The Details
- Flight: AS1264
- Aircraft: B737-800
- Class: Premium
- Seat: 9A
- Route: Seattle Tacoma (SEA)-San Diego (SAN)
- Distance: 1,100miles
- Duration: 2hr 9min
- Departure: 9:38PM
- Arrival: 11:47PM
The Preflight
I had a one-hour 45-minute layover between my flight from Indy to Seattle and from Seattle to San Diego. Thanks to my Priority Pass from the Chase Ritz Carlton Card, I had a $28 dining credit to use at the restaurant Bambuza which served Vietnamese food. Dinner consisted of a nice warm bowl of beef pho with fresh bean sprouts and cilantro.
Boarding started at 8:46PM. Today our B737-800, registration N538AS, was in the Star Wars Galaxy Edge livery.
The Flight
While the outside of the aircraft was painted in an interesting Star Wars livery, the interior was the usual Alaska Airlines mood lighting and slimline seats. The main cabin was arranged in a 3-3 configuration with rows 6-10 designated Premium seats that offered 34.5″ of pitch. Standard economy seats had 31″ of pitch.
The Recaro BL3530 slimline seats were 17.7″ wide. Each seat had a simple tray table with two cup holders as well as a USB port and 110V outlet.
We pushed back at 9:24PM with takeoff at 9:38PM.
Premium seat passengers are offered complimentary alcohol including spirits. I had a Buffalo Trace with Coke Zero served alongside crackers.
The rest of the flight was entirely uneventful with pitch-black clouds covering any city landscape we might have seen.
We landed uneventfully at 11:47PM followed by a short four minute to gate 22. Thanks for the ride!
I enjoyed this Premium class flight with Alaska Airlines down the West Coast. The generous pitch and complimentary alcohol made for a relaxing two-hour flight.