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Swank new ways to fly + cool new places to fly to

06/05/25

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 […]

Orlando Airport pin exchange + Win a Tokyo trip

05/14/25

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 […]

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Flights we’d take on Alaska and United

05/13/25

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 […]

Alaska Airlines trading cards + Where we’d go

04/28/25

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 […]

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Snaps from the Alaska Airlines Lounge at SFO

07/26/24

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 […]

Now two airlines will ship your wine for free

05/22/24

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, […]

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Funny or not? Saturday Night Live on Alaska Airlines door plug debacle

01/22/24

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 […]

Safety

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Airlines offer travel advisories/waivers for weather & 737-9 MAX inspections

01/09/24

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 […]

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Alaska Airlines offers early boarding to holiday sweater-wearers on Dec 15

12/11/23

December 15 is National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day and to mark the holiday anyone wearing a holiday sweater (ugly or not) will be offered priority boarding on Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air flights. Holiday sweater-wearers with flights that day will be invited to board after group B and throughout December all travelers will be greeted […]

Holidays

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