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Please do a video on how to redeem YOUR ALASKA MILES FOR YOURSELF IN BOOKING A TRIP AND HOW TO USE YOUR COMPANIAN CODE IN THE SAME ROUND TRIP BOOKING. I need to see a video of this.
This video is PURE GOLD! Not even because you explain well everything I already knew about AK, but 1 phrase you will never guess you dropped on the way haha
Korean air is actually cheaper to southeast Asia than JAL at 60k points vs 65k but you have to book round trip and JAL seems to have more availability. Also Alaska now allows redemption on Singapore bit at a pretty high rate.
Very good video on Alaska program. I have used Cathay and Japan airlines and using the stop over. Some of the best redemptions there are. Best way to get Alaska miles long term in the US is the Amex Marriott Business card. 4x Bonvoy on eating out, Gas and cell Phone bill. Wish Bonvoy CC had a grocery category on one of their credit cards.
I have a video request, can you do the most valuable ways to redeem to each continent/ location without using aeroplan? Like which airlines points to use to europe, which ones to use for middle east etc. etc. all in premium cabins? Like doing the top airline to redeem with for each zone. Thanks.
I hacked the sh***t out of Mileage Plan during their full integration with American Airlines seat inventory. Now it's gone to crap, but it was fun while it lasted. - Red
I like to redeem business class on Korean to Asia but the downside is that you have to book round trip, as you know they charge the same miles as one way.
why do we have to use british airways website or qantas to find flights? why can't we just go directly to cathay pacific's website to find the flights?
Cathay Pacific often displays more award space to members of their own program, so it's not always the most reliable indicator of the space that you can book with partners.
Hey Ricky, love ur videos. I have a question, when I meet the minimum spend and receive the points, what happens to the points after I cancel my card. Do the points dissapear when I cancel the card?
With the Alaska card, the miles go into your Alaska account every month, so when you cancel the card you still keep the miles. If it's a transferrable currency like Amex points, then you gotta make sure to transfer out your points or merge them with another card before you cancel, or else you lose them.
How do you search for availability on Cathay pacific from Hong Kong to Cape Town? I called Alaska and they can only search for Cathay pacific from Seattle to HKG but not going forward to cape town on the same itinerary.
Hi, i'm trying to search for flight from Toronto to HK a year from now with Cathay Pacific first class, i went on British Avios website and Quantas website, none of them shows Cathay Pacific, any other way to search ?
Thank you again Ricky ! Rotate the Alaska Product every 6 months, does that sound about right ? Apply right after a cancel , or wait a few days ? Thanks !
I have this card, but when I try to use Quantas to look for rewards flights, it asks me for my membership number and PIN. How do you get a PIN to see the awards flights on Quantas?
That's only good for Alaska-operated flights, so it depends on if you live somewhere that's served by Alaska and/or fly with them often. I myself have redeemed hundreds of thousands of Alaska miles but have never actually flown with them!
Just a question, why can't we search for award space on cathay straight from the specific airline itself. I've seen this often, where another site is used to search for award space. Why is it so and how do you know which other airline site to use? Is it usually any partner airline?
Alaska hasn't integrated Cathay flights into its search engine, and that's basically the way it is. I usually use the British Airways website to search for Cathay Pacific flights.
Hey great video, I just opened a Alaska credit card a few weeks ago and had a question about earning the bonus points. I was raised to pay off the credit card before the statement balance period, however I wanted to ask if that will affect my points earning if I pay off the statement before the new statement period?? Or should I wait for for the balance to roll over into the next period and THEN pay it of?? Any help is appreciated
There are a few other ways to get small amounts of miles especially if you live in Alaska through groceries with Carr's/safeway or your internet bill with GCI.
Hold for three months, switch to a no-fee card, reapply for a new card now that you're no longer holding the card, then move credit from your existing no-fee card if you happen to be declined.
Ricky has an article about this. I have not tried it myself, but apparently if you open a new GCR account using a different email address to apply for the card again, you should get the rebate one more time. If you want a higher chance of getting the rebate every time you re-apply, you simply have to open a new GCR account.
@@patrickchen4390 Do I need to apply through the MBNA website or to the GCR website to get the rebate? I already have MBNA Trueline I'm thinking of product switch to this card and split my credit limit
@@runnershikers6806, you have to apply through GCR website to get the rebate. Cant apply by spliting the credits unless you get declined for your application.
@@runnershikers6806 , congratulations! If you get approved by applying through GCR website and if this is your first time applying for the card, you definitely will get the rebate. How you get the rebate depends on your GCR account setting (e.g. in gift card, via paypal or a cheque). You need to look into your GCR account setting to decide how you want to receive the rebate.
