Sunday evening turned troublesome for Alaska Airlines and thousands of its passengers when the carrier experienced an IT outage and issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizons Air flights to address the issue. The ground stop lasted just a few hours, but it may take days to get all affected passengers to […]
This week there was news about new planes with upgraded interiors and a bevy of “let’s go!” new routes. Earlier this week we shared photos and notes about the new seasonal Edelweiss Air flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich. Alaska Airlines also announced that flights between Seattle and Rome will begin in May […]
In March 2024, Orlando International Airport (MCO) joined the Pin Trading world with its very own line of collectible “MCO Icons” pins. Since then, travelers have picked up pins (and pairs of the airport’s snazzy socks) through occasional giveaways and pin exchanges online and onsite. Here’s another chance to get those goodies. There’s an MCO […]
Alaska Airlines’ 1st intercontinental route: SEA to Tokyo (Image courtesy Port of Seattle) On Monday, Alaska Airlines celebrated its first intercontinental flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT). The new daily flight, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, which Alaska Airlines acquired in September 2024, is on an A330 aircraft and is the first of 12 international […]
How to get Alaska Airlines’ new pilot trading cards Airports have them. Delta Air Lines has new ones. Even the therapy animals that roam airport concourses have them. Now Alaska Airlines has issued a new set of trading cards that you can collect too. On World Pilot’s Day (April 26) the carrier debuted a new […]
Here’s what’s inside Alaska Airlines new lounge at SFO Airport Alaska Airlines debuted its new lounge in Terminal 1 (by Gate B6) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week and we visited for a preview. This new lounge has 230 seats, a wide variety of seating options, upgraded food and drink options, plenty of […]
Sunday evening turned troublesome for Alaska Airlines and thousands of its passengers when the carrier experienced an IT outage and issued a system-wide ground stop for Alaska Airlines and Horizons Air flights to address the issue. The ground stop lasted just a few hours, but it may take days to get all affected passengers to […]
This week there was news about new planes with upgraded interiors and a bevy of “let’s go!” new routes. Earlier this week we shared photos and notes about the new seasonal Edelweiss Air flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich. Alaska Airlines also announced that flights between Seattle and Rome will begin in May […]
In March 2024, Orlando International Airport (MCO) joined the Pin Trading world with its very own line of collectible “MCO Icons” pins. Since then, travelers have picked up pins (and pairs of the airport’s snazzy socks) through occasional giveaways and pin exchanges online and onsite. Here’s another chance to get those goodies. There’s an MCO […]
Alaska Airlines’ 1st intercontinental route: SEA to Tokyo (Image courtesy Port of Seattle) On Monday, Alaska Airlines celebrated its first intercontinental flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT). The new daily flight, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, which Alaska Airlines acquired in September 2024, is on an A330 aircraft and is the first of 12 international […]
How to get Alaska Airlines’ new pilot trading cards Airports have them. Delta Air Lines has new ones. Even the therapy animals that roam airport concourses have them. Now Alaska Airlines has issued a new set of trading cards that you can collect too. On World Pilot’s Day (April 26) the carrier debuted a new […]
Here’s what’s inside Alaska Airlines new lounge at SFO Airport Alaska Airlines debuted its new lounge in Terminal 1 (by Gate B6) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this week and we visited for a preview. This new lounge has 230 seats, a wide variety of seating options, upgraded food and drink options, plenty of […]
Love wine? Love taking wine home when you travel? We do too. Alaska Airlines has a long-running and very popular Wine Flies Free program that allows members of its mileage plan program to check a case of wine without having to pay an extra baggage fee when flying from 32 West Coast cities in Washington, […]
Saturday Night Live aired a spoof commercial this past weekend using the recent Alaska Airlines door-plug emergency incident as inspiration. The airline’s new slogan, SNL’s fake commercial says, is “Alaska Airlines. You didn’t die and you got a cool story.” Other lines that may – or may not – make you chuckle, include: “On other […]
Between the storms in many regions of the country and the grounding of all Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft for inspection, there are a lot of flight cancellations, schedule disruptions, and airline travel alerts. Here are links to the current travel advisories and waivers (as of early Tuesday, January 9, 2024) in effect for some of […]