound flights were automatically upgraded to 1st. Economy tickets purchased with points on a partner turning into 1st class is pretty rad. Icing on the cake of my trip!

Just saw this, and seems pretty consistent with a lot of other complaints.

It's strange why Alaska can't seem to figure out its catering for longhaul.

Football- and 787-related announcement coming tomorrow

I recently got the Atmos ascent card and I’m new to Atmos and need advice. Here’s my situation and then the question.
My sister has been in Alaska Airlines rewards for years and she did extensive flying over that time. Now she has over 100k miles and would like to transfer it to me. We obviously live in different households and I have heard that transfer rules are different for those who have been with Alaska Airlines for years. Is this possible and how can you do it?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Booked an award flight on AA using AS miles in FC. Short flight so when I saw Coach availability, I changed my ticket to save on points. I believe I got the miles redeposited for the difference, but both apps still show FC in trips.

I did get an email saying your miles were deposited and you’re booked in coach. Do I let this ride or cancel and re book so I don’t get clowned at the airport?

Just boarded a 4 hour flight on what appears to be a brand new plane. What kind of fresh hell is this? Smallest and hardest seats I've ever experienced on a non budget airline.

Makes the 6 hours I just sat on the 737-MAX9 seem luxurious.

Looking at a booking a flight with Atmos points from LAX to VCE with a 90 minute layover in FRA (Frankfurt). Flight is on condor. Unfortunately with Condor not being part of One World fully, status doesn’t carry over and we can’t optimize for front of plane seating. Reading mixed things about condor but seems ok if the price is right. However, seeing some mixed but enough bad stories about layovers in Frankfurt being a bit of a mess, and even though we wouldn’t do full customs until VCE, we would still have to clear passport control upon entering the EU in Frankfurt. Is this connection too tight for those who have had a layover in Frankfurt?

Just what the title says. What's my biggest bang for the buck following all the changes in partner airline redemptions? DUB will soon no longer be an option with EI pulling out of MSP; KEF used to be a decent option but now a cheap ticket seems to be 90K miles + around $350 in taxes. Fellow Minnesotans in this sub, what are you using your miles on? Only interested in Europe and U.S., so that should narrow things down some.

This return flight will get me to gold but I have the "try gold for a trip". Is it worth it? I already have a lounge pass for the alaska lounge at SFO and I don't think I can get one in Dublin. So I think the answer is not work it but wanted to see what the group thought. Is there a status miles bonus I could unlock?

Secondly - I plan to pay for a seat towards the front since they its likely to have a row to myself and I can see this in the flight map, but I can just wait to do this at check in, right? I don't want to waste an hour on hold with Aer Lingus if I can avoid it.

Update - it looks like AA / OW status members get access to 51st and green (+ a guest). Can anyone confirm?

That said, I thought my SEA-LHR flight was passable. Thanks to all the FAs who try and do a good job for everyone

Am I the only one who wants to see AS pick up a Midwest hub?

My thought is to take advantage of the Amazon A330 cargo partnership and launch CVG as a Midwest hub using a Hawaiian version of the 787 livery on some leased A330s flying to Europe to punch back at Delta.

If you can get cargo for Amazon/DHL to help cover the costs you can probably grab some of the ULCC traffic based there too.

Alaska already has A330 pilots and MRO ops there for Amazon, so it's not a huge stretch.

Just booked at Atmos Award ticket US-South America an American metal for June 7, 2027.

American has historically been generous in changing flights with schedule changes, sometimes moving my award ticket to another American flight even without award availability. Is that still true when booked with Atmos points?

Since June is far enough out that a schedule change or flight cancellation is highly possible, will I be allowed to switch American partner flights if there is a schedule change 60+ minutes per policy, or will this be impossible since it's an Atmos Award ticket? Anyone have recent real-life experience with this?

This popped up when I opened the WSJ app this evening. I assume it is paywalled but overall it is fairly positive.