Alaska Airlines Noble way of Reducing Use of Single Use Plastic

There is no denying the fact that plastics are the bane of modern civilization. If our generation is really to be called a civilization, it is pertinent that its activities shall not lead to environment degradation and loss of lives of any living being. The use of plastics has endangered the lives of terrestrial, marine, aquatic and aerial lives. To this end of saving the lives, saying no to the use of plastics is a movement which has been catching on for the last couple of years.

The awareness generated by the various people and groups through various platforms has resulted in taking concrete step by all to stop the use of single use plastics. It shall be noted that single use plastics, or those plastics which are consigned to the garbage bins after using once, are the major environment pollutants. Alaska Airlines, one of the major US airline companies, has tweaked its policy a little and provided a simple solution of reducing the use of single use plastic bottles.

The airline, in a recent notification, has said that it will encourage its passengers to bring their empty water bottles which can be pre-filled after the TSA security screening at airports. It estimates that even if 10 percent of passengers bring their bottles and pre-fill it with water prior to boarding the plane using the water filling facility present at the airport, it will lead to reduction of 7 lakh bottles and 4 million plastic cups annually.

This is a staggering figure. Imagine the scale of reduction if all passengers begin to bring their bottles and pre-fill with water, and this happens not just for Alaska Airlines but for all airlines globally. However, to match that scale of a reform, the airline or the airport authorities will have to put up a number of filling stations since almost everyone would be requiring to pre-fill the bottles before boarding.

It shall be noted that the filled water bottles of more than 100 ml quantity are not allowed during security clearance. Therefore, these have to be filled at the airport from designated filling points where water dispensers are present, after clearing the security check. So, people doing Alaska Airlines reservations can take solace in the fact that it will allow you to carry a standard size empty water bottle for pre-filling water at the airport before boarding.

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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Program Offers Double Miles

Alaska Airlines, the full service carrier of US, has a plan to get on more passengers from California destinations. While the usual ways of providing discounted air fares have not been implemented, the airline is offering double of its loyalty rewards points. The Mileage Plan program of the airline is based on the miles flown. This has been at variance with many of the other US airlines that have moved away from miles flown-based program to actual amount spent programs.

This offer would be available for those passengers who are flying non-stop from California. So, these would be available for passengers who have done Alaska Airlines reservations for following routes:

a)      San Francisco and Baltimore

b)      San Francisco and Boston

c)       San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale

d)      San Francisco and JFK

e)      San Francisco and Newark

f)       San Francisco and Orlando

g)      San Francisco and Philadelphia

h)      San Francisco and Raleigh-Durham

i)        San Francisco and Washington Dulles

j)        San Francisco and Washington Reagan National

k)      San Jose and JFK

l)        San Jose and Newark

m)    Los Angeles and Baltimore

n)      Los Angeles and Boston

o)      Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale

p)      Los Angeles and JFK

q)      Los  Angeles and Newark

r)       Los Angeles and Philadelphia

s)       Los Angeles and Washington Dulles

t)       Los Angeles and Washington Reagan National

u)      San Diego and JFK

v)      San Diego and Newark.

So, in all these are two dozen such routes where this offer would be applicable. The reason for this offer is to attract more customers from California to travel to these destination using the cheap air tickets from the airline.  

Alaska Airline Drops in Airline Quality Ranking

Alaska Airlines is also in news due to its drop in ranking from 1^st to 4^th in the last on year as per the annual survey conducted by AQR. AQR has been conducting these surveys for the last 29 years now. The airlines are judged on the basis of baggage mishandled, complaints by customers, punctuality performance and involuntarily denied boarding.

A decline of 3 points is a sharp and this is bound to make Alaska Airlines sit up and take notice of things that are going wrong.

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