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…
How to pack for a music festival
After patiently enduring questionable rumors and countless fake line-up posters during the wait for your favorite music festival to announce their bands, the on-sale day has finally arrived: victory – and festival tickets – are yours! Now, what’s next? Whether you’re a complete newbie or a seasoned music festival veteran, smart packing choices are key…
Calling all eclipse chasers: Enter to win and prepare for the “Great American Eclipse”
Not since 1918 has a total eclipse of the sun crossed the continental United States. But on August 21, 2017 history will again be made when a total solar eclipse is set to travel coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly 100 years. An estimated 12 million people live in the path of totality, with…
Around the world in lounges
With Alaska Mileage Plan and Alaska Global Partners, you can earn miles to more than 900 destinations worldwide. But we wouldn’t just send our loyal guests globetrotting without a place to kick back and relax along the way, and an Alaska Lounge membership can provide exactly that. Together with our partners, Alaska Lounge members have…
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday flight deals, flyers want to escape somewhere warm, alone
After a long weekend traditionally spent with family, people are ready to escape by the time Black Friday and Cyber Monday roll around. Starting Nov. 24, check alaskaair.com for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and score our best deals of the year on flights. Based on last year’s stats from alaskaair.com, we found that…
Alaska Airlines to put limits on ‘smart bags’ starting Jan. 15
Alaska Airlines will put limits on “smart bags” starting early next year. As of Jan. 15, any bag powered with a lithium battery or lithium battery power bank will need to follow these requirements: Smart bags will be allowed as carry-on baggage, if they meet carry-on size limits and if it’s possible to remove the battery…
Feel-good Friday: After guest lost her purse, Alaska ‘restored my faith in humanity’
Lauren Whiteside of Anchorage, Alaska was recently flying on Alaska Airlines on her way to Austin, Texas, when she experienced utter panic. She’d lost her purse with all her valuables inside. The saga started when she arrived in Seattle after taking a red-eye from Anchorage and had only 25 minutes to get on a flight…
Watch: Dad returns from deployment and surprises daughter on flight
Airline employees witness emotional reunions all of the time – that’s what happens when your business is bringing people together from long distances. But it’s not that often that we get to help behind the scenes to plan and facilitate such a reunion. Last month, Alaska Airlines was contacted by a woman named Aimee from…
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