Travel like a pro: Get kids through the airport quickly and happily
Flying can be a stressful experience. It’s even tougher when you’re responsible for other people, especially if those people are small children. To help ease the stress of your travel day, here are a few useful tips. Before travel Reserve seats early For large families or parties with small children, getting everyone together can be…
35 years after first flight, Horizon Air still known for service (and free drinks*)
This week, Horizon Air is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its inaugural flight on Sept. 1, 1981. Although Horizon Air and Alaska Airlines remain separately managed to this day, the two companies have been closely linked for nearly 30 years. Both are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group, and all Horizon flights are marketed and sold by…
Limitless: Alaska’s new ad campaign thanks customers, focuses on the benefits of Mileage Plan
Kent Brooten will never forget the moment he hit one million miles on an Alaska Airlines flight. Two and a half years ago, as he was flying from Seattle to Los Angeles after a visit with his fiancé, the pilot came on the intercom with this message “We are 227 south of Seattle. The person…
Alaska launches DIY bag drop pilot project at LAX
Many people are familiar with self-checkout at the grocery store – it can be a speedy and simple option when there are long lines or when purchasing just a few items. Imagine that ability, but with bags at the airport. Alaska Airlines is bringing this technology to the Los Angeles International Airport by piloting a…
How to spot a scam ticket giveaway
Several times each year, Alaska’s social media team sees an influx of bogus promotions from websites pretending to be Alaska Airlines. These websites claim to offer free roundtrip tickets, but these are scams that are not affiliated with Alaska Airlines and may put you at risk for computer viruses or identity theft. How can you…
Heroes in the aisles: Flight attendant meets girl she saved 25 years ago
Twenty-five years ago, Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Elizabeth Kiteley was on a layover at a hotel in Boise, Idaho when she heard screaming and ran out into the hallway. There, she found a woman with a baby that had stopped breathing. Kiteley’s training immediately kicked in and she began giving CPR, breathing for the infant…
Give me a break: After long holiday weekend, Cyber Monday shoppers are ready to book solo travel
It’s mid-November and Cyber Monday is just around the corner. It is not only one of the country’s biggest shopping days of the year, but is Alaska Airlines’ biggest fare sale of the year. Forbes reports 40 percent of Americans say they will shop online on Cyber Monday. So what are they shopping for? In…
Flying with Luly: Luly’s travel must-haves
Over the next two years, internationally known Seattle fashion designer Luly Yang will redesign uniforms for more than 12,000 Alaska Airlines employees. Along the way, Yang will share her favorite fashion-related travel tips. I love to travel, and do so often – both for work and for pleasure. I frequently fly to Europe and Asia and…
2016’s top #iFlyAlaska photos
In 2016, we saw more than 59,000 mentions of #iFlyAlaska on Instagram and Twitter, and passed more than 100,000 fans on Instagram. We’re closing out the year with some of our favorites. Join the conversation in 2017: follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram and make sure to tag your posts with #iflyalaska. We can’t…
How to travel with a baby
Having a baby disrupts almost every aspect of your life. Things that were once easy are now mind-bogglingly difficult and even a simple trip to the grocery store can feel like a logistical nightmare. Something bigger, like traveling with an infant, can seem impossible. Trust me, it’s not. My husband and I are veteran world…
Why you should travel without your spouse
Journalist and bestselling author Jo Piazza has long considered herself an independent feminist woman who didn’t need a man to complete her. She was pretty ambivalent about marriage until she met the greatest guy in the world on a boat in the Galapagos islands. They got engaged three months later. Piazza had no idea how…
Teamwork at 35,000 ft. helps dad with child in ICU
Finding out your child is in the hospital is terrifying, especially if you get the news while you’re in the air, aboard a flight headed in the opposite direction. Jason Carlton, a resident of De Queen, Arkansas, was flying on Feb. 20 with two friends from Dallas to a ministry conference in Seattle. Prior to…
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