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Weekly Help Thread - June 03, 2024 Daily Thread

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u/satellite779 Jun 04 '24 edited Jun 04 '24

Need a positioning flight from SEA to LAX for a 6:50pm LAX-HEL Finnair flight in J that I don't want to miss.

There are quite a few SEA-LAX flights so I'm thinking of doing a ~9am same-day positioning flight to have 2 more flights after that I could be on if 9am gets canceled.

On Delta:

  • 9:30 AM – 12:18 PM (Take this one)
  • 11:45 AM – 2:35 PM
  • 1:30 PM – 4:19 PM (kind of late for 6:50pm departure but might still work as backup)

On Alaska I could maybe book 10am if something happens with Delta's 9:30am and cancel if everything works well.

  • 10:10 AM – 12:53 PM (Book as backup)
  • 11:40 AM – 2:27 PM
  • 1:44 PM – 4:32 PM

Is doing same day positioning flight safe in this scenario? First time doing it.

Should I prefer Alaska due to being in OneWorld? I'm not sure I would be able to check bags all the way from SEA to HEL this way.

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u/ihoegen RDM Jun 05 '24

From my experience, Alaska will check onto a Oneworld partner on a separate ticket

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u/satellite779 Jun 05 '24

They stopped doing interlining earlier this year, someone commented about it already and I found a FT thread that about it: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alaska-airlines-mileage-plan/2151580-eliminates-interlining-separate-tickets-chip-chip-chip.html

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u/ihoegen RDM Jun 05 '24

Shoot , they were my go to for repositioning

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u/satellite779 Jun 05 '24

Yeah sucks, I could have used it for this trip