The Fed shutdown and Paine Field (Everett)
Jan 22, 2019, 4:27 pm
#31
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Just called again and talked to a different agent. Nothing. Said it was sold out and she even talked to her supervisor. I might try a third time and try a different tactic. I'm pretty miffed at this as I paid a lot of money to be on the first flight. Someone else on the FB group was saying the agent asked him if he wanted to go to Vegas or if he wanted to be on the first flight out. I didn't get any such question. I was even told the times were exactly the same, which it isn't.
Jan 22, 2019, 4:34 pm
#32
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I dunno. I just told the agent I was on the first flight out and had called in earlier to change it but wound up getting refunded because the prior agent didn't see availability. I said I was worried because I was seeing reports of people getting rebooked on the "unavailable" PDX first flight. She put me on hold for a good 10 minutes, came back and told me to wait some more, then came back about 10 minutes later and said they'd managed to get seats for me and it was booked.
Neil
Neil
Jan 22, 2019, 4:46 pm
#34
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Jan 22, 2019, 4:54 pm
#35
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Just rebooked Paine flights out of Seattle. Was told I will still get double miles on the flights. The computer has already rebooked me in bad seats so check your reassignments! I was able to switch to premium seats for no charge.
Jan 22, 2019, 6:50 pm
#37
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Neil
Jan 22, 2019, 7:52 pm
#38
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I wouldn't get too excited. It is highly likely that it will be delayed again. There is no exit ramp yet for the government to even open and with people off the job for at minimum 5 straight weeks, it is not like things are going to be up and running over night. I also don't imagine that a tiny airport opening when one already exists a few miles down the road is going to be the top priority given everything that is back logged at this point.
Jan 22, 2019, 9:16 pm
#39
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The changes keep coming. The PDX flight that the blog says departs at 10:00am? I just got this sweet automated notification:
Outbound is now 15 minutes earlier, return is now 5 minutes later.
Schedule change alert.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2545
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 9:45 am
Arriving Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 10:35 am
Please check-in with Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2050
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 12:00 pm
Arriving Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 12:55 pm
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2545
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 9:45 am
Arriving Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 10:35 am
Please check-in with Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2050
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 12:00 pm
Arriving Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 12:55 pm
Jan 23, 2019, 10:41 am
#40
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The changes keep coming. The PDX flight that the blog says departs at 10:00am? I just got this sweet automated notification:
Quote:
Schedule change alert.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2545
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 9:45 am
Arriving Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 10:35 am
Please check-in with Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2050
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 12:00 pm
Arriving Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 12:55 pm
Outbound is now 15 minutes earlier, return is now 5 minutes later.
Quote:
Schedule change alert.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2545
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 9:45 am
Arriving Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 10:35 am
Please check-in with Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines, Flight 2050
Operated by Horizon Air
Departing Portland, Oregon
Monday, March 4, 12:00 pm
Arriving Seattle, Washington
Monday, March 4, 12:55 pm
Outbound is now 15 minutes earlier, return is now 5 minutes later.
I had a ticket on the PAE-PDX flight for a period of time, but got a call from reservations yesterday afternoon saying that the flight wouldn't be operating and giving me some options. I don't know if it won't be operating, or if it simply won't be operating as a revenue flight, but staying on 2878/2879 definitely wasn't one of my options. (I'm back on the LAS flights now.)
Jan 23, 2019, 11:09 am
#43
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Correct, the tickets were sold pending final government approval. With the government shutdown continuing, they've decided to push back the launch of PAE service until March 4th as they don't have approvals, hoping things will be settled and they'll be clear to fly from PAE by then. If the shutdown continues into early/mid Feb, I'd anticipate another delay.
Jan 23, 2019, 11:13 am
#44
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Correct, the tickets were sold pending final government approval. With the government shutdown continuing, they've decided to push back the launch of PAE service until March 4th as they don't have approvals, hoping things will be settled and they'll be clear to fly from PAE by then. If the shutdown continues into early/mid Feb, I'd anticipate another delay.
Neil
Jan 23, 2019, 11:41 am
#45
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Talking to the phone rep it sounds like every flight on the 4th has had all passengers removed. She sees zero availability and zero load on all flights for March 4th.
Alaska really handled this poorly.
Neil
Alaska really handled this poorly.
Neil