{"id":17141,"date":"2015-03-04T21:51:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T05:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=17141"},"modified":"2015-03-04T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T05:51:43","slug":"get-upgraded-alaska-airlines-award-ticket-delta-medallion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2015\/03\/04\/get-upgraded-alaska-airlines-award-ticket-delta-medallion\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Upgraded on an Alaska Airlines Award Ticket as a Delta Medallion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Delta Air Lines has completed gutted their Skymiles program and lost my Gold Medallion status a few days, I have depleted my miles and no longer fly them. That doesn\u2019t mean that all my memories of being a Gold Medallion and the benefits I\u2019ve reaped went away though.<\/p>\n<p>One of the coolest things about being a Delta Medallion Gold or higher is the ability to upgrade on award tickets on flights operated by Delta. That\u2019s how I got upgraded to Business Class on my trips to <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/24\/trip-report-quick-jaunt-guatemala-city-using-delta-skymiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guatemala City<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/09\/04\/trip-report-san-pedro-sula-honduras-dangerous-place-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">San Pedro Sula<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/10\/19\/trip-report-fall-vacation-el-salvador\/\" target=\"_blank\">San\u00a0Salvador<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you know you can upgrade on award tickets even when flying on Alaska Airlines?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an unpublished benefit that\u2019s not in the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Medallion handbook. As long as you add your Delta Gold+ Medallion number to your Alaska Airlines Award Ticket reservation, you can upgrade to First Class provided there\u2019s availability.<\/p>\n<p>The only catch is that you can only upgrade 24 hours before the scheduled departure and you have to do it online. For example, I used 10,000 British Airways Avios to book an Alaska Airlines award ticket from <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?s=LAX-MEX+alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles to Mexico City (LAX-MEX)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>24 hours prior to scheduled departure for my Alaska flight, I went online to check-in and clicked on the \u201cUpgrades Available\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17137\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1.jpg\" alt=\"alaskaupgrade1\" width=\"600\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1.jpg 783w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1-400x316.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1-200x158.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade1-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, I selected the flight to upgrade. Note the upgrade cost was \u2018Complimentary\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17138\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2.jpg\" alt=\"alaskaupgrade2\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2.jpg 824w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2-400x266.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was able to choose a confirmed seat from the First Class cabin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17139\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3.jpg\" alt=\"alaskaupgrade3\" width=\"600\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3.jpg 930w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3-400x293.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3-200x146.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade3-150x110.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I chose Seat 1A and clicked on \u201cCheck-In\u201d to complete the process and printed my boarding pass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17140\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4.jpg\" alt=\"alaskaupgrade4\" width=\"600\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4.jpg 782w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4-400x340.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4-200x170.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2015\/03\/alaskaupgrade4-150x127.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though I\u2019m not a Delta Gold Medallion anymore, this trick to upgrade on award tickets was surprisingly useful and hopefully you can use it too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Delta Air Lines has completed gutted their Skymiles program and lost my Gold Medallion status a few days, I have depleted my miles&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[148,49,50],"tags":[4394,4395,4396],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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