AS announces ANC-MSP
Mar 19, 2021, 6:18 am
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AS announces ANC-MSP
Weekends only, June 19 through August 15.
I am sure it has absolutely nothing to do with DL starting weekend service into ANC from JFK/DTW/LAX over that exact same time period.
Regardless, it’s nice to see ANC get some love.
https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2021-...apolis-St-Paul
I am sure it has absolutely nothing to do with DL starting weekend service into ANC from JFK/DTW/LAX over that exact same time period.
Regardless, it’s nice to see ANC get some love.
https://newsroom.alaskaair.com/2021-...apolis-St-Paul
Mar 19, 2021, 6:27 am
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Ha.
Slow frequency however.
And nothing for FAI.
Slow frequency however.
And nothing for FAI.
Mar 19, 2021, 6:34 am
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I am halfway surprised they didn’t announce ANC-SLC at the same time.
I can see FAI-ORD starting to make some sense on AS with the OW tie-in as an eventual response to DL taking FAI-MSP year round. That said, AS doesn’t care as much about FAI as they do ANC so they may be willing to let DL have that one.
I can see FAI-ORD starting to make some sense on AS with the OW tie-in as an eventual response to DL taking FAI-MSP year round. That said, AS doesn’t care as much about FAI as they do ANC so they may be willing to let DL have that one.
Mar 19, 2021, 6:53 am
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I am halfway surprised they didn’t announce ANC-SLC at the same time.
I can see FAI-ORD starting to make some sense on AS with the OW tie-in as an eventual response to DL taking FAI-MSP year round. That said, AS doesn’t care as much about FAI as they do ANC so they may be willing to let DL have that one.
I can see FAI-ORD starting to make some sense on AS with the OW tie-in as an eventual response to DL taking FAI-MSP year round. That said, AS doesn’t care as much about FAI as they do ANC so they may be willing to let DL have that one.
On a more serious note, the flight times look very reasonable!
Mar 19, 2021, 9:07 am
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With AA offering 787 service to DFW, including lie flat in J and a PE cabin with a "real" PE cabin (roughly equivalent to AS F hard product),the AS product will be the poor cousin other than for O&D traffic to MSP and perhaps close-by connections not wanting to travel via DFW.
Mar 19, 2021, 10:25 am
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With AA offering 787 service to DFW, including lie flat in J and a PE cabin with a "real" PE cabin (roughly equivalent to AS F hard product),the AS product will be the poor cousin other than for O&D traffic to MSP and perhaps close-by connections not wanting to travel via DFW.
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Mar 19, 2021, 11:13 am
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DFW is pretty out of the way for a lot of connections, but given the lack of onward feed from MSP I have to assume this is mostly going to be O&D on that end - AA only has flights to eight hubs from MSP. Condor and Icelandair also serve MSP but I can’t imagine that there will be a lot of traffic connecting to/from
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Mar 19, 2021, 11:49 am
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Mar 19, 2021, 12:51 pm
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With AA offering 787 service to DFW, including lie flat in J and a PE cabin with a "real" PE cabin (roughly equivalent to AS F hard product),the AS product will be the poor cousin other than for O&D traffic to MSP and perhaps close-by connections not wanting to travel via DFW.
Mar 19, 2021, 1:13 pm
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Really?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...er-overview:FI
So what are they going to do, make you recheck baggage on an 85 minute connection? That's pretty much the first time I've ever heard that AS doesn't interline with a partner they can actually book a ticket on. You got a source for that?
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...er-overview:FI
So what are they going to do, make you recheck baggage on an 85 minute connection? That's pretty much the first time I've ever heard that AS doesn't interline with a partner they can actually book a ticket on. You got a source for that?
Mar 19, 2021, 1:30 pm
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AS Interlines on Paper Ticket and Baggage but not E-Ticket
AS does have interline agreements with FI for paper ticket issue and baggage. It does not have an interline agreement for e-tickets.
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Mar 19, 2021, 2:41 pm
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Alaska has to have an IET (interline e-ticket agreement) in order to procure flights for FI on the booking engine or in Sabre. Paper tickets have been "outlawd" for at least 5, 6 years now? Maybe that image you have is just old.
Mar 19, 2021, 2:58 pm
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Mar 19, 2021, 3:13 pm
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Mar 19, 2021, 4:40 pm
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Last I checked, though probably not as accurate post COVID, FI operates ANC-KEF directly a few days a week and SEA-KEF daily with good connecting times, so unlikely that people are running out of their way to connect via MSP...except for a few around here.