| Date | Airline | Flight | Type | Regn | Routing | Time | Miles | Remarks | ||
| Back | 04 Jul 17 | AS | 677 | 737-990ER(S) | N469AS | DEN-SEA | 2:21 | 1023 mi | O/C | |
| 04 Jul 17 | AS | 622 | 737-990ER(S) | N419AS | SEA-PHX | 2:27 | 1170 mi | O/C | Next |
Soon after arriving Denver from San Francisco I started checking to see if there were any earlier, affordable fligths so I could get home a little earlier. My flight to Phoenix wasn't going to depart until 10pm or so and the prospect of hanging around DEN for the next 8 hours was iffy. Somewhat sketchy weather and skies was another reason I wanted to leave earlier. The most affordable option at first was an American Airlines flight on an A319 for $120 arriving about 730pm. During the online booking process (on my phone APP) I submitted the payment but got a response that I'd have to select another flight...this one was no longer available for $120 and the fare was now nearly $200. Geeeez! So I kept thinking, and searching. I still have some Alaska miles so I checked what their options were. There was a connection via Seattle available but rather than use miles I just paid for it so I'd get credit for the flight. It didn't get me home any earlier than my currently held Frontier reservation but I'd get two somewhat longer flights instead of one on a Frontier A319 I'd already flown on. As I checked which Alaska planes would be operating it turned out the flight to SEA would be on a -900 I'd already flown in (469) but the PHX flight would be a "new" plane for me: N419AS. So I booked it. After watching planes from A concourse for a while longer I made my way to "C" via the underground tram. I had a little trouble finding gate C39 at first but it gave me a reason to walk around for a bit. Having been on the go pretty much the whole long weekend I was pretty knackered but still having some fun watching planes.
Below is a photo of Alaska Airlines 737-900 N315AS returning to gate C37 (time: 3:10pm) after the crew discovered flight control problems (I heard reference to rudder pedals). Little did I know this delay would cause delays to my flight to Seattle. N315AS was originally departing at 145pm AS #673 but the plane was still sitting next to us at 440pm when we departed the gate. We were held at the gate while some passengers from N315AS were allocated seats on our plane due to tight connections in Seattle. Despite all this, the middle seat of my block remained vacant and we made up some time enroute to Seattle, landing just 21 minutes late at 7:01pm.
Below is my photo of Alaska 737-900ER N469AS arrivng DEN while operating #696 from Seattle.
Since I booked my flight on such short notice there were not many window seats still available. I chose 20A on the way up to SEA and 20F on the way to PHX. Worked out nicely except I was about one seat row ahead of the trailing edge of the wing so there was no view directly down to the ground.
This photo shows the reflection of my plane N469AS as well as the tail of N315AS.
Flight Aware screenshot of AS 622 operating SEA-DEN.
I was able to snap a few photos before heading directly to my departure gate C3 and literally walking onto my flight to Phoenix. Wouldn't ya know it, my seat mate and I enjoyed a vacant middle seat on this flight as well despite the plane being quite full.
Below is my photo of Alaska 737-900ER N419AS at Seattle gate C3 prior to boarding for Phoenix.
Flight Aware screenshot of AS 622 operating SEA-DEN.
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