Everyone in Seattle is pretty worked up about the Seahawks return to the Super Bowl. So it was no surprise that more than 80,000 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members from Oregon, Washington and Alaska (20 percent more than last year) entered a contest to win a spot on a special charter flight to Phoenix for a Super Bowl party on February 1. MVP Gold members could also bid miles – which would be donated to Children’s Hospital in Seattle.
The 56 contest winners – and their guests – along with 6 top mileage bidders (who bid a total of 2.2 million miles!) – enjoyed an inflight tailgate party to Phoenix and will be cheering on Russell Wilson, Alaska’s ‘Chief Football Officer’, and his team Sunday evening.
Here are some photos from the flight.
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- Alaska Airlines’ check-in area welcomes Seahwawks fans – known as 12s.
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- Contest winners for the Russell Wilson Fan Flight 2 had a special check-in line
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- Russell Wilson (cut outs) were available for photo ops
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- Alaska Airlines employees helped get the pre-flight party going
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- Ed Young and Nancy Douglas from Sitka, Alaska were especially pleased to be on this flight. Both are cancer survivors and Nancy’s last chemo session is next Wednesday.
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- Julie & Tom Rash bid 390,000 miles – which go to charity – to be on the flight.
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- Russell Wilson’s Fan Flight II took place on board Alaska’s “Go Rusell” 737-900ER aircraft
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- Who wouldn’t want their photo taken with this Russell Wilson??
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- In-flight snack bags included Skittles and 12th Man Seahawks chocolate bars
