Posts Tagged ‘Alaska Airlines’

Photo: G-r-e-a-t flight on Alaska down to Portland ($400rt all-in) the other day. Nice snaps. Click here for the whole album.

Alaska Airlines has a new fare sale for travel between now and Dec. 15. The fares are pretty good, especially to select destinations within Alaska.

Within Alaska, the rates are good seven days a week. For flights outside the state, day-of-week restrictions vary. There is a two-week advance purchase required–but all tickets must be purchased by Aug. 14, 2010.

Photo: final approach into Portland Int’l Airport PDX. That’s Mt. Hood in the background and the mighty Columbia River in the foreground.

To/from Anchorage and:
Juneau: $129 ea way plus tax
Bethel: $129 ea way plus tax
Yakutat: $139 ea way plus tax
Sitka: $149 ea way plus tax
Wrangell/Petersburg : $159 ea way plus tax
Ketchikan: $169 ea way plus tax
Nome/Kotzebue: $159 ea way plus tax

Extra tidbits:
Anchorage-Chicago thru 9/30/2010: $388rt all-in!
Anchorage-New York: $479rt all-in
Anchorage-Portland: $400rt all-in

To/from Fairbanks and:
Juneau: $159 ea way plus tax
Yakutat: $169 ea way plus tax
Ketchikan/Petersburg/ Wrangell/Sitka: $209 ea way plus tax
Houston: $299 ea way plus tax

To/from Juneau and:
Portland/Seattle: $199 ea way plus tax
Oakland/Santa Rosa/San Francisco/San Jose: $249 ea way plus tax
Las Vegas: $269 ea way plus tax
Orlando: $289 ea way plus tax
Wash., DC: $289 ea way plus tax
Miami: $289 ea way plus tax

Details at alaskaair.com . Remember to purchase your tickets using your Alaska Airlines Visa Card from Bank of America. If you don’t have the card, you can get a whopping bonus (25,000 Alaska Airlines miles) when you’re approved. That’s more than enough miles for an in-state Alaska Airlines ticket (15,000 miles). And you often can find “Saver” awards for 25,000 miles throughout the system.

Remember, those frequent-flyer miles on Alaska Airlines are valuable currency for travelers. Sign up for your card today–and take advantage of these sale fares.

Trim up to $200 off your trip between Anchorage and Seattle with our friends at USTravel. Note–you must purchase your ticket by June 18, 2010.

Speaking of USTravel, be sure and check out their new website. It’s sleek–and offers some good info on cruises, vacations, tours and more!!

The lowest available fare between Anchorage and Seattle is $576 roundtrip on Alaska or Continental. OVER-THE-TOP!!!!!! OKOK–Alaska does have a “web special” for $514rt. But what’s so “special” about that??

But if you route your trip through Denver, you can trim $170 off the cost of your ticket. Here’s how:
Fly from Anchorage to Denver, then connect to your flight back up to Seattle. Spend your time in Seattle, then fly home. I would choose Alaska, since I’m MVP and I have a better chance at an upgrade to “F”. But the professionals at USTravel can find you a seat on Alaska, United, Delta–whomever has the seats.
You can, of course, spend as long as you want in Denver. Total cost: $406 roundtrip, all-in. Oh, fyi, you’ll get 4,800 miles flying through Denver and Seattle.

You also can travel to Seattle via San Francisco and save a bundle. Fly down to the City by the Bay from Anchorage on Alaska Airlines. Connect and fly back up to Seattle (or stay as long as you wish). Then, come home nonstop from Seattle. Total cost: Just $436 roundtrip, all-in.

Finally, you can fly to Portland for $400 roundtrip, all in on Alaska or Continental. Then drive up to Seattle. Usually, it’s the other way around (fly to Seattle, drive to Portland).

The same strategy works for Fairbanks travel.

If you want to fly between Fairbanks and Seattle, the L-O-W-E-S-T fare is $657 (OMG!).
Route through Denver (Fairbanks-Denver-Seattle-Fairbanks) and the fare drops to $439 roundtrip, all in. Save $218.
Route through San Francisco (Fairbanks-S.F.-Seattle-Fairbanks) and the fare drops to $496, roundtrip, all in. Save $161.

If you’re traveling on your own, you might question all that extra “butt time” (unless you’re a mileage hound like me). But think about a family of four! That’s a $700-$800 savings.

USTravel really can save you a bundle–with little tricks like this. Pay attention–it can save you $$. With offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor, Prudhoe Bay and Seattle–USTravel is the state’s largest travel agency. They know what they’re doing!

TRIVIA: See the photo above? Which city? Send me a note and tell me! Winner gets a free copy of this year’s Great Alaskan TourSaver book, loaded with $26,000 in 2-for-1 deals.

It’s “Aloha Wednesday” with this great fare from Anchorage to Honolulu nonstop: $396 roundtrip, including all taxes and fees. Fairbanks-Honolulu is $456 roundtrip, including all taxes and fees. Here’s the skinny:

a. Travel between May 30 and September 30, 2010. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays ONLY (those are the only Alaska Airlines nonstop flights this time of year).

b. Let the professionals at USTravel arrange for your hotel/condo/car at the same time. Call (907)561-2434 in Anchorage, or toll-free: (800)544-2217.

We’re tracking lots of other cities for summertime travel, including:

Anchorage-Portland from $400rt all-in (all summer long) nonstop
Anchorage-San Francisco $416rt all-in (all summer long) nonstop
Anchorage-Denver $420rt all-in (all summer long) nonstop
Anchorage-Chicago $459rt all-in (all summer long) nonstop
Anchorage-Washington DC $460rt all-in (all summer long)
Fairbanks-Denver $435rt all-in (all summer long) nonstop

NEW: Anchorage-Minneapolis $434rt all-in (through June 20, 2010) nonstop

Check with the folks at USTravel. They’ll charge about $38 per ticket, but they can round up these low fares–even when you’re in a hurry (to put out that fire!). Call now:

a. Anchorage (907)561-2434
b. Fairbanks (907)452-8992
c. Kodiak (907)486-3232
d. Ketchikan (907)228-8900
e. Seattle (206)674-4444
f. Dutch Harbor (907)581-3133
g. Prudhoe Bay (907)659-2514

Tell ‘em Scott sent you…

**IMPORTANT NOTE: My friend Scott Habberstad at  Alaska Airlines sent me a note correcting some important omissions. Specifically, that the fare was good Fri/Sat/Sun, that is is valid from other Alaska communities aside from Anchorage and that it’s valid through Sept. 30. So, when you call USTravel and say “Scott sent me”, it really is both Scott H. and Scott M. HAHA!

We stopped by Sea-Tac airport to visit with Alaska Airlines. They had a celebrity “Copper Chef” cookoff on the tarmac after the first freighter full of Copper River kings landed at Sea-Tac. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO! The celebrity chefs from Anthony’s Seafood, from Seastar and from the Waterfront Seafood grill have posted their recipes HERE.