Yes. Always keep it in the background. Alaska lets you to apply for their cards very frequently. However, if you are turned down by MBNA for adding to much credit limit in a short time(ie applying for a bunch of cards because you want the bonus points) you can call them and ask them to split the credit limit on your no-charge-card and apply the rest to the new card. They use TD office for their in Canada credit applications. Their application process can be very difficult. They originally asked me for two years of tax returns!! My application was approved only when they saw I already had a BestWestern mbna card and I agreed to a lower credit limit on my new card. I make $150/yr and my credit score is over 800!!
Hey Ricky, your example of Vancouver - HK - South Africa, are we able to do that flight and stopover in First Class? You mentioned First Class was 70,000 points 1 way but said 'Business Class' when you quoted your example itinerary. That seems like an awesome itinerary if possible on First Class. 140,000 Asia Miles seems more worthwhile than 215,000 Aeroplan miles when transferring from AMEX.
Yes - for 70k points, it'll be Vancouver-Hong Kong in First Class followed by Hong Kong-South Africa in business class, because Cathay doesn't operate First Class to South Africa.
Hi Ricky! 3 thumbs up on a great video. Just for clarification, if you cancel the Alaska world elite MasterCard after 3 months of getting the 30,000 bonus miles, are you not going to lose the 30,000 bonus?
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Living in Alaska this is one of the only cards that lets us escape the state haha
You live in Alaska? I'd love to visit one day :)
Haha that is very well said (posting this from Thailand as someone that lives in Alaska).
I realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to stream new tv shows online ?
@Nathan Emiliano flixportal :D
@Jadiel Marvin Thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!
Please do a video on how to redeem YOUR ALASKA MILES FOR YOURSELF IN BOOKING A TRIP AND HOW TO USE YOUR COMPANIAN CODE IN THE SAME ROUND TRIP BOOKING. I need to see a video of this.
Thank you Ricky! I was waiting for the alaska miles video!
Please make videos on how to redeem AsiaMiles, Avianca and American miles. Love your channel🤩
This video is PURE GOLD! Not even because you explain well everything I already knew about AK, but 1 phrase you will never guess you dropped on the way haha
Korean air is actually cheaper to southeast Asia than JAL at 60k points vs 65k but you have to book round trip and JAL seems to have more availability. Also Alaska now allows redemption on Singapore bit at a pretty high rate.
Very good video on Alaska program. I have used Cathay and Japan airlines and using the stop over. Some of the best redemptions there are. Best way to get Alaska miles long term in the US is the Amex Marriott Business card. 4x Bonvoy on eating out, Gas and cell Phone bill. Wish Bonvoy CC had a grocery category on one of their credit cards.
Thanks for sharing cathay pacific first class hong kong to south Africa.
Cape town is the most beautiful city in this world.
I'll be there in May 2020! Excited to check it out.
@@PrinceofTravel I hope to meet you Ricky. You are welcome
Another good sweet spot is from Auckland to Canada cost 60,000 Alaska miles for business class
You are awesome, I subscribed!
I have a video request, can you do the most valuable ways to redeem to each continent/ location without using aeroplan? Like which airlines points to use to europe, which ones to use for middle east etc. etc. all in premium cabins? Like doing the top airline to redeem with for each zone. Thanks.
Great idea. It's on my list now.
I've been searching about this card in the past few days 👍
The Casey Neistat of churning
How can we transfer MR points to Alaska ?
I hacked the sh***t out of Mileage Plan during their full integration with American Airlines seat inventory. Now it's gone to crap, but it was fun while it lasted.
- Red
I like to redeem business class on Korean to Asia but the downside is that you have to book round trip, as you know they charge the same miles as one way.
Using Alaska miles? :0
So the main perk of Alaska is it's HUGE partner network?
What’s that watch? Thanks for these videos. Love the Canadian content
It's an Instrmnt: www.instrmnt.co.uk/
How do we transfer Avios points to the Alaska mileage plan?
Keep up the good work!
why do we have to use british airways website or qantas to find flights? why can't we just go directly to cathay pacific's website to find the flights?
Cathay Pacific often displays more award space to members of their own program, so it's not always the most reliable indicator of the space that you can book with partners.
I’m based in France, what is the best loyalty program ? I travel long haul 3 or 4 times a year
Hey Ricky, love ur videos. I have a question, when I meet the minimum spend and receive the points, what happens to the points after I cancel my card. Do the points dissapear when I cancel the card?
With the Alaska card, the miles go into your Alaska account every month, so when you cancel the card you still keep the miles. If it's a transferrable currency like Amex points, then you gotta make sure to transfer out your points or merge them with another card before you cancel, or else you lose them.
The mbna Information you shared they said its not valid please can you check your link
Do you think that not cancelling this card and instead just buying Alaska miles from the programme as you stated would also be worthwhile?
How do you search for availability on Cathay pacific from Hong Kong to Cape Town? I called Alaska and they can only search for Cathay pacific from Seattle to HKG but not going forward to cape town on the same itinerary.
Hey Sebby!
Hi, i'm trying to search for flight from Toronto to HK a year from now with Cathay Pacific first class, i went on British Avios website and Quantas website, none of them shows Cathay Pacific, any other way to search ?
