Alaska's Famous Companion Fare™ FAQ

Alaska's Famous Companion Fare is offered to eligible Alaska Airlines Visa® cardholders (US), the Alaska Airlines Visa® Business card (US), as well as the World Elite® Mastercard® and Platinum Plus® Mastercard® (Canada). The companion fare entitles the cardholder to purchase one round-trip coach companion fare on Alaska Airlines from $121 (USD) ($99 base fare plus applicable taxes and fees from $22 depending on your flight itinerary) when traveling with another guest on a paid published coach airfare on the same itinerary, booked at the same time. Travel must be booked at alaskaair.com. Mileage cannot be used as a form of payment, however mileage credit accrual is allowed for both travelers. Travelers are responsible for all applicable taxes, fees, surcharges and applicable checked baggage fees. The companion fare discount code is not valid with award travel, and cannot be combined with other discounts.

The code is automatically added into your My account profile after qualifying.

US – New eligible Visa® consumer cardholders should see their code after spending the required amount on purchases within 90 days from account opening. The companion fare code will be posted to the primary cardholder's Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan / My account approximately 6 to 8 weeks after qualifying.

Canada - Platinum Plus Mastercard® and World Elite Mastercard® credit card holders qualify for their code after spending $1,000 or more in net purchases in the first 90 days of account opening. The companion fare discount code will be credited to the primary cardholder's Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account approximately two billing cycles after qualifying, and then on an annual basis dependent on your enrollment anniversary date.

Business Card - For business credit card accounts, the companion fare code is issued after spending the required amount in net purchases within 90 days of account opening. The companion fare code will be posted to the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account approximately 6 to 8 weeks after qualifying. And then annually on your credit card anniversary date.

Eligible Visa® primary cardholders whose accounts are open with active charging privileges on their account anniversary, will receive a Companion Fare Discount Code within the first 2 billing cycles after the anniversary date each year. Typically, your account anniversary will fall approximately 6 to 8 weeks after the date on which you originally open your credit card account. The Companion Fare Discount code will be credited to the primary cardholder's Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan™ account.

You can redeem your companion fare by selecting the Shop button within the Discount and companion fare codes section of your My account profile. This will automatically apply your companion fare code to the new reservation. The discount will be reflected on the "Available flights" and "Cart" pages. The companion fare code will not be redeemed until you have selected the "Purchase" button on the "Review and Payment" page. For companion fares issued on or after October 1, 2019, both the primary fare and the companion fare must be purchased using your Alaska Airlines credit card.

Your companion fare code can be applied to a new reservation made at alaskaair.com for Alaska Airlines flights only. Your reservation must be made for two people booked in the same itinerary, traveling together, and ticketed at the same time. Companion fare codes are only valid on alaskaair.com.

The expiration date listed on your companion fare code indicates the date by which you must redeem your companion fare code and purchase your fare. Your companion fare code must be redeemed by 11:59 pm PT on the expiration date. Once ticketed, travel can be completed after the expiration date — within 12 months of the date of issue.

You can view your companion fare code's expiration date by logging into your My account profile and viewing the "Discount and companion fare codes" section. The expiration date cannot be extended, and once your discount code has expired, it cannot be exchanged.

The Mileage Plan™ member who owns the companion fare code must either be one of the travelers or the purchaser of the reservation. If the member is allowing two travelers to use his or her companion fare code, then the member's name must match the name on the credit card used to purchase the reservation.

No. The companion fare code is only valid for use with published purchased fares.

Both travelers can earn mileage credit for their flights in their own Mileage Plan™ accounts. Please be sure to provide the Mileage Plan™ numbers when booking your reservation, or when you check in for your flight.

You can view your companion fare code's terms and conditions by logging into your My account profile and viewing the "Discount and companion fare codes" section. Select the Bank of America® companion fare link under the terms and conditions column.

Yes. When traveling on a companion fare, you are eligible for all upgrades we offer. You can upgrade using miles, elite + companion upgrades, guest upgrades, or paid upgrades that may be offered at check-in. You and your companion must travel together on the same reservation, in the same cabin, and upgrade space must be available for both guests.

We can’t separate guests traveling on a companion fare into separate cabins, or upgrade you at separate times. Except for the companion upgrade allowed for our Gold and 75K elite members, both guests must use the same type of upgrade. (For example, a guest upgrade and an upgrade using miles can’t be combined.)