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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 12:14 PM


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Called the number, but it's disconnected.


Probably best not to fly them, ya think?




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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 01:08 PM


You will have to do some research (or have your Travel Agent do it for you)

A trick us old Agents used to use was..............

Say there is a flight to Los Cobos with a stop in Loreto, what we would do is book the round trip to SJD, AFTER the ticket is issued you cancel the Lto-SJD rt portion. You have to cancel that or when you don't show for first SJD portion the airline will cancel all down line legs do to the no show. This gives you the rt lower fare.

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[Edited on 12-23-2008 by Debra]




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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 01:18 PM


Bah, Humbug department:

Today's flight from LAX to Loreto was canceled. "Weather related," despite good weather here and in LA.

Our kids from upstate New York are stuck in LA with two small children until Thursday. Bummer.

Any help from Alaska Air with hotels for two nights? Nope. That's not required if the problem is "weather related."

Seems they don't have crew available that have not used up their allowed work hours.

And there are no longer other airlines, other options.
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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 01:27 PM


Does LTO receive any domestic flights? Like from the mainland?
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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 01:28 PM


Don, the problem is probably that the flight was coming in from a weather problemed area. If the planes can't get in, they aren't there to get out.



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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 01:54 PM


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Don, the problem is probably that the flight was coming in from a weather problemed area. If the planes can't get in, they aren't there to get out.



No, Debra. On hearing that the flight was cancelled I called the Alaska office at the Loreto airport. I was told that although the weather is fine all the way from LA to Loreto, Alska has used up all of it's pilot hours on delays from days back. The plane is ready, but there is no crew available. Alaska still calls this a weather problem, so the kids are stuck in LA for 2 days at their own expense. I would call this schedule related, or perhaps competence related myself. I find it amazing that they can do no better than to put these travelers on Thursday's plane!

They left Syracuse NY on Sunday, flew to Chicago, then on to LA to spend 2 nights with other family members. Both planes left within 20 minutes of scheduled time. With storms all across the northern US, who would have guessed problem would be LA??




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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 03:01 PM


Having flown many times from Seattle to Loreto on Alaska, often the plane flying the leg from LAX to LTO is a continuation of a flight from either Seattle or Portland. Seattle and Portland have had major snow problems since last week, including a lack of de-icer that caused further delays. Alaska is only flying about 50% of their flights today out of Seattle.

I'm now worried about getting to Loreto this Thursday. As I recall the Thursday flight was full the last time I checked. There certainly wasn't capacity for two planeloads of people. :?:
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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 03:22 PM


Our kids now have seats assigned on the Thursday flight. Our daughter who is coming from Seattle that day is worried that she might get bumped so that her sister can get here!



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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 03:36 PM


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Our kids now have seats assigned on the Thursday flight. Our daughter who is coming from Seattle that day is worried that she might get bumped so that her sister can get here!


Thats my concern too. We're flying on the same flight. There are 4 of us. Plus, the Seattle weather looks pretty iffy for Thursday - maybe more snow.

The only good thing is that the Horizon plane that flys on Tuesday is about 1/2 the capacity of the Alaska 737 that flys on Thursday.

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[*] posted on 12-23-2008 at 05:11 PM


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Originally posted by Debra
You will have to do some research (or have your Travel Agent do it for you)

A trick us old Agents used to use was..............

Say there is a flight to Los Cobos with a stop in Loreto, what we would do is book the round trip to SJD, AFTER the ticket is issued you cancel the Lto-SJD rt portion. You have to cancel that or when you don't show for first SJD portion the airline will cancel all down line legs do to the no show. This gives you the rt lower fare.

[Edited on 12-23-2008 by Debra]
[Edited on 12-23-2008 by Debra]


this is not an option for LTO. the flight comes in from LAX then turns around and goes back it does not continue on into Mexico.

my edit to put my response after the quote tag



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[*] posted on 12-24-2008 at 08:31 AM


My nephew was in the same boat....er plane but somehow and we figured they too would be stranded till thursday but somehow miraculously they got the last flight out of LAX to LTO just in time and are here now.
During the bedlam, we were thinking about the possibility to fly them to Hermosillo and then get on the Guerrero Negro plane from there...the one that goes from Hermosillo, GN and Cedros.

I'm thinking in th efuture it might even be cheaper to fly from the states direct to Hermosillo and then schedule it to hook up with the Aero Cedros flight into GN.




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[*] posted on 12-25-2008 at 06:58 AM


Yes Pam, that is why I said research would need to be done. I gave up the TA biz over 10yrs. ago. I mention the trick for general use. Can save bundles!



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