Alaska Airlines to Cease Issuing Advance Boarding Passes.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--Alaska Airlines will cease issuing advance boarding passes effective Oct. 25 to comply with impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. federal mandates regarding airport security. Customers will still be able to reserve seat assignments up to 330 days in advance of travel; however, boarding passes will only be issued on the day of departure. "Increasing demands for airport security have essentially made advance boarding passes a thing of the past," said Ed White, the carrier's vice president of customer service. White said the move is in line with actions taken by other major U.S. airlines, which have already ceased issuing advance boarding passes. Also, he said that in many cases, Instant Travel, Alaska's electronic ticketing product, has superseded the popularity of advance boarding passes among the carriers customers. "We've we've Contraction of we have. we've have seen a dramatic increase in the number of passengers traveling on electronic tickets, which enables them to conveniently obtain a boarding pass at any of the more than 80 Instant Travel kiosks located at airports throughout our route system," White said. Instant Travel is available when customers purchase electronic tickets via their travel agent, Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. reservations, or the web (http://www.alaskaair.com). After the purchase, customers receive a confirmation letter and itinerary indicating their specific seat selection reserved in advance, just as with an advance boarding pass. On the day of travel, customers are prompted for their confirmation code when they check-in at an Instant Travel kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. , which issues a boarding pass. Prior to boarding, Instant Travel customers need only show a picture ID before boarding their flight. Alaska Airlines serves more than 40 cities in Alaska Alaska (əlă`skə), largest in area of the United States but third smallest (exceeding only Vermont and Wyoming) in population, occupying the northwest extremity of the North American continent, separated from the coterminous United States , Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. , Canada and five Western States. In 1998, the carrier was recognized as the best major U.S. airline for the third year in a row by Travel & Leisure magazine. For reservations, call your travel agent, or call Alaska's toll-free reservation line at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522). Or visit Alaska Airlines on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at www.alaskaair.com. |
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