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Saver fare reference guide

Revised September 17, 2024

Booking agent responsibilities

When selling Saver fares, you must clearly explain Saver fare restrictions to guests before finalizing their purchase.

Alaska has worked with GDS and distribution partners to ensure all partners have the correct messaging and information to communicate these fare restrictions clearly in shopping flows and branded fare displays. Similar to baggage fees and codeshare operations, the booking agent is responsible for properly disclosing Saver restrictions and conditions to the guest, as required by Alaska’s booking and ticketing policy.

The following sections describe Saver fare rules and restrictions in more detail.

Booking/fare rules

  • No refunds are allowed beyond the first 24 hours after ticketing. For flights booked on or after May 22, 2023, departing on or after July 19, 2023, a credit for 50% of the ticket value can be issued for flights cancelled at least 14 days to departure of the first flight on the ticket.
  • Confirmed reservations for all sectors and ticketing must be completed at the same time.
  • No same-day confirmed changes are allowed for Saver fares.
  • No standby is allowed for Saver fares, even for Elite guests.
  • If a guest is a no-show for the first leg, all other segments are automatically canceled and the total fare is forfeited.
  • Saver fares cannot be combined with any other fare types on the same itinerary.
  • Tickets must be issued on AS/027 ticket stock.
  • Saver fares are non-transferable.
  • Contact the inside sales desk at 1-800-327-2755 for minor name corrections.
  • Interline travel is not permitted on the same ticket.

NOTE: Saver fares and rules will be filed in ATPCO branded fares.

Advisory: As part of our continued efforts to combat raising fraudulent and abusive bookings of Saver fares in Edifact, as well as other violations of AS rules and contract of carriage, starting from 1st of August, 2024, AS will send a debit memo with a $100 administrative fee to any ticketing IATA that is using a different IATA to create a booking for a saver fare while also manually overriding the automated pricing response in your GDS (FCMI is not equal to 0). Moreover, AS reserves the right to instantly remove access to our products and services to any ticketing agency that is engaging in booking practices from non-accredited agencies in order to mitigate any abuse of our inventory or any other violations of our rules.

Seat assignments and availability

  • No seat assignments are available at the time of purchase. Seats are assigned at check-in only.
  • For parties of two or more, adjacent seating is not guaranteed.
  • Premium Class seats will be available for an additional fee at alaskaair.com beginning in Q1, 2019.
  • Because seat assignments are not allowed with Saver fares, an error message will appear in the native GDS booking environment seat map if you attempt to assign a seat.
  • Contact the Inside Sales Desk at 1-800-327-2755 for special-needs guests, unaccompanied minors, and infant seat assignments.

Identification (COS/FCB/fare type/fare brand)

  • Booking class: Saver fares are filed in booking class (RBD) “X” and at a range of levels, each one is linked with a corresponding fare basis. This applies to the corresponding fare basis beginning with a Y, S, B, M, H, Q, L, V, K, G, T, R.
  • Dual availability required: Saver fares require dual availability (book “X” but another applicable Main Cabin inventory code must also be available).
  • Identification: Saver fares are identified by a “B” in the 7th character of the fare basis code. For example: RH4OASBN
  • Fare type code: EOU (economy one-way unbundled).
  • Attributes/Restrictions: Saver fare attributes and fare restrictions are available on alaskaair.com and in Sabre Branded Fares, Travelport Rich Content and Branding, and Amadeus Fare families.

Inhibiting Saver fares

  • If you do not wish to sell Saver fares, you can inhibit their display on GDS’s and OBT booking tools. Contact your GDS or OBT Help Desk for detailed instructions on how to inhibit Saver fares.
  • If you do not inhibit Saver fares, they will be displayed as the lowest-priced available fare in the markets in which they are filed.