Originally Posted by eponymous_coward

Yeah, obviously nobody could EVER use AS miles in ANC. Never, in the history of ever. Obviously WN is the best airline for you if you live in ANC or in the state of Alaska. Someone should invent an airline named after that state, maybe?

And I mean, really, it's too bad AS hasn't thought of expanding in California. Maybe they could fly to Hawaii or Mexico from California, or do a bunch of routes that don't touch SEA or PDX. Maybe they could even buy an airline! Too bad nobody has ever thought of that!

(In other words, maybe you should rethink that sentence.)

Yes, if you invested in Alaska miles thinking they would be pals and friends with Delta forever and ever after Delta announced they would expand at SEA, that's... unfortunate. Good thing you had about, oh, four years notice on that one.



I call this vignette "A Phone Call from Brad to Oscar":

"Hey, Oscar, we just broke up with an airline that expanded massively at our West Coast hub in Seattle. Incidentally, we would like to massively expand at YOUR West Coast hub at San Francisco! Plus your other hub at LA! But please be our domestic partner! We'd be best buddies!"

(dial tone)

/fin