An Exceptional Accomplishment; Alaska's Mileage Plan Earns Frequent Flyers' Praise.Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Frequent travelers ranked Alaska Airlines' Mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. 2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his Plan among the top three travel programs in the nation at the 13th Annual Freddie Awards presented last month by InsideFlyer magazine. Alaska placed No. 3 overall, and earned No. 2 honors in three sub-categories: Best Elite Level Program, Best Award Redemption and Best Bonus Promotion. Singled out for praise as one of the best bonus promotions was the airline's "alaskaair.com Charter to Cabo" sweepstakes promoting both its Web site and commitment to pioneering technological achievements. Top prize: A charter flight for the winner and 50 friends this past weekend on board the airline's one-of-a-kind-liveried 737-400 "dot-com" aircraft. InsideFlyer deemed Alaska Airlines' overall finish as "an exceptional accomplishment" given the carrier's relative size to its competitors. "As the smallest of the ten majors, we were thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to be in the running for top honors in six categories and even more so to finish second in three of them," said Ann Ardizzone, Alaska Airlines' managing director of marketing programs. In addition, Alaska's Mileage Plan newsletter and Web site each earned third place in those categories. Continental's OnePass and SAS' EuroBonus frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons programs received No. 1 nods for domestic and international airlines, respectively. Frequent travelers from around the world cast more than 160,000 ballots in the survey. For more news and information, visit the 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. Newsroom (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALK ALK Alkohol (German: alcohol) ALK Alkaline ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ALK Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte ALK Activin Receptor-Like Kinase ALK Alkylation ALK Srilankan Airlines (ICAO code) ) on the Internet at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com. |
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