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Okay, Era Alaska is more than just free cookies on the Dash-8 flights. And, oh, by the way, there WERE indeed a couple of flights last week WITHOUT cookies (ACK!). Just a little technical problem with the oven–but it’s ALL FIXED NOW! Good thing, since Era Alaska now has some great fall fares. Check ‘em out!

Kodiak-Fairbanks $179 ea way plus tax
Fairbanks-Kotzebue $219 ea way plus tax
Fairbanks-Bethel $209 ea way plus tax
Fairbanks-Cordova $149 ea way plus tax
Anchorage-Fairbanks $99 ea way plus tax
Anchorage-Cordova $89 ea way plus tax
Anchorage-Kodiak $99 ea way plus tax
Anchorage-Bethel $129 ea way plus tax
Anchorage-Barrow $210 ea way plus tax

…and more! You must purchase these tickets no later than Aug. 29, 2010. There is a 14-day advance purchase. Travel through Dec. 15, 2010 only. Check the website today and make your reservations!

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.

Sitting in the STUDIO (WHOA!) with Big Dave Stroh, I have the opportunity to share some killer deals with the viewers.

On Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier with TEMSCO Air

If you’re going to explore Alaska, you MUST get up in the air. Face it: things with wings are great, but it’s twice as nice when it’s 2-for-1. That’s why we have a GOB of flights in this year’s Great Alaskan TourSaver. Buy the TourSaver for $99.95 and save JILLIONS when you fly all across Alaska. Check it out:
a. 2-for-1 Fairbanks-Barrow on Era Alaska. Whoa! Dip your toe in the Arctic Ocean!

Misty Fjords flightseeing with Taquan Air

Me and my brother-in-law on Denali's Ruth Glacier

b. 2-for-1 Anchorage-Fairbanks on Era Alaska. Suh-weet!
c. 2-for-1 Ketchikan-Craig on Taquan Air. Check out Prince of Wales Island!!
d. 2-for-1 Juneau-Gustavus/Glacier Bay on Wings of Alaska. Visit Glacier Bay National Park!
e. 2-for-1 Chitina-McCarthy on Wrangell Mountain Air. Right into the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park!
f. 2-for-1 Mt. McKinley flightseeing with Glacier Landing on Talkeetna Air Taxi. This trip will change your life. It changed mine!!
g. 2-for-1 Helicopter flightseeing of Denali with Era Helicopters. Choppers=Good!!
h. 2-for-1 Helicopter flightseeing of Mendenhall Glacier with glacier landing with TEMSCO Helicopters. Choppers=Good!
i. 2-for-1 flightseeing in Misty Fjords National Monument with Taquan Air in Ketchikan. FABULOUS trip!!

Oh, there are plenty of other adventures in this year’s Great Alaskan TourSaver. Cruises. Fishing trips. Lodges. And everything’s 2-for-1. Totally 2-for-1. Nothing but 2-for-1. Got it? Get it! Order online: www.toursaver.com