Alaska Airlines

At Maui right now and the pilot just said winds are too calm for takeoff, so they need about 15 people to volunteer to get off to reduce weight. They’re offering $1000 vouchers, which sounds nice, but I’ve never heard of this before. Is this actually a thing or just a weird...

My Alaska account got hacked last night and someone booked two flights using 400k miles. What caught me off guard was how they tried to hide it. I suddenly got flooded with hundreds of random “welcome” and verification emails. Buried in all that was the actual alert from Alaska...

Flight 872 from Seoul to Seattle got cancelled due to a maintenance issue with a cargo door. Honestly expected chaos, but Alaska handled it pretty well. They put everyone on buses, got us to a hotel for the night, covered the room and breakfast, and gave clear instructions in...

I’m hoping someone here might know the answer because Princess support wouldn’t give me a clear one. I have an Alaska cruise departing from Vancouver soon. My concern is a hypothetical situation where my flight is delayed and I miss the initial embarkation. If that happened,...

Had something new happen on a recent Alaska flight out of Burbank. The gate agent announced the flight would be weight restricted because of strong winds and the extra fuel needed. They asked for 11 volunteers to take a later flight from LAX instead. The offer was a $500 voucher...

This just happened to me today on Alaska. I bought first class tickets about a month ago for both directions. On my return flight, while I was waiting to board, I suddenly got reassigned out of first class to a middle seat halfway back in the plane. Pretty frustrating after...

Just got a pretty brutal schedule change from Alaska and trying to figure out what my options are. We booked a nonstop flight to Puerto Vallarta for a family trip in a couple weeks. It was supposed to be about a 5 hour direct flight. Now Alaska emailed saying the flight changed...

Looking at the Alaska credit cards and trying to figure out if the Summit card really makes sense over the Ascent. From what I can tell, Summit gives 25k points each year tied to companion tickets plus another 10k points on the account anniversary. Using a rough value of about...

We have an upcoming trip with a few connections and just wanted to see if anyone has experience with this route. The itinerary is SLC to Seattle with Alaska Air in the evening, then after a 3 hour layover Seattle to Taipei with Starlux. After arriving in Taipei there’s about a 7...

My partner and I flew to Seattle from Detroit and his checked bag never made it. At check in, our agent set the bags down to tag them, but another agent accidentally put my partner’s bag on the belt before it was tagged. Our agent said he’d radio someone and take care of it,...

Seeing reports that Alaska jacked up Mileage Plan rates for 2027 flights. ANC to Juneau apparently went from 5k minimum to 10k. A lot of West Coast routes out of Anchorage that used to price around 10 to 12.5k are now showing 17.5k. That’s not a small tweak. That’s basically a...

JFK can definitely be confusing with lounges. Since you’re Alaska Gold which is oneworld Sapphire and flying Finnair internationally, you should have oneworld lounge access regardless of cabin. That usually gets you into the oneworld partner lounges at JFK when departing on a...

Flying Saturday BOS to SAN. First class only has 2 seats taken right now. I’m MVP Silver so I’m not expecting a complimentary upgrade. Offer in the app is $490, which feels high considering how empty it looks. Do these buy up prices usually drop closer to departure? Or does...

Heading home mid October and only seeing economy awards unless I want to burn 200k+ for biz. So looking at either Icelandair via KEF (A321/neo) or Alaska via SEA (787). Both in economy. For those who’ve done them, is there a noticeable difference in seat comfort or overall...

Trying to plan Skagway and I really want to do the helicopter tour with the dog sled camp. But the White Pass train looks amazing too. Is it realistic to do the helicopter in the morning and then the train up/bus down in the afternoon? Or is that just over scheduling and asking...

Was supposed to fly to Puerto Vallarta on 02/26 but after what happened there, I’m not going. We booked Saver fares. Called Alaska and they said since flights are still operating tomorrow, there’s no refund or credit option right now. I get that Thursday is a few days away and...

Kind of surprised that on the new 787s, Alaska doesn’t have a real Premium Economy cabin like AA, BA, and other oneworld partners do. Feels like a miss, especially for long-haul. Main Cabin Extra style seating just isn’t the same as proper Premium Economy with a wider seat and...