Comments by akwild27
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Posted on May 9 at 4 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Bonnie sounds like that you fly to anchorage and back a lot. Yes the flight is short and yes you can buy a beer/whine/hard liquior if you want thats your choice. I fly a lot, probably more then you. Flight attendants are very responsible to who they serve booze to. There main reason of being there is to ensure safety of the flight and comfort to everyone aboard. They use good judgement thats part of there job. Flying back from Anchorage you only have about 20 minutes before decent so yeah you may have to pound your beer or two down, doesn't mean you have an addiction. Most people get picked up or take a cab when they get to there destination. I have seen many times the airlines won't allow someone on there aircarft if there too drunk. People need to take more responsibility for themselves, if they drink and drive that makes them responsible not the bar or airline or wherever they got the drink from.
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Posted on May 19 at 4:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hate to tell you this but every major carrier has added the second bag fee its not just alaska airlines. When other major carriers service fairbanks year round you will see that they will charge you too for the second bag. Fuel is expensive just like when you fuel up your car. With airlines everytime a barrel of oil goes up a dollar it cost them 10 million dollars more a year. So you can do the math. Yeah living in Alaska you have to pay a lot for an airline ticket your also very far away from the lower 48. You can always drive to your destation if you don't want the luxury to be there in a day, but with gas prices at the pump and what your vechile gets for gas mileage, hotel. etc you may just break even. Espically with gas prices in canada. Yes the service of airlines isn't what it used to be 20 years ago but an barrel of oil isn't either. So for the 20% of people that actually check in a second bag be prepared to pay an extra $50 for whoever whom your flying, just like when you go to the pump and swipe your credit card and pay 300% more than 7yrs ago for that gasoline. Sucks but there isn't much you can do about it. You can drive less. Just like you can pack less and avoid the second checked bag.
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