Funny you should mention PAE. Whenever schedule changes hit and PAE suddenly has a better nonstop schedule for a route than connecting from BLI through SEA, I have switched to PAE (even though parking is ridiculously expensive at PAE for its size).

That may happen with an upcoming March/April flight to PSP once schedule changes roll forward. So far, so good, including the most recent Sunday overnight check.

I wrote a fair amount about the growth and challenges at both BLI and PAE when I was doing a regular newspaper column. The glory days of BLI for commercial passenger travel were in the 2010s with its new terminal and AS flights to Hawaii, Las Vegas and Portland. It's a shame it hasn't benefitted from the capacity limits at SEA. PAE apparently has, though it's been wobbly.

Meantime, I'll keep grabbing coffee and clicks every Sunday morning to check for AS changes.