Alaska Airlines has just significantly improved its Wi-Fi pricing, as the airline continues to roll out high speed Wi-Fi throughout its fleet.
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Plus, if you pay with your BofA Alaska Credit card, you'll get 20% back as an inflight purchase, and 3x points.
For the purposes of AmEx Platinum airline travel credits, does this code as an Alaska in-flight charge or as a third-party (Intelsat) charge?
Can you still get this for free with T-Mobile, or is that perk limited to the old Wi-Fi that’s being phased out?
The price reduction is such that I'm not renewing my $49.95 monthly pass. This is a good development.
RE: Mike That is/was a great benefit. It was limited to 60 minutes, then cut off 60 minutes after logging in. One strategy was to wait until the flight was half over or about 90 minutes left of other flight then log in and use the internet. That 60 minutes was good for prioritizing work. Important work first then news then waste time online.
United is 25% off when paying with a cobrand card. $6 for transcon Wi-Fi is the least brainer of no brainers.
This was not my experience. I've used the free TMO wifi on cross country flights dozens of times, and it's stayed working the entire time.
As an Alaska 75K, this is a most pleasant change. Let's hope Alaska can solve its pilot problems and get their expansion back on track.
Marshall
The T-Mobile free WiFi on Alaska only works on T-Mobile devices. Useful anyway but not if you have a tablet or laptop.
All users get 60 minutes. Those like me who want more pay $5 a month and get unlimited. I think that’s the difference between you two. It is a GoGo feature so hoping it stays working if there have been recent changes, but did use it in January and worked fine.
All T-Moblile users get 60 minutes. Those like me who want more pay $5 a month and get unlimited. I think that’s the difference between you two. It is a GoGo feature so hoping it stays working if there have been recent changes, but did use it in January and late fall and it worked fine. All the way to Hawaii in one case.
Just a reminder that JetBlue internet has always been free and is legit fast for planes (often around 10-15Mbps).
JetBlue has many other issues, but their free internet, which is fast enough for video streaming, has always been awesome.
At some point airlines will have to start offering wifi for free. Really, $8 is an annoyance fee. Personally, I don't bother with on board wifi at any price. It's a luxury to be disconnected while in the air.
Before the change, Alaska's wifi was charged by Gogo, and it did not qualify for the AMEX Plat airline credit.
Not sure about it after the change, but I doubt it.
That's my first thought, too, unless I fly 7 or more Alaska flights in a month, which happens sometimes.
JetBlue is free. Why can’t other airlines just do that? The airplane is the only place where you can’t get Wi-Fi for free. Even as a paying customer!
It still shows as GoGo as of this past week and I would not expect that to change. I just canceled two $74.95 2-device plans and will just do the $8 with discount from now on.