Alaska airlines vs american airlines. Average legroom 31 30 inches american. Alaska airlines revealed today that it intends to join the oneworld airline alliance by summer 2020 joining other carriers including american airlines british airways cathay pacific and qantas. However the new award chart that goes into effect after march 22 will cost 14 more for business class and 42 more for first class when you redeem through american.
Alaska airlines and american airlines are two different airline companies. Globally alaska airlines ranked no. Other airlines namely american and united have shifted in the other direction in recent weeks with american even coming under fire from some health professionals.
36 in the skytrax rankings which give the us. American airlines is weak in the pacific northwest while alaska airlines needs a better option for serving its customers international travel needs. They use 737 800 planes for this run and they should be fairly new.
Carrier for 2017 in the annual world airline awards from skytrax. On average youll pay 2 less when you redeem american aadvantage miles for economy class awards vs. Booking the same travel through alaska airlines.
We love alaska airlines it is our first choice for domestic flightsi see three flights a day from boston to seattle departing at 7 am 8 am and 635 pm. American airlines operates a wide range of aircraft so it will be tough to pinpoint exactly how much pitch you will get in your economy seat unless you do a little research on which plane layout youll be flying on which you can find herefor the most part it will be between 31 32 inches but most likely 31. Check in security wait time.
Right down the middle. Customer service is great and the employees like working for this airline. American is the larger and generally has coverage over most of the us while alaska is more regional focusing more on the northwest.