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Re:Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet by bennyg on Friday August 25, 2017 @06:14PM (#15102663)
I've been disappointed once with them.

Bought 2 tickets (one for me, one for GF). She was assigned a seat, I was told they don't allot all seats for any given flight and that I would get that seat at the gate. Couldn't change through Alaska Airlines phone/web portal. At the gate they gave me a seat in the very back of the plane since all the other seats had been assigned. It's crazy to me that I couldn't choose seats on purchase - especially when buying 2 together.

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Re:Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet by WaxProlix on Friday August 25, 2017 @07:47PM (#15103171)
That's just not factually true, as well - I fly on Alaska all the time and pick a seat each flight. Usually you get your choice from a restricted list on purchase and then can pick from a more open list on check-in.
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Re:Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet by bennyg on Friday August 25, 2017 @08:44PM (#15103427)
Except... it happened to me. Maybe because I bought through American Airlines, since it was AA operated by Alaska.
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Re:Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet by vladgur on Friday August 25, 2017 @10:38PM (#15103761)
For future reference, you can look up Alaska iterinary by AA e-ticket number and change seats directly on Alaskas website. I've done it a number of times
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Re:Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet by bennyg on Monday August 28, 2017 @12:04PM (#15117538)
That didn't work for me. I feel like everyone is assuming I didn't go through all possible ways to try and change my seats before accepting my fate...
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