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These excerpts taken from the ALK 10-K filed Feb 19, 2009.

ALLIANCES WITH OTHER AIRLINES

We have marketing alliances with several other airlines that provide reciprocal frequent flyer mileage credit and redemption privileges as well as code sharing on certain flights as shown in the table below. Alliances enhance our revenues by:

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offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities;

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giving us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines; and

•

providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’ programs.

Most of our codeshare relationships are free-sell codeshares, where the marketing carrier sells seats on the operating carrier’s flights from the operating carrier’s inventory, but takes no inventory risk. Our marketing agreements have various termination dates, and at any time, one or more may be in the process of renegotiation.

Our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2008 are as follows:


	Frequent Flyer Agreement	Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/ Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Air France	Yes	No	Yes
British Airways	Yes	No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes	No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection (2)	Yes	Yes	Yes
KLM	Yes	No	Yes
Korean Air	Yes	No	Yes
Lan S.A.	Yes	No	Yes
Northwest Airlines (4)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes	No	Yes
Regional Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes (1)	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes (1)	Yes	No
Mokulele Airlines	Yes (3)	No	No

(1)	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

(2)	Alaska has codeshare agreements with the Delta Connection carriers Skywest and ASA as part of its agreement with Delta.

(3)	Alaska Mileage Plan members can earn miles on Mokulele, but redemption of miles is not currently available.

(4)	Our agreement with Northwest will continue to be effective until they cease operation as a separate entity from Delta. At the time that Northwest ceases operation, the agreement with Delta will include those Northwest operations.


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ALLIANCES WITH OTHER AIRLINES

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We have marketing alliances with several other airlines that provide reciprocal frequent flyer mileage
credit and redemption privileges as well as code sharing on certain flights as shown in the table below. Alliances enhance our revenues by:

•

offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities;

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•

giving us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines; and

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•

providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’
programs.

Most of our codeshare relationships are free-sell
codeshares, where the marketing carrier sells seats on the operating carrier’s flights from the operating carrier’s inventory, but takes no inventory risk. Our marketing agreements have various
termination dates, and at any time, one or more may be in the process of renegotiation.

SIZE="2">Our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2008 are as follows:


	Frequent Flyer Agreement	Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/ Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Air France	Yes	No	Yes
British Airways	Yes	No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes	No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection (2)	Yes	Yes	Yes
KLM	Yes	No	Yes
Korean Air	Yes	No	Yes
Lan S.A.	Yes	No	Yes
Northwest Airlines (4)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes	No	Yes
Regional Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes (1)	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes (1)	Yes	No
Mokulele Airlines	Yes (3)	No	No

(1)	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

(2)	Alaska has codeshare agreements with the Delta Connection carriers Skywest and ASA as part of its agreement with Delta.

(3)	Alaska Mileage Plan members can earn miles on Mokulele, but redemption of miles is not currently available.

(4)	Our agreement with Northwest will continue to be effective until they cease operation as a separate entity from Delta. At the time that Northwest ceases operation, the agreement with Delta will include those Northwest operations.


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These excerpts taken from the ALK 10-K filed Feb 20, 2008.

ALLIANCES WITH OTHER AIRLINES

•

offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities;

•

giving us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines; and

•

providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’ programs.

Our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:


	Frequent Flyer Agreement		Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/ Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes		Yes	Yes
Air France	Yes		No	Yes
British Airways	Yes		No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes		No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Delta/Delta Connection**	Yes		Yes	Yes
KLM	Yes		No	Yes
Lan S.A.	Yes		No	Yes
Northwest Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes		No	Yes
Regional Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes	*	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes	*	Yes	No
Big Sky Airlines	No		Yes	No

*	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

**	Alaska has codeshare agreements with the Delta Connection carriers Skywest and ASA as part of its agreement with Delta Air Lines.

ALLIANCES WITH OTHER AIRLINES

We have marketing alliances
with several other airlines that provide reciprocal frequent flyer mileage credit and redemption privileges as well as code sharing on certain flights as shown in the table below. Alliances enhance our revenues by:

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•

offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities;

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•

giving us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines; and

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•

providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’
programs.

Most of our codeshare relationships are free-sell
codeshares, where the marketing carrier sells seats on the operating carrier’s flights from the operating carrier’s inventory, but takes no inventory risk. Our marketing agreements have various
termination dates, and at any time, one or more may be in the process of renegotiation.

