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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2019, 01:59:58 PM »
Hope it'll take faster then SQ.
Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2019, 02:14:07 PM »
Does this mean less LY availability?

Always praying for delayed baggage.

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2019, 02:35:00 PM »
Does this mean less LY availability?
No

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2019, 05:58:51 PM »
that was fast, maybe premature? Opposite issue was the last partnership leak. Aer Lingus had put out a press release about AS partnership before AS made any mention of it. Seems similar here with EL AL not making a coordinated announcement.

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2019, 03:01:46 PM »

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2019, 09:25:21 PM »
Does this mean less LY availability?
No
Potentially, as more room for redemption =more sears redeemed.
404 already?
Probably for an edit (false info in original post...)
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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2019, 10:24:33 AM »
Potentially, as more room for redemption =more sears redeemed.
its still the same availability. It’s just more ways to redeem

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2019, 10:46:53 AM »
its still the same availability. It’s just more ways to redeem
More ways to redeem can mean more seats will be redeemed...just a potential outcome
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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2019, 03:55:55 PM »
TPG has an article about this with a chart crediting dan for reporting about it.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/alaska-airlines-partnership-el-al/. It links to the dead page referenced above.
Why would dan delete the post? Did he get contacted by the airline asking him to remove it?

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2019, 04:18:16 PM »
TPG has an article about this with a chart crediting dan for reporting about it.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/alaska-airlines-partnership-el-al/. It links to the dead page referenced above.
Why would dan delete the post? Did he get contacted by the airline asking him to remove it?

Dan didnt delete...

https://www.dansdeals.com/airfare-deals/israel-flights/alaska-airlines-will-partner-el-al-mileage-earning-award-redemption/?utm_source=push

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2019, 10:13:46 PM »
Dan didnt delete...

https://www.dansdeals.com/airfare-deals/israel-flights/alaska-airlines-will-partner-el-al-mileage-earning-award-redemption/?utm_source=push
Sorry I missed that. The link in the TPG article to dan's article went to a 404 message so I thought that the article was taken down. I see that now it actually goes to the article. So either Dan's article was removed and returned or TPG fixed the link.

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2019, 11:44:35 AM »
Sorry I missed that. The link in the TPG article to dan's article went to a 404 message so I thought that the article was taken down. I see that now it actually goes to the article. So either Dan's article was removed and returned or TPG fixed the link.

Dans article was removed for some time. I got a link Sat night in israel, wasn’t working, next morning (in israel) it was back up.

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2019, 03:29:09 PM »
Even if they don't integrate quickly and I can't redeem on El Al for a while, this is a game changer for me and I think for El Al's competitiveness on the West Coast (and seems like it would be for those SFO businesman buying paid company tickets frequently).  I'm going to be flying 3-4 times annually and I often see El Al fares I want to buy but just can't justify paying for a seat and not at least earning points.  I know others are haters but if El Al is remotely competitive I'd much prefer to fly them over other airlines, for tons of reasons.  And if I can accrue lots of my coveted Alaska points that I love to use on CX or BA first class then my choice for what to buy is already made!

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2019, 05:15:33 PM »
The link on the AS page is back up along with an official announcement on their facebook page along with a sweepstakes to win airbnb gift card

https://blog.alaskaair.com/el-al-airlines-sweepstakes/

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Re: Alaska Airlines adds EL AL as partner eff 7/1/19
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2019, 05:18:05 PM »
The link on the AS page is back up along with an official announcement on their facebook page along with a sweepstakes to win airbnb gift card

https://blog.alaskaair.com/el-al-airlines-sweepstakes/

Thanks!