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The Alaska Airlines Bored Room
Oct 19, 2019, 10:40 am
#6841
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,654
Tom, while there is an argument for your comment for me AS has always had a pretty good reward program especially the EK however I submit the hackers and bloggers out there have their share of the blame. I also agree with you about "minimium " miles on Alaska highly doubt that will happen but capping or closing some of the back doors might help.It just rubbed me the wrong way when so bloggers wrote that AS had done it again without notice.
Travel safe
Travel safe
Blame, if there is any, is on the current "way of the world" for pretty much everything.
Oct 20, 2019, 8:06 am
#6842
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Bloggers will be bloggers, but the good folks at the Mileage Plan aren't exactly stooopid, and know what they're doing, and also know, that for the past several years, pretty much anything available, changed, done, revoked, or anything else, can and will be blast to the world in a matter of moments.
Blame, if there is any, is on the current "way of the world" for pretty much everything.
Blame, if there is any, is on the current "way of the world" for pretty much everything.
Oct 20, 2019, 12:07 pm
#6843
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AS, UA, WN, IHG Diamond Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, CET 7*
Posts: 3,301
it's more than test flights ... since the ramp space at BFI and PAE is densely packed already, they've been ferrying the jets to storage/parking in a host of places such as MWH, SKF (Kelly AFB, near SAT); wouldn't be at all surprised if some are at CHS as well, although FlightAware doesn't show any BFI-CHS flights in the past week
note the Cessna 208 N208BA that's also going BFI-MWH ... that's how they get the MAX pilots back home
note the Cessna 208 N208BA that's also going BFI-MWH ... that's how they get the MAX pilots back home
Oct 21, 2019, 10:48 pm
#6844
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Anchorage / So CAL
Programs: AKAir 75K, BestWestern PE
Posts: 39
looking for some advice on the SkyWest E75 jets. I have never been on one of these planes before
I was notified of a slight schedule change and that my AS 737 flt was now an E75 operated by Skywest BUR to SEA. I have a confirmed paid first ticket; should change to another 737 AS flight or just take the E75? Opinions welcome!
I was notified of a slight schedule change and that my AS 737 flt was now an E75 operated by Skywest BUR to SEA. I have a confirmed paid first ticket; should change to another 737 AS flight or just take the E75? Opinions welcome!
Oct 21, 2019, 11:02 pm
#6845
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
looking for some advice on the SkyWest E75 jets. I have never been on one of these planes before
I was notified of a slight schedule change and that my AS 737 flt was now an E75 operated by Skywest BUR to SEA. I have a confirmed paid first ticket; should change to another 737 AS flight or just take the E75? Opinions welcome!
I was notified of a slight schedule change and that my AS 737 flt was now an E75 operated by Skywest BUR to SEA. I have a confirmed paid first ticket; should change to another 737 AS flight or just take the E75? Opinions welcome!
Oct 21, 2019, 11:32 pm
#6846
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Totally agree with the A side seats for solo flyers.
Oct 21, 2019, 11:40 pm
#6847
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Denver
Programs: AS, AA, UA, Hilton, Marriott, Caesars DE
Posts: 2,070
Oct 22, 2019, 6:55 am
#6848
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Oct 22, 2019, 10:49 am
#6849
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Oct 23, 2019, 1:00 pm
#6851
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska Airlines
Posts: 659
Me and two buddies are in an E75 F to LAS from PAE in Jan and we took 1A, 2A & 3A... so not just solo flyers who enjoy the single seat
We could've taken a whole row together, but everyone wanted a solo window/aisle seat.
We could've taken a whole row together, but everyone wanted a solo window/aisle seat.
Oct 23, 2019, 4:13 pm
#6853
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mountain Time Zone
Programs: AS Million Miler/Marriott Lifetime Titanium/ IGH Ambassador
Posts: 5,992
Oct 23, 2019, 4:48 pm
#6854
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,654
Oct 23, 2019, 6:12 pm
#6855
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVPG, UA Gold 1MM (the unfriendly sky), Marriott Gold, Hyatt Exp, Hertz no longer
Posts: 64
I love the E75 First solo seats.
I use them all the time alongside the east coast and also on some other longer flights like SFO-MCI.
If I have a choice of flights between E75 & 737 I always chose E75. The 2 main reasons are the solo seats and the much higher upgrade chance. I actually have a 100% upgrade success this year on the E75s.
They do have the option to offer hot meals (I think it is a question of flight length and time of the day)
They do also use glassware in some flights. I was served my beverage in a glass (not plastic) yesterday even though those wide rounded glasses don't fit well in the glass holder of the solo seats.
I use them all the time alongside the east coast and also on some other longer flights like SFO-MCI.
If I have a choice of flights between E75 & 737 I always chose E75. The 2 main reasons are the solo seats and the much higher upgrade chance. I actually have a 100% upgrade success this year on the E75s.
They do have the option to offer hot meals (I think it is a question of flight length and time of the day)
They do also use glassware in some flights. I was served my beverage in a glass (not plastic) yesterday even though those wide rounded glasses don't fit well in the glass holder of the solo seats.