Originally Posted by
FlightDetective
Everything you say is correct apart from the above.
Buying a short-haul First Class ticket on Alaska does entitle you to Alaska Airlines lounge access in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York - JFK, Portland, or Anchorage. Basically, their own lounges.
You are correct for virtually every other US airline (Hawaiian also has lounges for their inter-island F customers).
Yes, thank you - AS are the exception to the exception in a limited number of locations.