Gifts you can travel with, and gifts better left at home
Before you head to the airport this holiday season, make sure the gifts you’re packing will make it to your destination with you. 5 gifts better left at home Hoverboards. Battery rankings on these self-balancing devices are unreliable and they’ve been prone to fires – that’s why they’re banned from Alaska Airlines flights. Learn more: Hoverboards…
Hoverboards cannot fly: Alaska bans self-balancing devices on airplanes
Hoverboards, gliders, electric skateboards—whatever name they come by, you have probably seen and heard of them. These self-balancing devices are the year’s hottest electronics as people everywhere are snapping them up and buying them as presents for their loved ones. In fact, you probably know at least one person with a hoverboard on their Christmas…
Giving spirit: Melinda Gates
As we celebrate this season of giving, all of us at Alaska Airlines are honored to feature Melinda Gates In the December issue of our inflight magazine and here on the Alaska Airlines blog. Melinda and Bill Gates have been incredibly successful in their lives – success that is perhaps only matched by their incredible…
Weekend Wanderer: Anchorage to San Jose, Costa Rica
Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, Jovell Rennie is a photographer who has a love for #SharingAlaska. When he’s not taking pictures, he’s trekking his way through the outdoors looking for his next shot. He just returned from an Instagram takeover in Costa Rica as part of Alaska’s Weekend Wanderer series. For more Weekend Wanderer posts, make sure…
Travel advisory: Flight operations returning to normal after overnight computer systems outage
Updated 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015: Alaska Air Group flight operations are operating normally today after the airline experienced several issues with its computer systems overnight Wednesday. Alaska started to experience intermittent network issues at about 9 p.m. PDT. The issues continued for roughly three hours, contributing to about 60 delays overnight for Alaska and…
TRAVEL ALERT: Hurricane Patricia and Puerto Vallarta
Updated 9:40 a.m., Oct. 24, 2015 Alaska Airlines resumes flights out of Puerto Vallarta Alaska Airlines will fly all five of its scheduled flights today out of Puerto Vallarta. The airport in Puerto Vallarta is open and operational Saturday morning after Hurricane Patricia made landfall Friday night. Alaska plans to fly five planes down to…
Weekend Wanderer: Seattle to Nashville
Emily Thomas is an outdoor explorer with roots in both Seattle and San Diego, who loves creating stories through her adventures. She just returned from an Instagram takeover in Nashville as part of Alaska’s Weekend Wanderer series. For more Weekend Wanderer posts, make sure you’re following Alaska Airlines on Instagram. By Emily Thomas, Seattle, Washington…
Yes THAT Nordstrom tire story
By Paul Frichtl, Alaska Airlines Magazine As a 16-year-old Nordstrom sales associate in the late 1970s, Craig Trounce was a legend in the making. That’s when he was working in the retailer’s Fairbanks store, and an old miner walked in with a pair of dirty, worn tires. The man had purchased the tires several years…
Weekend Wanderer: Salt Lake City to Seattle
Ryan Thayne is an adventurer and photographer living outside of Salt Lake City, Utah who has a love for the outdoors. See why TIME Magazine named him one of the Top 50 Instagram accounts to follow. He just returned from an Instagram takeover in Seattle as a part of Alaska’s Weekend Wanderer series. For more Weekend…
Alaska deepens commitment to Hawai‘i with $100,000 investment in education and the environment
Last night, Alaska Airlines announced gifts totaling $100,000 to two local organizations in Hawai‘i, in support of youth, education and environmental stewardship. The announcements were made during an event at the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki, which honored Alaska’s community partners throughout the state. From day one, when Alaska first started service to Hawai‘i in October…
Alaska Airlines steps up support for Washington wildfire relief efforts
Wildfires currently burning in the state of Washington are the largest in the state’s history, and Alaska Airlines has pledged to do what it can to help with relief efforts. View this post on Instagram @alaskaair provided a 25,000 ft view of the devastating Washington state wildfires. #iflyalaska #fire #smoke #wildfire #forestfire A post shared…
Alaska will begin offering a more seamless travel experience on American Airlines
The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is expanding its reach with new options to earn and redeem miles on American’s full network, which will include flights that were historically US Airways flights, beginning October 17 – and other enhancements arriving even sooner. These will add value to Alaska’s frequent flyer miles and improve the benefits of…
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