Alaska Airlines
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Alaska Flexes Its Heartland Muscles
Northwest Airlines was an absolutely ruthless competitor, and I mean that in the best way. With its hubs in Detroit and Minneapolis/St…
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Alaska’s New Paint Job, London Service Point Toward Premium
Alaska continues its metamorphosis into a premium global carrier today by announcing a couple of new routes as well as a new…
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Flying the Friendly Seas on Kenmore (Trip Report)
I’ve already told you about my big, fancy jet flights on Alaska, but if you need a runway, you aren’t doing real…
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A Taste of Elite Status on Alaska (Trip Report)
With my daughter at camp for two weeks and my son on an adventure with my parents, my wife and I had…
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Earning Back the Cost of Alaska’s Premium Class (Trip Report)
The day I was flying up to San Francisco, Alaska had a total of 108 flights solely-within California on 15 distinct routes.…
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More Than Just the CEO’s Mom: Why Rome Isn’t Crazy for Alaska’s First European Flight
When Alaska announced that its first European route would be from Seattle to Rome/FCO next summer, there was some head-scratching all around.…
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Stunning Scenery Flying Alaska To Santa Rosa… But Also Delays (Trip Report)
Every year, I try to gather with a group of friends from grad school. We usually do it in Vegas, but I…
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With the New Terminal Opening in San Diego, Alaska and Southwest Prepare for Battle
You know that I love watching the drama between United and American in Chicago, but get ready for a new favorite battle:…
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A Bumpy Start to My Alaska Elite Status Journey (Trip Report)
I received an invite to a United event at SFO, and my curiosity was piqued. It was advertised this way: “Join CEO…
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Alaska Optimizes Flying by Retiming A321s and Hubbing Portland
Alaska was busy working on integrating its Hawaiian fleet this past weekend. I should be mad that they dumped all these changes…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Start to Move Metal Around
We’ve seen bits and pieces of Alaska’s plans for its integration with Hawaiian, but this weekend the airline loaded its first major…
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Alaska Goes Global With New Asia Flying, Hear From CEO Ben Minicucci About This and So Much More
Today’s post is coming a bit earlier than normal, and that’s because Alaska has just announced a whole lot of news in…