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Jul 16, 2016 | 8:16 pm

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Fishing in Alaska via Alaska Airlines First Class

This trip is so unlike city girl Mrs. SFO777. Some 8 months ago after a few drinks, Mrs. SFO777 decided that she wanted to go fishing in Alaska. Say what?? Forget that in our 22 years together, we have never gone fishing and she has never even hinted about wanting to go fishing. Add in the fact that her idea of camping is a hotel without room service and this is a most bizarre and uncharacteristic trip.

The best part of our planning was when she read the fine print earlier in the week and found out that we may need to be ready at 3am to meet our fishing guide. OMG. This is the woman that says no flights before noon. She couldn't understand why we have to go so early and not 10am, until SFO777Jr explained that the fishies go to sleep when the temps warm up. OK, this is going to be hoot.

When we were living in Denver, we had booked a United nonstop to Anchorage. Now in Orange County, we are off to John Wayne for our Alaska flights to Seattle and Anchorage. Our new OC driver picked us up at 1:45p and we were at the SNA Alaska counter at 2:10p.

With only a couple of folks in front of us in the PreCheck line, we were thru in no time and at the Admirals Club a few minutes later. Small but pleasant lounge with a very friendly staff.

At around T-45 we headed down to Gate 6 where boarding was just about to start.

Santa Ana-Seattle
Alaska 509
737-800
3:55p-6:15p
July 12, 2016
Lunch

One step on this plane and I remember why I don't fly Alaska a lot. Yikes, what a crappy old plane this sucker is. Tight pitch at only 36" which is the worst mainline premium cabin in NA.

And the bulkhead, the only row with a pair of seats when I booked. Wow, can they get the seats any closer to the wall?

No PDB but there was a bottle of water at each seat.

Pretty carpet on the bulkhead but that's about it on this plane.

Hedge Trimmer??

Pleasant cabin crew provided excellent service given what they are given to work with. Good luck with that VX acquisition because those flyers will run for the hills when they get a load of this cabin and this food. Today's meal was a choice of tortellini with eggplant, or not. Eggplant? Really? A couple of bites and that was it for me.

Yuck and I thought AA meals were bad.

And the only edible part of the meal, the Dancing Deer Lemon Square.

Passing by Lake Tahoe, another place we called home.

Gogo worked, off and on. Please, take my back to United.

At least there was power.

Yep, that's pretty tight.

Approaching Seattle.

And to the N terminal. In an amazing stroke of luck, we arrived at N14 and our flight to Anchorage departed from adjacent N16. A quick visit to the small-ish N Terminal Board Room.

Nice plane and cart spotting.

Rather weak food offerings.

Not wanting to chance another AS meal, we headed for what appeared to be the lesser of the food evils, the Seahawks 12 Club.

Pepperoni flatbread was pretty weak.

As were their signature LOL pulled pork sliders.

Seattle-Anchorage
Alaska 99
737-800
7:50p-10:15p
July 12, 2016
Dinner

Same old plane, same old cabin. Except this one featured the filthiest windows I have ever seen on any plane. Yeah, let's clean the inside windows with a dirty rag.

In contrast to the great SNA-SEA crew, this crew was pretty useless. Little interaction, no description of the meal.

And then there was the meal service. No description at all from our FA with an attitude. I'm guessing chicken. Strange presentation though.

I rearrange the tray. Unfortunately, it didn't help. Other than round 2 of the Dancing Deer Sweet Lemon Square, this meal was disgusting. Fortunately we had eaten in Seattle and I took the meal for the photo op.