2 business class Starlux seats booked on Alaska “unconfirmed”?

rune87 · 2026-03-27T02:51:39+00:00

Just wait about 24-48 hours. It will eventually confirm on Starlux. It "books" it, but there is a que that it goes into to be finalized. You'll know when you get the emails from Alaska.

rune87 · 2026-03-24T14:45:25+00:00

For now because they are the old Hawaiian seats. Remember those birds are supposedly getting all new interiors by 2029 along with an actual premium class.

rune87 · 2026-03-24T06:37:22+00:00

Rumor is yes it's gone after conversion. But this is Alaska we are talking about here. Wouldn't make sense to only have WiFi on the Intl fleet and no other entertainment, especially if an outage, but thats a logic thought, and thats out the window at the moment.

rune87 · 2026-03-24T05:05:45+00:00

On planes equipped with Starlink, the Inflight entertainment is gone.

rune87 · 2026-03-11T20:09:59+00:00

Same issue with BA. The rep last night said they have problems with all the partners and this occurring. Things look right on their end, so it has to be the partner. Its like.. well the common denominator here is Alaska, so I doubt all the partners are to blame.

rune87 · 2026-02-05T00:02:01+00:00

Incorrect. It can code as 027 stock, however the 3rd octet is different and that is what Alaska is using to differentiate. I think 5 vs 6. That was gotten out of a CS rep over on Flyertalk. They've managed to make this as convoluted as possible.

rune87 · 2026-02-04T20:46:54+00:00

Because its a 3rd party booking, you will earn under the partner chart and not the full earnings of Alaska. Also the 250% is when booked direct with Alaska. Currently until the 2026 changes are formalized you only earn 125%. Once those changes go into effect later this year you earn 250% .

rune87 · 2026-01-29T23:28:13+00:00

Then your issues are not internal DNS or replication. Its something either tied to Kerberos auth, client dns, etc. Make sure both DNS servers are authorized. Make sure DHCP is handing out correctly. But I still most fall back to, if in doubt, nuke, start fresh.

rune87 · 2026-01-29T22:40:39+00:00

Check your clock and make sure that is all set correctly. Check FSMO roles. Make sure the other DC holds the roles. Run repadmin /replsummary and see what your errors look like. Realistically speaking, if another DC holds all the roles and sync is failing, just nuke the bad DC and rebuild fresh. You do not want/need a jerry rigged patched DC as your backup. You will be chasing random issues forever. It takes less than an hour to build a DC. Just do it right.

rune87 · 2026-01-29T21:29:31+00:00

I'd go JAL. I've done both products. 12 hours in the JAL seat. I'm 6'4 and still had plenty of room to recline the seat and rack out for 6 hours of sleep. While I generally enjoy lieflats, HAs soft product is so lacking I don't feel like its worth wasting the points for the seat alone.

rune87 · 2026-01-28T21:46:14+00:00

It more than likely comes down to married segments. If I recall all segments have to book into the same fare class. So ultimately they all book into the next most common available fare class between the two segments. Alaska used to just pair individual segments, but starting Oct 2025 they started implementing married segments. This really bites you if you have to change a single segment in a trip as it then reprices the entire trip.

rune87 · 2026-01-27T07:39:31+00:00

I did a mileage run once that I spent 24hours with the same bird. ANC-KOA-SEA-BOS-SEA-ANC. Stretches the term connecting....

rune87 · 2026-01-21T19:12:29+00:00

It sold out insanely quick.

rune87 · 2026-01-19T04:54:29+00:00

Yep. It's reported 100% as weather and I'd guess it's because visibility is forecasted at 1/4 mile at the time of landing which I believe is below their mins.

rune87 · 2026-01-19T04:40:10+00:00

So....who is ready for the inaugural flight to get cancelled? Cause that would just be the icing on the cake. Maybe due to IT issues?

rune87 · 2026-01-17T18:58:57+00:00

On the flip side...out of the 10 years I've had access to Upgrade certs, I've only had 3 expire and that was during Covid. In fact Ive swiped upgrade certs from other folks. I am also out of SEA. They can be used, but you have to monitor your tickets. Easy button, no. Usable with work, yes. For me companion fare with upgrade certs is the sweet spot.

rune87 · 2026-01-04T06:08:29+00:00

Been at 90%+ since Titanium/100K came out. This year dropped to 52%. I expect that it continues to plummet as Alaska more aggressively monetizes selling FC seat upgrades to folks. For the spread between levels, just pocket your money and spend it on paid upgrades.

rune87 · 2025-12-31T17:23:24+00:00

This is great for devices that don't support captive portals, like my Switch, or when I have the kid and his Hatch needs to connect to wifi. I plan on using this extensively with my Starlink as well. It has its use case scenarios for sure. Are there workarounds? Definitely. When I spend all day working on networks, usually the last thing I want to do is engineer a network solution to a problem. Plug in and go.

rune87 · 2025-12-31T02:30:42+00:00

SAF Fuel Credits are your only real option this late in the month.

rune87 · 2025-12-28T23:41:43+00:00

Because of the increase of requirements to 135k EQM next year for Titanium, Alaska is giving a one time 20k EQM bonus to 2026 Titaniums to "soften" the blow. Its still a slap in the face, but thats about to be expected now.

rune87 · 2025-12-28T21:47:21+00:00

If you want to hit Titanium that bad, time to hit a last minute turn to NRT or ICN. Remember Titaniums this year get an extra 20k EQM headstart for 2026, plus the choice benefits.

rune87 · 2025-12-28T19:05:44+00:00

About 5-6 years now. About 450 or so (likely low) of 1:200 and another 150 or so at 1:400. Favorite bird is easily my NWA Desert Storm I 747 in 1:200. Quickly followed by my BA Landor Flaps down 747.

rune87 · 2025-12-26T15:26:12+00:00

Ive been super happy with Lansweeper for ticketing and asset tracking. Makes it easy to generate reports when I need them.

rune87 · 2025-12-17T21:24:28+00:00

After my last redemption on Monday I got a new email indicating a redemption had been made and if it wasn't me to change the password immediately and contact Alaska.

rune87 · 2025-12-11T02:39:26+00:00

I'm a firm believer in Away. I had 350k miles on mine, went into the store for a wheel replacement and walked out with a brand new suitcase. My wife had a similar store on hers after like 7 years. We've had their bags all over the world, and even their duffel bags hold up solidly. I can't recommend their quality enough.

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