I have been quite pleased with AS in general.
Hopefully I can add some info for Carfield. I do know you from Hot Talk-(or at least I think I do!), so hopefully I have centered in on some topics of interest to you. Feel free to ask any other questions.

Aircraft: AS opperates 737-200s, 400s, 700s, and also MD-82/83s. They have the 1,000 th MD-80 in their fleet and the 3,000th 737.
You will rarely see a 200 south of Seattle, and there aren't many 700s yet. The 400 has 126 Y and 12 F, the 700 has 108 Y and 12 F, the MD80 has 128 Y and 12 F. The A/C are quite comfortable, and have a very attractive interior pattern of blue and gold. The coach seat pitch is usually 32 or 33 inchs depending on the aircraft. Coming next year will be 24 channels of live television (via satellite)at seat back monitors. This is planned to be installed on all aircraft, if a test run is successful. But, the full installation would take years.

In general, you will find the staff to be quite friendly, especially on-board. The meal service is typically nice. In Coach for breakfast (SEA-ANC), they served me some surprisingly delicious scrambled eggs with a muffin, small yogurt and a fruit salad. In First (ANC-SEA), I got a "Denver" style omlette, with breakfast potatoes, a big hot buttermilk biscuit w/perserves, yogurt and an assortment of fruit. In first class, you typically get hot towels. There is no menu. They have a "Wine Celler" listing in their magazine, that has several nice wine selections for First Class. For dinner service, a salad, followed by a choice of entree, and then a dessert is typical.

I use on-line booking, and instant travel with them whenever I can. If you book on-line, get an e-ticket, and check-in electronically, you can get a full 2,000 bonus miles per round trip. You can upgrade to First Class for $40 dollars on flights up to 1,299 miles ($80 for up to 2,500 miles), if there is availabilty within 24 hours of departure---I use this all the time.

[This message has been edited by West Coast Flyer (edited 01-17-2000).]