<\/a><\/p>\n The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card is one of my favorite travel credit cards. It was one of the first travel cards I owned.\u00a0I’ve referred to it as a “No Brainer”<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0and its Companion Fare feature lets you redeem an additional ticket for ~ $120.00 once a year. It is one of the easiest, no blackout date, and few stipulations benefits that is a pleasure to use. Over the years we’ve saved thousands of dollars on air travel for our family and friends, and between Susan and I we currently hold 3 cards (there is a business version). The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Card has always been a valuable travel credit card, and now it’s even more valuable.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can now redeem Virgin America flights with your companion fare. This is a big deal. The benefit seems to have come on line in the past couple days. This change and introduction has been suspiciously quiet. Alaska Airlines hasn’t announced the new benefit; and it\u2019s not being discussed. Alaska Airlines had announced that they were working on getting Virgin America flights included into companion fares by the end of March. It is apparent that they have now done it.<\/p>\n I stumbled into the feature by using a certificate that was going to expire in the next couple days. I had been holding off, hoping the integration of Virgin America flights would occur.<\/p>\n Combined route map Alaska Airlines and Virgin America<\/p>\n In the past this benefit was limited to Alaska Airlines flights only. No other airline codeshares, no American flights, no Delta flights, no foreign partners; Alaska Airlines metal only. Even with this limitation it was still a valuable benefit. If there are two seats left on a flight you can use your certificate. The “discount code” expiries one year after the issue date, but can be redeemed for flights one year forward. This is much better than other card companion fares that require the flight be completed by issue date.<\/p>\n Using the certificate is easy and last night I redeemed my soon to expire discount code on a college tour trip for our youngest daughter.<\/p>\n <\/a>From your account page select Valid<\/strong> for current companion fare codes<\/p>\n <\/a>Select the “SHOP” button to find flights<\/p>\n Fill in flight details<\/p>\n <\/a>Virgin America flights are now shown as an option<\/p>\n <\/a>Even multicity options are allowed<\/p>\n