Alaska Airlines First Class
Aug 20th, 2002, 07:14 AM
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Nothing special. Nicer seats, more room, rest is just about average. The FAs are usually nice and helpful. Not worth the money on short flights, and hard to upgrade on longer flights due to the MVPs and Gold members grabbing those first. You could get lucky, but the $50 upgrade is only available at the check-in desk. Some time ago you could have called within 24 hours of the flight, no more.
Aug 20th, 2002, 10:15 AM
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I like Alaska's first class, especially for short flights. Compared to America West and some other carriers their service is FAR better. The food is good. Alaska being one of the only airlines left to serve food in coach on flights that are even two hours long, has okay food in coach and much better food in first. I fly them freuently up and down the west coast. They are hands down the best domestic airline for service in my opinion.
Aug 21st, 2002, 12:30 PM
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I have flown 1st on them alot of times. The service is not always the same on each flight, it depends on the flight attendants. Some are lazy as hell. I have to say they do have pretty good food and snacks in 1st.
I wouldn't bother to upgrade if the flight was less then 2 hours long.
My last flight in May was to Mexico and the flight attendent served us drinks and dinner right after take off from Puerto Vallarta and she was attentive for about 1 hour. After that she sat on her butt reading something and finally came back to serve us about 30/45 minutes out of San francisco. So we were still in Mexico airspace when she decided to take her break. I was rather surprised to have to go ask for somthing to drink, normally if you are in 1st they cater to you. I have noticed on a few flights that some of their seat are pretty ragged as are the overhead bins. They need to do some spiffing up.
I wouldn't bother to upgrade if the flight was less then 2 hours long.
My last flight in May was to Mexico and the flight attendent served us drinks and dinner right after take off from Puerto Vallarta and she was attentive for about 1 hour. After that she sat on her butt reading something and finally came back to serve us about 30/45 minutes out of San francisco. So we were still in Mexico airspace when she decided to take her break. I was rather surprised to have to go ask for somthing to drink, normally if you are in 1st they cater to you. I have noticed on a few flights that some of their seat are pretty ragged as are the overhead bins. They need to do some spiffing up.
Aug 23rd, 2002, 12:42 PM
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We're flying with them (in 1st class) from Sea to Phoenix in a couple months. Are their seats comfy enough (as compared to their coach (cattle) seats?
Know they don't have TV or movies so will bring magazines. Sure hope the food is good. We're on a dinner flight
Know they don't have TV or movies so will bring magazines. Sure hope the food is good. We're on a dinner flight
Sep 21st, 2002, 09:14 AM
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Lets not forget the Alaska Airlines flight that went down into the ocean off of California a few short years ago...Someone on another flight, in the same vicinity, had a camcorder and filmed it going down...It was devastating to watch on t-v.
Perhaps there are some maintenance problems we don't know about...
Perhaps there are some maintenance problems we don't know about...
