Alaska Airlines "loyal cardholder dinner"

[Chrispee]

I just got an invitation from Alaska Airlines to attend a dinner at a prominent Vancouver restaurant as "one of our most loyal credit cardholders". It appears to be a complimentary 4-course dinner complete with wine... Has anybody ever gone to one of these?

 

[DeniseM]

I just got an invitation from Alaska Airlines to attend a dinner at a prominent Vancouver restaurant as "one of our most loyal credit cardholders". It appears to be a complimentary 4-course dinner complete with wine... Has anybody ever gone to one of these?

I will bet anything that this is not sponsored but Alaska Air at all - it's someone stealing the name to sell something.

What does the fine print say?

Did you google the phone number?

 

[vacationhopeful]

Could be selling a "vacation club" package?

 

[Chrispee]

I originally thought it was nefarious but upon closer inspection it does seem to originate from Alaska Airlines. Here's the LinkedIn profile of the sender: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/carmen-rendoni/5b/2b3/222

I'll save and link the email image when I get home from work... It all looks very official though (and I work with info systems and websites for a living).

 

[Chrispee]

 

[Chrispee]

Just seemed a little strange to me since I don't think of myself as a particularly high spender on my Alaska card, but perhaps there aren't too many big spenders in the Vancouver area for whom this is the card of choice. I was also unaware that these loyalty dinners were even a thing. The timeshare user in me is always suspicious of a free meal...

 

[Cruisin14fun]

It is real. I read a review yesterday on a blog. It included pictures of the dinner that was provided at the Canlis? in Seattle. Apparently it was very successful, and Alaska decided to offer more of them. Here's a link to the review.http://www.travelcodex.com/2015/10/...utm_campaign=Feed:+travelcodex+(Travel+Codex)

Teresa

 

[Chrispee]

It is real. I read a review yesterday on a blog. It included pictures of the dinner that was provided at the Canlis? in Seattle. Apparently it was very successful, and Alaska decided to offer more of them. Here's a link to the review.http://www.travelcodex.com/2015/10/...utm_campaign=Feed:+travelcodex+(Travel+Codex)

Teresa

Interesting, but I'm sure not blasting off 25k points to take my wife out for dinner. There's no mention of payment in my invitation, I guess I'll have to rsvp and see what happens.

 

[Ty1on]

Here's a link to the review.http://www.travelcodex.com/2015/10/...utm_campaign=Feed:+travelcodex+(Travel+Codex)

Teresa

the link said it cost 12,500 miles....

 

[Chrispee]

the link said it cost 12,500 miles....

the article says 12,500 per person

 

[Cruisin14fun]

Interesting, but I'm sure not blasting off 25k points to take my wife out for dinner. There's no mention of payment in my invitation, I guess I'll have to rsvp and see what happens.

I totally agree, that's a lot of points. Your invite says nothing about points though, and it sounds like a wonderful evening for the price. You can't beat free!

 

[BevL]

I wouldn't spend points but free is good.

Have you checked Flyertalk's Alaska board? They're usually pretty in the know with things.

 

[Ty1on]

the article says 12,500 per person

Yeah that's what I meant. I didn't see the 25K comment above when I posted.

 

[Ty1on]

I totally agree, that's a lot of points. Your invite says nothing about points though, and it sounds like a wonderful evening for the price. You can't beat free!

It doesn't say it's free, either. I'm guessing they spring the cost when he calls or emails.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

the article says 12,500 per person

At one penny per point (which is what Alaska gives you when you redeem points for reduced air fare) that's $125/person for the meal. Which is probably a good price, if that type of dining is something that interests you.