The Fed shutdown and Paine Field (Everett)
Jan 23, 2019, 11:04 pm
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Was booked on a PHX-PAE flight in mid-February. Got switched to SEA and kept my upgrade, which I can't remember using, but apparently I did? Guess I'll slog through traffic and the world's longest speed trap.
Jan 23, 2019, 11:22 pm
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Jan 24, 2019, 10:36 am
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Excellent news! Thanks for sharing what you found out.
I did something similar, which is how I got on the PDX flight. I always knew it was suspect, since they'd opened up F, but no P and no Y. Just F, and then a few seats were sold, and then they closed it down again. Always seemed like opening it was a mistake.
I know in the other thread we were speculating that the PDX flight was for VIPs/employees/journalists, but did we ever have confirmation of that?
I did something similar, which is how I got on the PDX flight. I always knew it was suspect, since they'd opened up F, but no P and no Y. Just F, and then a few seats were sold, and then they closed it down again. Always seemed like opening it was a mistake.
I know in the other thread we were speculating that the PDX flight was for VIPs/employees/journalists, but did we ever have confirmation of that?
They actually opened all F buckets (including award space), but because most F fares are filed as Y-UP and all Y buckets were closed, only unrestricted F (and saver award A) were available for purchase.
No positive confirmation, but an agent I spoke to referred to the 4MAR PAE-PDX as a "private flight" and one of my friends who works at AS mentioned something about an employee raffle to be on the inaugural.
Jan 24, 2019, 12:19 pm
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Crazy situation for sure. Had a conflict with the first dates (scheduled to be in Hawaii) - glad I didn't change my flights around now. The 4th of March also has me in Hawaii... still not changing that flight. Maybe it will get pushed again?
What's AS doing with these aircraft and extra crew for a month?
What's AS doing with these aircraft and extra crew for a month?
Jan 24, 2019, 12:19 pm
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Speaking of distinctions without a differences... I'd argue that if they don't sell any tickets on the PDX flight to the public, that we really are still booked on the inaugural commercial flight. There have been many flights out of PAE over many years, including quite a few operated by commercial airlines, including Alaska. They just haven't carried paying customers. And they've been doing plenty of pre-opening testing of the new terminal, but still, no customers. So if customers are the difference between training/preparation/private operations and true commercial service, then AS/QX2777 is still the true inaugural!
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Jan 24, 2019, 12:23 pm
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The blog post says:
I'm under the impression that they've actually been doing this for a while. The QX flights between SEA and SFO/SJC started just about the same time that they were originally hoping to start service in October, and some of them are timed very close to other departures. I think they carved out the capacity in the QX schedule for an ambitious opening and have just been using SEA instead until those flights can move to PAE.
Why not re-route all flights to Sea-Tac that are scheduled to fly between Feb. 11 and March 4 at Paine Field?
We are indeed moving a majority of the previously scheduled flights from Paine Field to Sea-Tac to accommodate our guests.
We are indeed moving a majority of the previously scheduled flights from Paine Field to Sea-Tac to accommodate our guests.
Jan 25, 2019, 11:34 am
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The blog post says:
I'm under the impression that they've actually been doing this for a while. The QX flights between SEA and SFO/SJC started just about the same time that they were originally hoping to start service in October, and some of them are timed very close to other departures. I think they carved out the capacity in the QX schedule for an ambitious opening and have just been using SEA instead until those flights can move to PAE.
I'm under the impression that they've actually been doing this for a while. The QX flights between SEA and SFO/SJC started just about the same time that they were originally hoping to start service in October, and some of them are timed very close to other departures. I think they carved out the capacity in the QX schedule for an ambitious opening and have just been using SEA instead until those flights can move to PAE.
Jan 25, 2019, 3:29 pm
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(I know, I know, a guy can dream. I'm also working on this fantasy of the full AA partnership coming back.)
Jan 27, 2019, 10:24 am
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