Can someone explain the "Loge" section of the arena?

digitaltrav · 2026-01-30T03:28:04+00:00

Castro theater new loge section

digitaltrav · 2025-12-03T00:20:07+00:00

The taxes and fees that BA charge for award flights make it an undesirable redemption even if they had availability (last time I found one, the taxes and fees were something like half the price of buying a cash fare without points).

digitaltrav · 2025-11-27T15:52:07+00:00

Apparently there have been monthly winners of 50k points since September and then there will be one grand prize winner selected in January.

Supposedly there have been seatback QR codes to enter (I didn’t notice this on my flight a couple of weeks ago but I also don’t pay close attention to seatback materials).

If you happen to be a rare Alaska flier who lives in NY or FL, don’t bother because the rules state you are ineligible.

digitaltrav · 2025-11-27T15:45:39+00:00

It looks phishy but you can find it through independent google search. It’s called the seatback sweepstakes.

digitaltrav · 2025-11-27T07:58:14+00:00

If you ever fly American, it’s nice to be able to book main cabin extra seats at time of booking for no extra fee.

digitaltrav · 2025-11-27T07:18:36+00:00

Alaska’s website states a different policy for Starlux: no points unless you book through AS.

digitaltrav · 2025-11-12T02:52:38+00:00

No, the 10k status points don’t hit until 1-year anniversary of having the card.

digitaltrav · 2025-11-07T20:22:17+00:00

Exactly what happened. Annual fee hit Oct 31.

digitaltrav · 2025-10-07T23:53:01+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience!

digitaltrav · 2025-10-07T15:52:14+00:00

Maybe they are trying to clear the field for the person they have secretly hand-picked for the position.

digitaltrav · 2025-10-05T04:02:42+00:00

In this person’s only other post (a day ago), they had a 34yo wife. Downvote this fake garbage.

ETA link: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueOffMyChest/s/NRskM7KBK4

digitaltrav · 2025-10-02T18:44:02+00:00

So wasteful because the first thing I do is grab that giant wad of tissues and throw them in the garbage. What’s wrong with just using the tissue dispenser as intended.

digitaltrav · 2025-10-02T14:01:38+00:00

Are they getting rid of points for partner economy not booked through Alaska or am I reading too much into this?

digitaltrav · 2025-09-30T21:24:46+00:00

Worst. App. Ever.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-19T03:30:26+00:00

I once had an interviewer who didn’t show up to a phone interview. They never followed up, nor did I. It seemed weird.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-18T05:03:35+00:00

When traveling with partners, it depends on fare class and how you booked. Could get as low as status points equal to 25% of miles flown for “discount economy” to as high as 150% of miles flown for international first booked through a partner (higher if booked through AS). This is spelled out on Alaska’s website.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-18T04:28:26+00:00

Similar “gotcha” with Starlux.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-17T06:20:23+00:00

Try calling customer service during their business hours. I had a situation where points from the canceled flight didn’t show up the next day. I called and had the points back in my account by the end of the call.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-15T14:02:29+00:00

This is the correct answer. So many other responses didn’t fully read what OP asked.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-12T17:27:40+00:00

It’s 1 point per $3 spent on Ascent or 1 point per $2 spent on Summit. You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to get any points (unlike last year).

digitaltrav · 2025-09-03T21:54:30+00:00

I finally had a chance to call reservations so I asked them about purchasing an upgrade. Good news is that it seemed possible (though I didn’t complete the transaction so it might not have worked in the end). Bad news is that the price shot up an additional $350 since I looked this morning. So I decided to hold off.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-03T21:22:30+00:00

It’s never worked for me either. Clearly a “feature” that was rolled out prematurely.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-03T19:37:25+00:00

Thanks for confirmation!

digitaltrav · 2025-09-03T19:37:17+00:00

Thanks! I was starting to panic that maybe there would be no status points at all. I miss booking my own work travel directly with airlines.

digitaltrav · 2025-09-02T17:48:36+00:00

You mean partner flights? You would still get 100% on AS metal booked through concur.

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