SIZE="2">Our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2007 are as follows:


	Frequent Flyer Agreement		Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/ Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes		Yes	Yes
Air France	Yes		No	Yes
British Airways	Yes		No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes		No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Delta/Delta Connection**	Yes		Yes	Yes
KLM	Yes		No	Yes
Lan S.A.	Yes		No	Yes
Northwest Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes		No	Yes
Regional Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes	*	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes	*	Yes	No
Big Sky Airlines	No		Yes	No

*	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

**	Alaska has codeshare agreements with the Delta Connection carriers Skywest and ASA as part of its agreement with Delta Air Lines.

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This excerpt taken from the ALK 10-K filed Feb 23, 2007.

Alliances with Other Airlines

We have marketing alliances with other airlines that provide reciprocal frequent flyer mileage credit and redemption privileges and code sharing on certain flights as set forth below. Alliances enhance our revenues by offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities, by giving us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines, and by providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’ programs. Our marketing agreements have various termination dates, and at any time, one or more may be in the process of renegotiation. If a significant agreement were terminated, it could adversely impact revenues and increase the costs of our other marketing agreements. Northwest is currently in bankruptcy and, although not likely, could propose plans of reorganization that would seek to modify or terminate some or all of these agreements.

Most of our codeshare relationships are free-sell codeshares, where the marketing carrier sells seats on the operating carrier’s flights from the operating carrier’s inventory, but takes no inventory risk. The table below identifies our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2006.


	Frequent Flyer Agreement	Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Air France	Yes	Yes	Yes
British Airways	Yes	No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes	No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delta/Delta Connection**	Yes	Yes	Yes
Frontier Airlines***	No	No	Yes
Hawaiian Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
KLM	Yes	No	Yes
Lan Chile	Yes	No	Yes
Northwest Airlines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes	No	Yes


	Frequent Flyer Agreement		Codeshare— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Codeshare— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/Horizon
Regional Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes	*	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes	*	Yes	No
Big Sky Airlines	Yes	*	Yes	No

*	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

**	Alaska has codeshare agreements with the Delta Connection carriers Skywest and ASA as part of its agreement with Delta Air Lines.

***	Capacity purchase arrangement as described under “Business – General Information – Horizon.”

This excerpt taken from the ALK 10-K filed Feb 17, 2006.

Alliances with Other Airlines

Alaska and Horizon have marketing alliances with other airlines that provide reciprocal frequent flyer mileage credit and redemption privileges and code sharing on certain flights as set forth below. Alliances enhance Alaska’s and Horizon’s revenues by offering our customers more travel destinations and better mileage credit/redemption opportunities and by gaining us access to more connecting traffic from other airlines, and by providing members of our alliance partners’ frequent flyer programs an opportunity to travel on Alaska and Horizon while earning mileage credit in our partners’ programs. Our marketing agreements have various termination dates and at any time, one or more may be in the process of renegotiation. If a significant agreement were terminated, it could adversely impact revenues and increase the costs of our other marketing agreements. In September 2005, both Northwest and Delta filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, followed by Era Aviation in December 2005. Any of these carriers could propose plans of reorganization that would seek to modify or terminate some or all of these agreements.

Most of our code share relationships are free-sell code shares, where the marketing carrier sells seats on the operating carrier’s flights from the operating carrier’s inventory, but takes no inventory risk. The table below identifies our marketing alliances with other airlines as of December 31, 2005.


	Frequent Flyer Agreement		Code sharing— Alaska Flight # on Flights Operated by Other Airline	Code sharing— Other Airline Flight # On Flights Operated by Alaska/Horizon
Major U.S. or International Airlines
American Airlines/American Eagle	Yes		Yes	Yes
British Airways	Yes		No	No
Cathay Pacific Airways	Yes		No	No
Continental Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Delta	Yes		Yes	Yes
Frontier Airlines**	No		No	Yes
Hawaiian Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
KLM	No		No	Yes
Lan Chile	Yes		No	Yes
Northwest Airlines	Yes		Yes	Yes
Qantas	Yes		No	Yes

Commuter Airlines
Era Aviation	Yes	*	Yes	No
PenAir	Yes	*	Yes	No
Big Sky Airlines	Yes	*	Yes	No

*	This airline does not have its own frequent flyer program. However, Alaska’s Mileage Plan members can earn and redeem miles on this airline’s route system.

**	Capacity purchase arrangement as described under “Business—General Information—Horizon.”

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10-K (2 sections)	Feb 19, 2009

10-K (2 sections)	Feb 20, 2008

10-K	Feb 23, 2007

10-K	Feb 17, 2006

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