There is no real trick to booking a flight with Alaska Airlines.
You will find their rates on all major OTAs and prices are generally the same
across the board. If you are booking an international itinerary that may
include flights on other airlines, you will find more options when searching
for third-party sites that may not appear when searching directly on the Alaska
site. As always, compare by searching multiple sites for the best deals.
Alaska often has a weekly advertised sale. Most of the time,
these are standard price drops, but Alaska sometimes has 24- or 48-hour flash
sales, where prices drop dramatically on trips across the country and flights
to Hawaii. Sign up for rate alerts to see when Alaska has the best sales.
When booking on the Alaska website, you can choose to search
from the main search tool on their home page, or you can navigate to a flexible
date calendar search by selecting "all search options." After
choosing the dates on the calendar and clicking continue, you will be given the
option to choose between a Savings, Principal or First Class rate. If you
choose a Saver rate, a pop-up window will appear asking if you want to accept
the Saver rate restrictions or upgrade to a Main rate. Once you have chosen
your flights, simply click "add to cart".
You will then be asked to fill in your passenger information
and you will be given the option to continue or "skip seats". It is
always a good idea to check and see what seats are available to reserve. Even
if you're traveling on a Saver fare, you might be lucky and able to reserve
seats in the back of the plane for free. If there's no seat option you like,
simply choose to skip seats and take advantage of a better seat assignment at
check-in, or upgrade to a prime rate for more options.
On the final payment screen, you will be asked to purchase
"highly recommended" travel insurance. Personally, I think these
airline travel insurance plugins are a scam as I heard stories that it is very
difficult to receive benefits when you need to make a claim. Be sure to read
the details of the plan carefully if you decide you want to; otherwise, simply
decline the insurance and complete your purchase.
Once you have purchased your ticket, you will have 24 hours
to cancel free of charge, even with a Saver ticket, as long as your flight is
more than 24 hours from your scheduled departure time. And if your flight is
entirely within Alaska, there are no exchange rates on the main fares, even
after the 24-hour risk-free period.
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