Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air Offer ‘Extend Your Holiday’ Fare Sale

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched a sale featuring low fares to many of the carriers’ destinations for travel after the holidays. But customers should act fast, as tickets must be purchased by Dec. 31, 2008, and travel is valid between Jan. 6 and Feb. 11, 2009.

"We wanted to extend the holiday travel season with new, lower fares to destinations on the West Coast," said Steve Jarvis, Alaska Airlines’ vice president of marketing, sales and customer experience. "We’re hoping customers will take advantage of these low fares and our great schedules to plan a post-holiday getaway."

Sample one-way fares are: $49 between Portland, Ore., and Sacramento, Calif.; $59 between Seattle and San Francisco; $69 between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles and Prescott, Ariz., and Los Angeles; $79 between Seattle and Santa Rosa, Calif.; $89 between Spokane, Wash., and Reno, Nev.; $109 between Seattle and Palm Springs, Calif.; $109 between Seattle and Minneapolis; and $159 between Portland, Ore., and Boston.

A complete list of fares is available at alaskaair.com and horizonair.com or by calling (800) ALASKAAIR.

Alaska Airlines and sister carrier Horizon Air together 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 major airports in Southern California: Burbank, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario and Orange County.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group , together serve more than 90 cities through an expansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Alaska Airlines ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Traditional Network Carriers (tie)" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 North America Airline Satisfaction Study(SM). For reservations, visit alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaskaair.com/newsroom.

Fare rules: Seats are limited and subject to availability. Travel must be completed between Jan. 6, 2009, and Feb. 11, 2009. Tickets must be purchased within 24 hours of making your reservation and at least 14 days prior to your departure. Seats may not be available on all flights or all days. Passengers may check one bag for free. A second bag may be checked for $25. A fee of $100 will be assessed for each additional checked bag. Additional fees apply to checked overweight and/or oversized items. These fares may be purchased at alaskaair.com or horizonair.com provided the itinerary is no more than eight segments long (a ground segment constitutes one leg of your itinerary). These fares are non-refundable. These fares are only available on Alaska Airlines and/or Horizon Air. Changes made through an Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Reservation Call Center or Airport Ticket Counter incur a $100 (USD) per person change fee plus applicable fees and any difference in fare. Changes made at alaskaair.com incur a $75 (USD) per person change fee plus applicable fees and any difference in fare. Traveler is responsible for the following taxes and fees, as applicable: Airport Passenger Facility Charges of up to $9 (amount depends on itinerary), Federal Segment Tax of $3.60 per segment (takeoff and landing), U.S. Security Fee of $2.50 per enplanement. All taxes and fees shown are based on one-way travel and may be doubled if traveling round trip. All fares, taxes, and fees are in U.S. dollars and are subject to change without notice.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: maria.koenig@alaskaair.com

SOURCE: Alaska Air Group