Customer Care Representative

From our call centers or their homes, contact center and reservations agents handle everything from urgent travel plan changes to mileage plan award travel. Our agents are out-of-the-box thinkers who engage each guest interaction with kindness. We want to hear from you if you can be welcoming to people from all walks of life, think on your feet, and manage a flexible schedule. In return, you’ll receive a competitive total rewards package, professional development opportunities, and other benefits that are all designed to take you places.

The Customer Care Representative is responsible for resolving tier I guest inquiries, complaints, and requests for assistance at Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. As a member of the Customer Care team, this individual contributor role delivers superior customer service to our guests by offering accurate information and creative resolutions.

• Provides superior customer service to guests of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air by offering accurate information and creative resolutions to customer inquiries, complaints, and requests for assistance.
• Responsible for tier I Customer Care activities:
  • Handles incoming calls/chats from customers in a prompt and courteous manner.
  • Handles written correspondence with customers and other departments as needed.
  • Researches and resolves customer issues, keeping accurate records of interactions.
• Escalates complex calls requiring a higher level of problem resolution to Customer Care Representative II or Customer Care Specialists.
• Promotes strategic partnerships by educating customers about Alaska Airlines’ marketing promotions and program benefits.
• Maintains records of customer complaints and reports that information to the appropriate departments for correction.
• Identifies problems critical to website operation and reports them to the Supervisor.
• Conveys knowledge to customers of Alaska Airlines’ services and products including the Mileage Plan program and alaskaair.com.

Required

• A minimum of 1 year of customer service experience.
• Familiarity with internet applications (e.g., Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.).
• Excellent customer service skills (e.g., verbal, written, listening).
• Enthusiastic and willing to play an important role in helping to retain guests of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel. PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Typing speed of at least 25 WPM.
• Ability to organize and multitask to solve complex administrative challenges.
• Ability to navigate diverse challenges while resolving customer concerns.
• Ability and willingness to work from home, including:
  • Must establish and maintain designated work area within Washington state.
  • Must maintain a dedicated telephone line and high-speed, hard wired internet connection at own expense.
  • Minimum connection speeds must be met.
  • In-office time is required for initial training as well as periodically thereafter.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Ability to communicate in English.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred

• Saber/IMAGE and computer experience (Windows environment).
• Familiarity with AS policies related to fare and ticketing rules/policies and operational procedures.
• Sales and marketing experience.
• Knowledge of the workings of the alaskaair.com web site, including content, navigation, interaction with other systems, etc.
• Bilingual in Spanish.

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable.

The starting wage for this role is specified in the job posting and represents the minimum pay for this position. During training and while working in the office, this will be the applicable rate. After completing training and transitioning to remote work, the wage may be adjusted to align with the local minimum wage of your remote work location (home address). However, the pay will never be lower than the rate listed in the job posting, regardless of local minimum wage requirements.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air pay and benefits can vary by company, location, number of regularly scheduled hours worked, length of employment, and employment status.

• Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air
• Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits
• Generous 401k match program
• Quarterly and annual bonus plans
• Generous holiday and paid time off
   

For more information about Alaska/Horizon Total Rewards please visit our career site and view benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action (AA) employer that is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), political views or activity, or other legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Government Contractor & Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulations

Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air are regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT – regulations, 49 CFR part 40) and all applicants are advised that post-offer and/or pre-employment drug testing will be conducted to determine the presence of marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines or a metabolite of these drugs prior to any offer or employment or transfer into a safety-sensitive position. Failure to submit to testing or positive indications of drug use will render the applicant ineligible for employment with Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air and any employment offer will be withdrawn.