Author Topic: AS devaluation of EK redemptions (Read 18613 times)

Emkay · « **on:** March 31, 2016, 06:42:06 AM »

was just about to book it, what a pain in the AS(S)!
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/03/31/alaska-emirates-award-devaluation/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=One

SLMYRCB · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2016, 06:43:31 AM »

Quote from: Emkay on March 31, 2016, 06:42:06 AM

was just about to book it, what a pain in the AS(S)!
http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/03/31/alaska-emirates-award-devaluation/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=One

Oh Noooooo!

I had my eyes on that one

Hershelsdeals · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2016, 07:18:43 AM »

Horrible

benjie1305 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2016, 07:28:08 AM »

I have HKG-DXB-JFK in my cart literally just waiting on the points to post.

Hershelsdeals · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2016, 08:11:47 AM »

Let @AlaskaAir know how we feel.

AJK · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2016, 08:45:26 AM »

Holy moly.

I feel like I just got dumped.

benjie1305 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2016, 08:51:15 AM »

chucksterace · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2016, 08:59:07 AM »

Um.. Only one word.

WOW

benjie1305 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:21:58 AM »

Anyone know if this is true or just them laying the blame on others?

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Dan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:23:40 AM »

Emirates probably raised their redemption costs. Whether that was overnight, we'll probably never know

Aaaron · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:39:15 AM »

This hit me worse than the AA deval. Jeez..

ETA: It doesn't look like their Twitter reps even realize what happened.

ETA2: Andre is sharing a lot of concerns.. https://twitter.com/AlaskaAir/with_replies

lubaby · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:42:03 AM »

Quote from: Aaaron on March 31, 2016, 09:39:15 AM

This hit me worse than the AA deval. Jeez..

This hit everybody worse. AA announced the devaluation many months in advance, so everybody had more then enough time to book whatever they needed.

EJB · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:45:01 AM »

Quote from: Dan on March 31, 2016, 09:23:40 AM

Emirates probably raised their redemption costs. Whether that was overnight, we'll probably never know

+1. Easy for Emirates to do this since it's not part of an alliance. I wonder if it was specific to AS or across the board...

Aaaron · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:45:30 AM »

Quote from: lubaby on March 31, 2016, 09:42:03 AM

This hit everybody worse. AA announced the devaluation many months in advance, so everybody had more then enough time to book whatever they needed.

But this is only on one partner. Plenty of other great AS redemption options.

Yehuda57 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:46:17 AM »

Poor Andre

shmoe joe · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:47:03 AM »

Quote from: benjie1305 on March 31, 2016, 09:21:58 AM

Anyone know if this is true or just them laying the blame on others?

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I have a guy in Alaska airline and he confirmed it has nothing to do with them!

EJB · « **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:51:28 AM »

Quote from: Aaaron on March 31, 2016, 09:45:30 AM

But this is only on one partner. Plenty of other great AS redemption options.

They set the precedent that they are willing to massively devalue without notice. The timeline for the CX devaluation has started...

Hershelsdeals · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:53:12 AM »

Quote from: shmoe joe on March 31, 2016, 09:47:03 AM

I have a guy in Alaska airline and he confirmed it has nothing to do with them!

Them as in?

benjie1305 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:56:42 AM »

I do understand why they aren't announcing it ahead of time. If the goal is to slash EK F redemptions, they would not be doing themselves a favor giving people 2 months to basically book every EK F flight out there.

Dr Moose · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2016, 09:57:58 AM »

Quote from: benjie1305 on March 31, 2016, 09:21:58 AM

Anyone know if this is true or just them laying the blame on others?

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Why would EK care how many miles are used? They're being reimbursed at a set rate, not per mile that you redeemed using AS miles.