Alaska – 09-08-2012 – Alaskan Thoughts

Spent yesterday in Fairbanks, AK waiting on my flight/trip to the arctic circle.  I had called in the morning to check that everything was set.  They warned me on the phone that weather was not nice up at the arctic circle and they would call me if they were going to cancel the flight.  Sadly,…

Alaska – 09-08-2012 – Alaska – Why is it so early?

I am on vacation and I just caught a 6am flight from Fairbanks to Juneau (stop in Anchorage).  I woke up and the temperature was 32 degrees, we even had to de-ice the plane. The airport was a breeze, arrived at 5am, check-in, flew through security, and walked right onto the plane.  Alaska Airlines is…