Nov 22, 2012, 4:10 am
Last edit by: jackal
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-- a place to just relax and have some fun. Stop in and see what's happening! 
-- a place to just relax and have some fun. Stop in and see what's happening! 
The Alaska Airlines Bored Room
Sep 22, 2019, 11:24 pm
#6826
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Sep 23, 2019, 7:44 am
#6827
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
No matter how much "lipstick" you put on that plane its still a Q and seats are hard as %$^%@&^% !!!! Loud cold in winter hot in summer other than that it's fine for short short flights
Sep 23, 2019, 10:13 am
#6828
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MM, MVPGold100k, Hilton Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 1,475
The best part about the Q is that the person in front of me is not able to recline into my lap - and if I can snag a seat without someone sitting next to me I consider it to be "FC" 
Sep 23, 2019, 12:31 pm
#6829
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Sep 23, 2019, 1:58 pm
#6830
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Good sense of humor while BOI use to be all "Q" now we have moved up in the world.
Oct 18, 2019, 9:53 am
#6834
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,375
nice to see my airplane there
Oct 18, 2019, 12:10 pm
#6835
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
I am sure we all have read the bloggers reaction to AS changing the stop over rules for Asian flights and all the bemoaning by them. Frankly these very bloggers have a lot to due to many of the changes AS has undergone in the FF program, I for one am sick of these so called "travel experts" bloggers and their insistent bragging about how they scammed the systems many without even paying for one flight! I point this out to a few adding if you call AS partner desk first thing they do is look up your account, they know who you are! Just ponder this "what If" none of these bloggers were around what would our AS award charts look like?
Sorry for the rant but just had to
Sorry for the rant but just had to
Oct 18, 2019, 12:18 pm
#6836
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Benicia CA
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold 75K, AA 3.8MM, UA 1.1MM, enjoying the retired life
Posts: 31,849
In terms of folks that never fly Alaska buying miles for these redemptions, I put all the blame on Alaska. They could easily require some minimum amount of Alaska flying before you're allowed to buy miles, but they don't. I see they did put a 150,000 mile cap on purchases recently for those that don't fly the airline or don't have elite status, but clearly they see it as a profit center to continue to allow it. The balls in their court.
Oct 18, 2019, 2:13 pm
#6837
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska Airlines
Posts: 659
It does concern me how frequently AS has those mile sales... it's just going to escalate the eventual devaluation of the miles we've earned as more & more people buy those miles, and redeem on partners. It's basically what caused the huge spike in EK redemptions.
Oct 18, 2019, 9:14 pm
#6838
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n7201s/
Oct 19, 2019, 6:14 am
#6839
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,375
It's possible perhaps. Nothing shows up for the AS tail numbers in Flight Radar 24, but they haven't been delivered so could flying under a Boeing tail number? Boeing has said they conducted hundreds of test flights since the grounding. They still have their own aircraft apparently like this one though:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n7201s/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n7201s/
note the Cessna 208 N208BA that's also going BFI-MWH ... that's how they get the MAX pilots back home
Oct 19, 2019, 8:00 am
#6840
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
In terms of folks that never fly Alaska buying miles for these redemptions, I put all the blame on Alaska. They could easily require some minimum amount of Alaska flying before you're allowed to buy miles, but they don't. I see they did put a 150,000 mile cap on purchases recently for those that don't fly the airline or don't have elite status, but clearly they see it as a profit center to continue to allow it. The balls in their court.
Travel safe