There’s more news from Alaska Airlines about a newly announced premium credit card coming in 2025. Alaska’s team confirmed what benefits the card’s new companion certificate feature will bring, as first reported by Gary Leff view from the wing Based on a conversation with Brett Catlin, Alaska’s vice president of loyalty, alliances and sales.
As we reported On Tuesday, Alaska made some major announcements about its future, including adding flights to Asia from its Seattle hub, realigning its route network now that it has merged with Hawaiian, and adding new lounges . It also confirmed it is adding a premium product to its credit card lineup next summer.
Alaska said the new premium card will include an upgraded version of its existing version alaska companion rental benefits This comes as a benefit Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® Credit Card and this Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Card,
Alaska is introducing an upgraded version of the companion benefit called the “Global Companion Award Certificate” that will be good on international flights, including on some partner airlines.
Now, Alaska is confirming that the companion certificate will be valid for any class of service (including first or business class) on any Alaska mileage redemption, including partner mileage awards.
Cardholders will earn one certificate simply for holding the card and will receive a second certificate if they meet certain spending requirements on the card, although we do not know what the spending requirements will be.
The certificates will reportedly come with different mileage caps, which we also don’t know about yet. The mileage limit will be higher on the certificates you earn through spending. Catlin said customers will also be able to “top up” partner certifications. This sounds like what Marriott Bonvoy credit cardholders can do Add 15,000 additional points to the value of a free night certificate that comes with selection Marriott Credit CardThe new Alaska certificates could work in a similar way.
We’ll have to wait to find out how much the new Global Companion Award Certificates are actually worth, but it’s certainly an exciting development.
Here are some other things we know about the new premium card. The annual fee will be $395. The card will also earn 3 miles per dollar spent on all eligible overseas purchases and dining, which is quite attractive.
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Alaska confirmed that the card will allow customers to waive the $12.50 award ticket booking fee that applies to Alaska Partner Mileage award bookings. it will not forgive fuel surcharge Partners like British Airways charge a fee on award redemption.
Ultimately, the new card will allow holders to speed their way Alaska Mileage Plan StatusHowever there are no public details yet.
Get 500 free Alaska Mileage Plan miles just for joining the waitlist
a fun opportunity for alaska mileage plan Members have to earn 500 Alaska Mileage Plan miles just for putting themselves on the waitlist for the newly announced premium card from Alaska, plus a welcome bonus plus 5,000 bonus miles for being one of the first approved for the fancy new card Will meet. Finally offers.
To earn the bonus 500 Alaska Mileage Plan miles, you must join the waiting list Till 31st December.
Once the card application is open, you can use a special link sent to you by Alaska. Then, if your application is approved, you’ll receive 5,000 bonus miles in addition to the card’s welcome bonus (which we expect to be attractive).
Registration is simple, and you will receive a confirmation notification after signing up.
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“I think when we looked at our credit card portfolio, we saw that missing space, and so we talked about it a lot, and we wanted to offer a credit card that was attractive and attractive to our customers Be profitable,” he said. In an interview with Alaska CEO Ben Minicucci air show podcast,
“This will add significant value to our loyalty program,” he said.
As soon as we hear more about the new card and its benefits, we’ll have a full TPG analysis of the pros and cons and who it might be right for, so be sure to check back.
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