I took this photo of N847AS, one of Alaska Airline's Boeing 737-900ERs, in the OneWorld colors just days after Alaska joined the OneWorld alliance. The vast majority of my work travel is on Alaska Airlines and I cannot say enough nice things about them and how they’ve responded to the pandemic from my perspective as a physician. When Alaska joined the #Oneworld alliance on 31 March 2021, it opened up more flexibility and travel options for me on my travels with the Indian Health Service. Right now I am MVP Gold with Alaska but since joining OneWorld, that translates to OneWorld Sapphire and Platinum on American Airlines. My perks on American are modest but useful to me as frequent traveler- no bag fees on the first two checked bags, I’m always in boarding group 3, and I can upgrade at no cost to Main Cabin Extra seats. And my flights on American count towards my Alaska miles. Alaska is the lone hold out among the full-service US airlines in awarding miles based on distance flown rather than ticket price. That’s fine by me as I am commuting between home in Dallas/Fort Worth and the Pacific Northwest, so you can imagine the air distances involved. Alaska is the 14th airline member of OneWorld and its membership was sponsored by American Airlines. Alaska and American have had codesharing over the last 40 years on certain flights, though there was much erosion in the partnership 2017-2019 following Alaska's acquisition of Virgin America that lessened Alaska's need to codeshare. Apparently both airlines have moved past that point, particularly with a strong Delta operation at Sea-Tac. #avgeek #aviation #airlines #aircraft #planeporn #KSEA #SEA #Seattle #SeaTac #Washington #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Boeing #737 #Alaska #AlaskaAirlines #N487AS #OneWorld #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation (at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/sentinelchicken/p/CYT2iqOL9Nm/?utm_medium=tumblr