Thank you again Ricky ! Rotate the Alaska Product every 6 months, does that sound about right ? Apply right after a cancel , or wait a few days ? Thanks !
Sounds about right, but you could achieve a 3 month cycle by following the switch-and-then-move-credit technique outlined in the video.
I have this card, but when I try to use Quantas to look for rewards flights, it asks me for my membership number and PIN. How do you get a PIN to see the awards flights on Quantas?
Hey Ricky, what about the companion pass that I see on their website, is that good for any flight?
That's only good for Alaska-operated flights, so it depends on if you live somewhere that's served by Alaska and/or fly with them often. I myself have redeemed hundreds of thousands of Alaska miles but have never actually flown with them!
Are the miles actually worth mile to mile? As in 20,000 mile points convert to actually being able to use them and travel actually 20,000 miles?
No, you earn 20,000 miles when you fly 20,000 miles, but then you redeem them based on the rules and charts of the program.
Just a question, why can't we search for award space on cathay straight from the specific airline itself. I've seen this often, where another site is used to search for award space. Why is it so and how do you know which other airline site to use? Is it usually any partner airline?
Alaska hasn't integrated Cathay flights into its search engine, and that's basically the way it is. I usually use the British Airways website to search for Cathay Pacific flights.
Hey great video, I just opened a Alaska credit card a few weeks ago and had a question about earning the bonus points.
I was raised to pay off the credit card before the statement balance period, however I wanted to ask if that will affect my points earning if I pay off the statement before the new statement period?? Or should I wait for for the balance to roll over into the next period and THEN pay it of?? Any help is appreciated
Does Alaska Airline's Mileage Plan program have gotchya's to watch out for, like Aeroplan's 12 month non-activity rule that expires your points?
24 months no activity, I hope they change this because other major airlines are starting to as well
There are a few other ways to get small amounts of miles especially if you live in Alaska through groceries with Carr's/safeway or your internet bill with GCI.
What is the recommended churn cycle for this card? Hold for 6m, close, and reapply after 3m?
Hold for three months, switch to a no-fee card, reapply for a new card now that you're no longer holding the card, then move credit from your existing no-fee card if you happen to be declined.
@@PrinceofTravel thanks! to clarify, at 3 months, you switch to a no-fee card, AND apply for a new alaska card? so you are re-applying every 3 months?
Can i product switch from WE to PP and then PP to WE and then WE to PP every 3 month for forever??
So is it just the first year I can get the rebate? (GCR)
Ricky has an article about this. I have not tried it myself, but apparently if you open a new GCR account using a different email address to apply for the card again, you should get the rebate one more time. If you want a higher chance of getting the rebate every time you re-apply, you simply have to open a new GCR account.
@@patrickchen4390 Do I need to apply through the MBNA website or to the GCR website to get the rebate? I already have MBNA Trueline I'm thinking of product switch to this card and split my credit limit
@@runnershikers6806, you have to apply through GCR website to get the rebate. Cant apply by spliting the credits unless you get declined for your application.
@@patrickchen4390 Thanks! i just got approved by applying through GCR website. And just wondering if I get the rebate
@@runnershikers6806 , congratulations! If you get approved by applying through GCR website and if this is your first time applying for the card, you definitely will get the rebate. How you get the rebate depends on your GCR account setting (e.g. in gift card, via paypal or a cheque). You need to look into your GCR account setting to decide how you want to receive the rebate.
Please help me recover my Ak air milesit has been years
Is there a way to get the sign up bonus in Quebec?
Do you keep the no fee card while you have each of the Alaska card?
Yes. Always keep it in the background. Alaska lets you to apply for their cards very frequently. However, if you are turned down by MBNA for adding to much credit limit in a short time(ie applying for a bunch of cards because you want the bonus points) you can call them and ask them to split the credit limit on your no-charge-card and apply the rest to the new card. They use TD office for their in Canada credit applications. Their application process can be very difficult. They originally asked me for two years of tax returns!! My application was approved only when they saw I already had a BestWestern mbna card and I agreed to a lower credit limit on my new card. I make $150/yr and my credit score is over 800!!
Hey Ricky, your example of Vancouver - HK - South Africa, are we able to do that flight and stopover in First Class? You mentioned First Class was 70,000 points 1 way but said 'Business Class' when you quoted your example itinerary. That seems like an awesome itinerary if possible on First Class. 140,000 Asia Miles seems more worthwhile than 215,000 Aeroplan miles when transferring from AMEX.
Yes - for 70k points, it'll be Vancouver-Hong Kong in First Class followed by Hong Kong-South Africa in business class, because Cathay doesn't operate First Class to South Africa.
Hi Ricky! 3 thumbs up on a great video. Just for clarification, if you cancel the Alaska world elite MasterCard after 3 months of getting the 30,000 bonus miles, are you not going to lose the 30,000 bonus?