Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Announce Summer Preview Fare Sale to Kick Off ‘West Most’ Schedule

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a summer preview fare sale featuring low fares to many of the carriers "West Most" locations from Alaska to Mexico. The one-way fares start as low as $59.

"With our new ‘West Most’ schedule, customers can take advantage of these low fares on more flights between the Pacific Northwest and California than ever before," said Steve Jarvis, the airlines vice president of marketing, sales and customer experience.

One-way sale fares start at $59 between Portland, Ore., and Sacramento, Calif.; $73 between Seattle and San Francisco; $81 between Seattle and Los Angeles; and $239 between Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska. One-way fares for Mexico travel start at $169 between Seattle and La Paz or Loreto. And there are fares to many more markets.

Reservations and ticketing of these fares must be completed by May 8, 2008. Travel must be completed by June 25, 2008, on routes within the U.S. Lower 48 states and Mexico, and by Sept. 30, 2008, on routes to and from Canada. Tickets must be purchased within 24 hours of reservations and at least 14 days prior to departure, except for tickets to Mexico, which do not require advance purchase.

A complete list of fares, along with fare rules and restrictions, is available at alaskaair.com and horizonair.com or by calling (800) ALASKAAIR.

With its "West Most" schedule, Alaska offers 15 daily roundtrip Seattle-Los Angeles flights on weekdays — three more than before — departing on the hour southbound and on the half-hour northbound. The airline also offers weekday departures nearly every two hours on the hour or half-hour for flights between Seattle and Oakland, Calif. (seven daily roundtrips), Orange County, Calif. (nine daily roundtrips, one more than before), San Diego (seven daily roundtrips, increasing to eight in June), San Francisco (eight daily roundtrips) and San Jose, Calif. (seven daily roundtrips).

Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan was recently named "Program of the Year" at InsideFlyer magazine’s 20th Annual Freddie Awards. Through Mileage Plan, Alaska Airlines members earn and redeem mileage on more than a dozen airlines, including more major U.S. airlines than any other frequent flier program.

Alaska Airlines and sister carrier Horizon Air offer more than 75 daily roundtrip flights between Seattle and 16 California airports. They are the only airlines serving all five Bay Area airports: Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Rosa; and all five Los Angeles Basin airports: Burbank, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario and Orange County.

In all, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air together serve 92 cities through an expansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: barb.johnson@alaskaair.com

SOURCE: Alaska Airlines