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Senators Blast Airlines For Profiteering During Tax Holiday
By Ben Popken on July 27, 2011 11:00 AM  
Naughty, naughty. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Maria Cantwell are wagging the fingesr at airlines for raising airfares during the tax holiday that has resulted from the Federal Aviation Administration's shutdown. The practice could have "long-term negative repercussions for the industry," said the senators in a letter sent to the airlines on Tuesday. More Â»

Alaska Airlines Offers Free Tickets & Miles To Passenger Stung By Scorpion
By Chris Morran on June 30, 2011 2:30 PM  
There's nothing in the Alaska Airlines contract of carriage about arachnid attacks, so when a passenger on board one of its planes was stung by a scorpion, the airline could have easily shrugged it off as one of those crazy things that happen when you're a world traveler. Instead, someone at Alaska Air realized this was an opportunity to go above and beyond. More Â»

Get A Refund After An Airfare Pricedrop
By Ben Popken on June 3, 2011 4:00 PM  
It is possible to get a refund for the difference if the airfare drops after you buy your ticket, but you'll usually have to fly one of these three airlines to make it worth your while. More Â»

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Alaska Airlines Delivers Your Bags In 20 Minutes Or You Get 2,000 Free Miles
By Ben Popken on December 30, 2010 4:00 PM  
Reader Andrew is happy to report that taking advantage of Alaska Airline's guarantee that you'll have your bags within 20 minutes of landing is pretty painless. His bags didn't show up after 35 minutes and when he called in they gave him a choice of two different "we're sorry" options. More Â»

Hawaiian Airlines Tops Quality Study, American Eagle Falls Flat
By Chris Morran on April 13, 2010 5:28 PM  
For the second year in a row, Hawaiian Airlines has topped a study that ranks 18 commercial carriers according to a formula that accounts for everything from on-time arrivals/departures to baggage handling to customer complaints. On the bottom end of the rankings was American Eagle. More Â»

Alaska Airlines And Gogo Team Up To Offer WiFi On All Flights
By Chris Morran on February 24, 2010 3:35 PM  
After a year of testing in-flight WiFi on several of their planes, Alaska Airlines announced today that it has partnered with Internet provider Gogo to hook up their entire fleet. So now you'll be able to update your Tumblr page while jetting off to your crab-fishing gig in the Bering Sea. More Â»

People Love Airplane Wi-Fi, But They Don't Love Paying For It
By Meg Marco on August 28, 2009 8:49 PM  

—>The WSJ's latest "Middle Seat" column is about that holy grail for all internet-lovers — airplane Wi-Fi. It turns out that people love, love, love it... but pay for it? Nah.  More Â»

As of August 5th, Alaska Airlines no longer accepts cash on its flights. In their words, welcome to "the convenience of a cashless cabin. Passengers will no longer need to hunt for cash to pay for on board purchases." Finally! All that cash flitting around the cabin hurting people is a thing of the past. [Personal Finance WeblogMore Â»

All US Airline CEO's Contact Infos
By consumerist.com on May 2, 2007 4:07 PM  

—>This appears to be a giant list of all US airlines' CEO contact info (for instance, the phone number for US Airways corresponds with the information listed on their SEC filing) Shoot your complaints to the top of the totem pole with this information. — BEN POPKEN  More Â»

AirTran Wins, Midwest Loses in Fastest Telephone Customer Service
By consumerist.com on April 17, 2006 11:03 PM  

Here's the results of our week-long investigation into how fast it took airlines to pick up the phone.  More Â»

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 5
By consumerist.com on April 14, 2006 6:25 PM  

All week we've been calling the airlines to see how long it takes their customer service reps to answer the phone. Here's today's rankings:  More Â»

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 4
By consumerist.com on April 13, 2006 5:46 PM  

Midwest, while once again the loser, performed slightly better today.  More Â»

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 3
By consumerist.com on April 12, 2006 5:46 PM  

Nothing can stop us from calling up all the airlines and comparing how fast it takes a carbon-based life form to pick up the phone. Not even the tinkly pianissimo of Midwest's hold line. We foil all the automated response system's attempts to pry out more information about an actual ticket using the short circuit shortcuts provided by GetHumanMore Â»

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 2
By consumerist.com on April 11, 2006 5:44 PM  

We're calling the major airlines this week to see how long it takes them to pick up.   More Â»

Time to Human, Airlines, Day 1
By consumerist.com on April 10, 2006 7:53 PM  

The statistics train keeps on rolling. We called up many major airlines this afternoon and here's how long it took for them to pick up.  More Â»

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