Alaska Airlines has recently proposed a purchase of Hawaiian Airlines for a sum of around $1.9 billion. Although airline mergers are generally viewed as having a neutral to negative impact …
Alaska Airlines
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Airlines
The Airlines With The Best/Worst Policies/Equipment For People Of Size
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA while back we wrote a post that highlighted the overall layout of U.S. airlines’ policies and procedures for people of size. It seemed fine at the time, but we …
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Airlines
The Loopholes Delta & Alaska Use To Not Pay You For Late Bags
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegBoth Delta and Alaska have policies where, if you’ve flown on their respective airlines and your luggage isn’t at baggage claim within 20 minutes, they’ll give you something for the …
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CLEAR offers a quicker trip through airport security to those who enroll and provide their biometric data. By skipping the ID verification at the TSA checkpoint, you’re supposed to get …
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A few years before the turn of the century, my aunt, who lived in California at the time, passed away after her third bout with a primary cancer. My mom, …
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Airlines
Flight Crew Now Able to More Easily Share Your Personal Details
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIn the olden days (circa 2022), flight attendants who wanted to speak to each other from different parts of the plane while on a flight had two choices. They either …
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Discounts & Sales
New Discount for Alaska Airlines Flight Pass Subscriptions
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegAlaska Airlines got a lot of publicity last year when they introduced what they called the “first-ever flight subscription service in the US,” Flight Pass. Flight Pass members can fly …
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Alaska Airlines says it is planning on expanding its fast in-flight Wi-Fi service to its Embraer 175 regional jets. In a partnership with Intelsat, Alaska reports it will begin introducing …
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Lounges
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: The Pax Who Fixes Lounges’ Broken Pancake Machines
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegFacebook is chock full of niche groups. Sometimes they’re for serious reasons, like support groups for people who all have the same rare disease, or adopted folks who are looking …
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Each airline is different and with that, some of them do things differently. Take boarding procedures, for example. Southwest is a good example – they don’t have seating assignments. Instead, …