Anchorage MVPG Breakfast / Lunch-March 21, 2011 (complete with Live Blog!)

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Mar 21, 2011, 2:52 pm

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Fifty minutes without an update ... maybe they are taking your advice! Not "took" your advice, but rather, "are taking".

or they are fighting over who gets to post the Q&A Portion

Mar 21, 2011, 3:14 pm

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Originally Posted by dave1013

Fifty minutes without an update ... maybe they are taking your advice! Not "took" your advice, but rather, "are taking".

Not posting new posts--editing the posts above. Scroll up!

Mar 21, 2011, 3:23 pm

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Glad you guys worked it out and thanks for the great notes from today's lunch!

Mar 21, 2011, 3:35 pm

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I don't see much of anything about one way awards. Did the question get asked? If so, any answers?

Thanks!

Mar 21, 2011, 4:09 pm

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I don't see much of anything about one way awards. Did the question get asked? If so, any answers?

Thanks!

I told Rick in-person the two most common requests from FlyerTalkers were one-way awards and multi-carrier awards. The question didn't come up in public, but hopefully he'll carry that information back and do something with it.

Mar 21, 2011, 4:16 pm

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Thanks for the updates Beckoa and Jackal. ^

Was hoping for an announcement of one-way awards and additional benefits on AA. Upgrades on AA would be amazing, but don't think that will happen.

Mar 21, 2011, 7:10 pm

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Thanks, as usual, guys!

I'd be pleased to see AA priority boarding and seat assignments by later in the year; upgrades I don't think we'll see for a looooooooooong time ... if at all.

Mar 21, 2011, 7:54 pm

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I would love triple miles to PVG but i really don't want to sit in a Y seat as a general flyer.

Mar 22, 2011, 11:51 am

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[*]RR accused beckoa of holding perhaps the record of most miles with lowest yield.

Some would say that it is a dead heat between a few of us

Thanks for the update guys!

BTW AS flt. 12 SEA-BOS today is quite interesting. I guess the pilots can't find any smooth air. The FA's just told us to remain seated and that it is not safe to get up or use the lavs.

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Mar 22, 2011, 7:58 pm

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Oh and the best part of the lunch...

The conciarges have a list with lifetime miles flown on AS when you check in... I am at 296K

so just another trip for the MM bar to show up ^

Mar 23, 2011, 3:03 pm

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q-scheduling of ANC-HNL flight... can it move up one hour for connections.
a-can look up timing... try to draw from the biggest audience to fill the plane up- including connections from FAI and other villages. Also consideration is aircraft time- lots of redeye flights ex ANC... when its over midnight we can get a higher value out of them.

gee move the times up at every place OAK, SEA, etc.... an hour, would help get more people connecting from the east coast flights as opposed to an overnight slumber party at the airport or better yet most people just choose other options and AS loses some potential customers. Of course everybody cant be pleased all the time but I see 2 reasons why to move the OGG departure from SEA up about 2 1/2 hours or so. Would give folks coming from DCA, EWR, and ORD time to connect. Also as it stands you get into OGG at 1130 and cant get in a hotel until 3 so you are stuck waiting to get a room to change or whatever it is you need to do. Much easier to get to OGG at 2 and get to your room around checkin time. Maybe I think too much into things :/

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Mar 23, 2011, 4:03 pm

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Anyone else ever notice that 75K is not recognized in the boarding announcements? Once in a great while we will be singled out prior to boarding, but I have never heard us mentioned onboard. It would be nice to hear that once in a while once we are onboard.

Mar 23, 2011, 5:41 pm

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Of course everybody cant be pleased all the time but I see 2 reasons why to move the OGG departure from SEA up about 2 1/2 hours or so. Would give folks coming from DCA, EWR, and ORD time to connect.

Do you honestly think Alaska is carrying significant connecting traffic from back east on their Hawaii flights?

"Hey, honey, instead of taking the nonstop out of (O'Hare or American or United/Newark on Continental) for our honeymoon in Hawaii, let's connect in Seattle on Alaska! I know you've never heard of these guys, but it'll be fun!"

I'm going to venture a guess that you could count the number of people connecting that way on AS to Hawaii on a typical flight on my hand- and that applies even if they changed the flight timing to be less convenient for hub operations in SEA (which is why they are timed the way they are), but better for the East Coast/Midwest connecting flights.

Mar 23, 2011, 5:59 pm

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I believe AS considers "Gold" to imply/include 75K and "regular" in its announcements; I'm agreeing that they should probably differentiate them.

Mar 23, 2011, 6:23 pm

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I believe AS considers "Gold" to imply/include 75K and "regular" in its announcements; I'm agreeing that they should probably differentiate them.

Most of us put some large or small special effort into making that status. It would just be nice for AS to do the same. Basically once you are at the airport the only other thing 75K gives you a free digiplayer. All other perks are Gold also.

Did anyone bring up drink chits?

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