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Category Archives: Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

What Alaska Airlines Did When My Account Was Hacked

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 9, 2024June 9, 2024 20 Comments
Alaska Mileage Plan Sustainable

My Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account was compromised, but when I contacted the airline to correct it, I was shocked by the response.  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support...

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Alaska Airlines Flights Resume After Brief Ground Stop

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 17, 2024 3 Comments
Alaska Airlines Ground Stop

Alaska Airlines flights are back in the air after a nationwide ground stop this morning kept flights from departing for an hour. The culprit was an error in the software that calculates weight and balance. Ground Stop Lifted: Alaska...

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Alaska Airlines Receives $160 Million In Compensation From Boeing For 737 MAX 9

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 5, 2024April 5, 2024 5 Comments
Boeing Alaska Compensation

Alaska Airlines has already received $160 million in compensation from Boeing for the occurrence and fallout from a mid-flight exit door blowout on a 737 MAX 9 jet. Boeing Pays Alaska Airlines $160 Million In Initial Compensation On January...

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“Student Pilot” Repeatedly Tries To Enter Cockpit On Alaska Airlines Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 18, 2024March 17, 2024 12 Comments
Student Cockpit Alaska Airlines

A student pilot has been charged with interfering with a flight crew after repeated attempts to enter a Boeing 737 cockpit on a transcontinental Alaska Airlines flight. Charge: Student Pilot Attempts To Breach Cockpit Three Times On Alaska Airlines...

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Implications: Bilt Loses American Airlines, Gains Alaska Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 15, 2024March 15, 2024 2 Comments
Bilt Alaska Airlines

Bilt will offset the impending loss of American Airlines as a transfer partner by adding Alaska Airlines, effective today. The long-term benefits of this depend upon what Alaska Airlines does to its Mileage Plan program, but it marks a...

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Alaska Airlines No Longer Issues Paper Boarding Passes From Airport Kiosks…It’s Not So Bad

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 14, 2024March 14, 2024 23 Comments
Alaksa Airlines Paper Boarding Passes

After Alaska Airlines announced last spring it would eliminate paper boarding passes from its airport kiosks, the restrictions are now in effect. To be honest, I’m now rather sanguine about these changes. No More Check-In Or Boarding Passes From...

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Alaska AirlinesLaw In Travel

Alaksa Airlines Passenger Stabs “Cartel” Seatmate With Makeshift Weapon, Claims Asylum In USA

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 12, 2024March 11, 2024 45 Comments
a collage of a man with a bruised eye

A man faces criminal charges after attacking his seatmate on an Alaska Airlines flight with a crudely made weapon of pens and rubber bands he constructed in the lavatory. He’s also claiming asylum in the USA. Fearing His Seatmate...

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Alaska AirlinesLaw In Travel

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Alaska Airlines By Disgruntled Politician

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 14, 2024 20 Comments
a white airplane on a runway

A Trump-appointed federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold over her temporary ban from Alaska Airlines during the pandemic concerning face masks. In Alaska, Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Alaska Airlines Over Face Masks...

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Damning NTSB 737 MAX 9 Report Is Actually Good News For Boeing

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 7, 2024February 7, 2024 16 Comments
Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX Emergency

While Boeing continues to lose credibility, this time via a damning report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the news could have been much worse. Indeed, quality control issues are much easier to overcome than structural engineering deficiencies....

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737 MAX 9 Cleared For Return To Service On Alaska Airlines + United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 25, 2024January 25, 2024 5 Comments
an airplane with a door open

The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Boeing 737 MAX 9 to return to service and Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have now outlined their specific plans to return this aircraft to the skies. 737 MAX 9 Will...

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Two Flight Attendants Sue Alaska Airlines, Claim They Were Fired Due To Their Christian Faith

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 23, 2024January 24, 2024 40 Comments
a group of people standing in a hallway

A lawsuit seeks damages against Alaska Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) after two flight attendants were fired for what they claim was the expression of their Christian faith in “Alaska’s World,” an internal employee-only communication network....

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Alaska AirlinesLaw In Travel

Alaska Airlines Offers $1,500 To Each Passenger On Flight 1282

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024 24 Comments
a plane flying over money

Hoping to avert a class action lawsuit, Alaska Airlines has proactively offered a full refund, counseling, and a $1,500 payment to every passenger onboard flight 1282, which was forced to make an emergency landing last Friday after a major...

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iPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop From Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9…Without A Scratch

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 9, 2024January 9, 2024 11 Comments
Alaska Airlines 737 iphone

An iPhone that was sucked out of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 last Friday was found not only intact, but fully functional and without a scratch. How does a phone survive a drop from an airplane? The answer...

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More Irregularities Revealed On Terrifying Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 8, 2024 17 Comments
Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX Irregularities

New revelations about what occurred onboard Alaska Airlines flight 1282, operated by a Boeing 737-9 MAX, paint a more concerning picture of the terrifying incident that led to a nationwide grounding of this jet type for further inspections. Preliminary...

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Alaska Airlines Grounds Entire Boeing 737-9 MAX Fleet

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 6, 2024January 9, 2024 11 Comments
Alaska Grounded 737-9 MAX

As a precautionary move, Alaska Airlines has grounded its entire fleet of 65 Boeing 737-9 MAX jets. The swift move will severely disrupt flights this weekend at Alaska Airlines, which heavily relies upon this aircraft type for its mainline...

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Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX Exit Door Separates From Aircraft After Takeoff, Forcing Emergency Landing

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 6, 2024 3 Comments
Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX Emergency

A “plugged” rear mid-cabin emergency exit door on an Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX separated from the aircraft minutes after takeoff, triggering a rapid decompression event. An emergency was declared and the aircraft returned to Portland. Alaska Airlines 737-9 MAX...

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Hawaiian Airlines CEO Offers Insight On Merger With Alaska Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 22, 2023December 21, 2023 16 Comments
Hawaiian Airlines CEO Merger

Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram has answered questions about the proposed merger with Alaska Airlines in a memo to employees. Most interestingly is that Hawaiian is open to other suitors, even as it remains optimistic about its...

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Alaska Airlines Adds Non-Alcoholic Kölsch Beer Onboard

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 13, 2023December 13, 2023 4 Comments
Kölsch Beer Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines has added non-alcoholic Kölsch beer by Best Day Brewing to its onboard lineup in a further improvement of the carrier’s non-alcoholic beverage options. Non-Alcoholic Kölsch Beer Now Available On Alaska Airlines Starting this month, you can order...

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Reasons Why The Alaska-Hawaiian Acquisition Is Different

Kyle Stewart Posted onDecember 10, 2023December 10, 2023 14 Comments
alaska hawaii

The Alaska Airlines acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines is different than the JetBlue acquisition of Spirit, but why?  If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us...

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Alaska Airlines Pilot Avoids Attempted Murder Charges After Cockpit “Breakdown”

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 6, 2023December 6, 2023 5 Comments
a plane parked on a tarmac at night

UPDATE: A grand jury will not pursue attempted murder charges against 44-year-old Alaska Airlines captain Joseph David Emerson, but instead voted to indict the pilot on 84 other criminal charges. Grand Jury Decides Alaska Airlines Pilot Won’t Face Attempted...

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