 Hello everyone, this is financial author Ahmed Dunn of Ahmed Dunn.com on this channel You'll find financial travel and more videos just like the one you're watching right now If you like what you see, please give it a thumbs up and consider subscribing Hello everyone, this is financial author Ahmed Dunn of Ahmed Dunn.com Today I'll have another episode of unboxing video and today I'll be unboxing the Alaska Airlines World Elite MasterCard Before I do that, I'll talk about for five minutes the Alaska Airlines mileage plan Because if you do not know anything about the Alaska Airlines mileage plan, then this great guard Basically will not do any good to you and it means nothing So the Alaska Airlines mileage plan is a very unique program because the Alaska Airlines Is not a part of any airlines alliance However, the Alaska Airlines mileage plan it gives you access to Airlines such as Air France, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Quantas, Emirates and other airlines I believe there's going to be a list inside here of those airlines which they are part of the program is a part of So I'll go over that later now the Alaska Airlines mileage plan loyalty program is one of the most valuable loyalty programs out there or airlines loyalty programs out there because of its unique features and Because of the reason that it gives you access to those airlines even without not being a part of any airlines alliance program such as One World or Star Alliance So the Alaska Airlines mileage plan Or the Alaska Airlines work with master code the first thing comes to 25,000 bonus miles which is enough to fly return anywhere in North America on economy class and Also, it comes with an annual companion fear, which will give you access to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies including Hawaii for Only $121 US dollars So for 121 US dollars you can Have a companion flight when you purchase a full flight and you can fly anywhere with Alaska Airlines Where this Alaska Airlines flies for example if you are going to Alaska Then or if you're going to Hawaii for example, then the airfare ticket can cost easily $1,000 or not American Airport To Hawaii. However, if you do have this card Then you can purchase the second fare for only $121 US dollar when you're paying a full fare to go to Hawaii the only problem with the Alaska Airlines is that they do not come to Toronto or the eastern part of Canada in order to fly Alaska Airlines you have to fly from provinces like British Columbia or Alberta However, when you're using the Alaska Airlines mileage plan miles then you don't have to fly Alaska Airlines because You have access to those airlines which are part of the program such as Emirates, British Airways and Other airlines I just mentioned and I'll give you a full list here very shortly Now something else I would like to Mention is that this card doesn't come with lots of parks and features Such as the insurance Benefits are not that great. So to have this card should be for those who would like to collect Alaska Airlines mileage plan miles and who would like to use the annual companion flight for $120 US dollar. The card has a $75 annual fee, which is much lower than other World elite or other high-end cards, which could easily be in the range of $120 to $150 per year now We'll start with the unboxing very shortly and there will be probably The brochure or literature inside here will provide more information about Alaska Airlines mileage plan Which I'll go through. So let's start with the unboxing So this is the envelope this card is provided in Canada by MB&A and I'll take out Everything from the envelope shortly I'll put that here for now and This This piece right here has the credit card, which I'll come to it later Let's just go over these materials first Okay, so Here we have a disclosure statement. So basically it just tells you about the annual interest rates Interest fee grace period how interest is calculated minimum payment foreign currency conversion It does charge 2.5% foreign currency on foreign transactions and other fees and All sort of stuff so pretty set for now and then here we have other Important information. So it just gives you some more information on how the new balance is calculated or The statement period how it works and all sort of stuff This part is empty So I'll just set it aside here and then looks like we have a small brochure about Credit card balance protection insurance which comes with this card as I told you before this card It doesn't have lots of insurances like like flight cancellation trip interruption emergency medical But it does have a few insurances and one of them is Let's take a look here What we have here credit wise insurance actually this is just an additional insurance to protect your credit Card balance in case of something happens to you, which I never recommend to anyone this is just According to my opinion is wasting of money. So I'll just set it aside here and then in this brochure Alaska Airlines credit card viewers program the terms and conditions. So here is just giving you all the Liability what it means to be Alaska Airlines And bonus miles of Alaska Purchases all sort of stuff So in general this card earns one dollar per regular Per dollar spent so for each dollar you are spending you will be receiving one Alaska mileage plant mile Okay, so if you're buying anything Through Alaska Airlines such as tickets vacation packages and Alaska Airlines cargo cargo purchase All sort of stuff and everything if you're buying anything from Alaska Airlines then actually you're getting Three miles per dollar spent so you get bonus miles on that. There's not much to show Okay, so I'll just put it aside here and Then this is just a brochure about privacy and personal information production notice right here So there's not much to show here I'll just set it aside here and MB&A count agreement There might be something in here. Let's just take a look here. So it just tells you the agreement with us Credit limit balance transfer Exceeding your credit limit over limit transactions. Okay, so I don't see anything here yet Okay, so I'll put it aside here for now So let's take a look here. So this is the main Piece where They have the credit card. So here it just tells you that you aren't one mile per dollar on every day eligible purchases and three months for one dollar on eligible tickets vacation packages and cargo purchase directly from Alaska Airlines. Okay So we have here Take a look here. So here says travel Confidentiality you have got your back fraud monitoring travel and emergency assistance flexible payment methods However, I don't see they're mentioning anything about Anything else and let's take a look here So it just says congratulations. You have chosen the card that goes the extra mile and It just tells you the same thing I told you before each year For example right here Okay, so each year You will receive a discount code redeemable online for a coach companion ticket the company companion fear is good on any Alaska Airlines upper jet flights. This is the companion flight for 121 dollars I was just talking about before Here we have The listing of airlines which are part of the Alaska Airlines mileage plan program So we have 17 airlines here When you have Alaska Airlines viewers miles, you can use that miles on any one of these airlines and That's the unique feature of this program Although Alaska Airlines mileage plan is not part of a part of any alliance, but still it's give you Access to these airline members Members which are part of different alliances. So we have a Mexico Air France American Airlines British Airways Catapacific Delta KLM Japan Airlines Iceland Air Hainan Fiji Airlines and we had Korean Air land Pan Air Qantas Raven Airlines Alaska. So these airlines all of them are unique and you're getting access to all of these and now here we have some benefits of in being online banking, which is nothing new and Here we have some phone numbers for baggage services mileage plan redemption and MB and apart services price protection claim concierge services So looks like it comes with concierge services is it has price protection? Program, which is a price protection insurance So if you buy anything and you see higher prices than you get a refund However, I was not able to find any details of this anywhere. Maybe I missed it Okay, and now we already looked at this before Okay, so now let's take a look at the credit card, which is Right here. So this is how the Alaska Airlines world elite master card looks like so it has the Alaska Airlines mileage plan on top and the world elite is Here and then here's the name. I Remember before this card is to be a black looking card and I believe the older version Look better than this car now the change the face of this car And this is how it looks like now. However, I believe the older one look better But it's not a big deal. So this is what we have here the Alaska Airlines world elite master card and again, I have other unboxing videos on my Channel and I'll give you the link to the Alaska Airlines mileage plan program 101 in the description box below. So feel free to go and visit and on my channel, there are other videos about how to maximize points and Rewards to get lots of travel benefits and if you know how to eat less points and Miles then definitely you can fly business class for paying very little or paying almost nothing I have to coming up in November to Asia. I'll be flying all business class on various airlines such as Air Canada Turkish Airlines Swiss Air and That trip actually all business class trip, but I have paid almost nothing to Fly for a very expensive business class trip, which I'll be talking about more when time comes So that's all for now. Thank you for watching. Please Hit the subscribe button if you like what you see and also please give it a thumbs up and I'll see you shortly Thank you