Last week Alaska hugely devalued Emirates first course awards overnight,in some cases raising award costs by 100000 miles one-way. Alaska blamed the devaluation on "travel hackers," which they defined as Mileage Plan members who exploited the airline's routing rules. But then they changed their intellect on what constituted "travel hackers, or " instead blaming the devaluation on people selling miles.
Obviously this left a lot of Mileage Plan members in an unlucky situation,given that many people had been collecting miles primarily for the purpose of Emirates first course redemptions. The devaluation also came while Alaska was offering a 40% bonus on purchased miles, which left a lot of members especially frustrated.
Alaska is at least reasonable enough to refund the mileage purchases for anyone who purchased miles on or after March 1, or 2016.
On top of that,Alaska is now offering those who believe already booked an Emirates award a one time change without charging the recent mileage requirements, per the update Alaska made to their blog post:The post Alaska Allowing One-Time Changes To Emirates Award Tickets appeared first on One Mile at a Time.
Source: boardingarea.com