Alaska has had to pull resources from elsewhere in order to fund its growth in both Portland (OR) and San Diego. It’s Los Angeles and San Francisco which suffer the most. In Los Angeles, airlines are ...

The morning of our return started very early. We had a hot-air balloon ride scheduled, and that meant arriving at 6:45am. The weather was iffy with rain around, but they said we were good enough to go ...

This was a somewhat nostalgic trip, because it may very well be the last time I fly with Southwest before open seating goes away. On the way up, I remembered why I’ll miss it, and that’s the focus of ...