Alaska Airlines Swaps Paper for Rock (for Your Safety!)
In a parallel universe where rock beats paper in a game of rock, paper, scissors, Alaska Airlines replaces all of their paper safety cards on board with… stone?
Alaska Airlines Incredibles Sale, 2 days, from $54
Alaska Airlines is back with another of their famous flash sales, and this one has some of the lowest prices that we’ve seen. Fares start at only $54 one way, and flights to Hawaii clock in at $149 one way. Better jump on these before the deals fly away. The terms are pretty standard for an Alaska Flash Sale: Most fares are Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday Lower fares are available for a slight upcharge on other days Travel must be...
Alaska Airlines offers extra miles while shopping In Store and Online
Earning extra miles by shopping online is nothing new for most seasoned veterans of the miles and points world, but recently airlines have been jumping into the brick and mortar sector. Now, by simply linking your credit cards to your online shopping account, you can earn extra miles by shopping in stores that you go to every day. Quick Online Shopping Recap Just a quick refresher. If you know about online shopping skip to the next...
How many miles can you earn as an Alaska Airlines MVP Elite Member?
Loyalty programs drive loyalty, plain and simple. Earning miles is the airline’s way to give you a little something back for you giving them a bunch of money. American, Delta, and United have all changed to a cost based loyalty program, meaning the more you spend the more you earn. Alaska Airlines is still the only airline that awards you one mile for every mile you fly, and that creates some unique opportunities to earn a lot...
Alaska Airlines offering big discounts with Winter Getaway Sale
Alaska Airlines runs fairly frequent airfare sales, and today’s sale is no different. This one does provide some exceptional value, especially for those who are able to take some short-haul flights or maybe are even considering some end of 2018 or early 2019 mileage running. Fares start at $49 one way. Here’s some sample fares. Great mileage run fares are bolded: Seattle San Francisco $55 San Diego $69 Dallas, Milwaukee,...
Earn Alaska Airlines miles with ReachNow
I love it when airlines look for new ways to reward their members on the ground and help them earn miles. Alaska Airlines has partnered with the car share company ReachNow to grant precious Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles for each rental. What is ReachNow I suppose we should start with a quick rundown of ReachNow. If you’re not familiar, it’s a car share service that uses BWM and Mini vehicles and is a fairly typical...
Adios Mexico! Alaska Airlines drops Mexico City in November
When Alaska Airlines launched their Mexico City route, we were super excited. The relationship with AeroMexico was on the fritz and since we couldn’t credit any AeroMexico flights to Alaska anymore, being able to fly to the capital city was a huge benefit. We could use our companion certificates and gold guest upgrades on a route that had tons of space. Well, now we know why there was tons of space… no one is flying!...
Alaska Airlines offers double miles on Condor Routes
Alaska Airlines is offering double mileage plan miles on Condor routes to and from Frankfurt this fall and winter!
Breaking: Alaska Airlines Employee Steals Plane and Crashes in Puget Sound
Details are coming in about an incident that just happened a few short hours ago at SeaTac airport here in Seattle. The airport was shut down and operations have just resumed. Around 8pm Pacific time an airline employee stole a Horizon Air Q-400 aircraft from SeaTac airport and took off, reports are coming in that there were no passengers on board. The first news of the plane being stolen happened almost an hour after it occurred,...
Alaska Airlines accused of discriminating against gay couple in flight
Alaska airlines is in the hot seat today after a story came out regarding potential discrimination against a gay couple. LGBTQ activists are up in arms, but I think there’s a lot more to this story that is yet to be uncovered. David Cooley, owner of the gay bar The Abbey in West Hollywood, alleges that they were forced to move from their premium class seats together to the main cabin in order to make room for a...