Another thing you'll have to get used to at Alaska is the hotel employees' reactions to you. It usually either disdain or pity. We always have the worst rooms and the smallest restaurant discounts. Twice on my list trip I got these reactions when I told the restaurant that I worked for Alaska. The first time the waiter snickered and gave me my 5 perfect discount. The second time the waiter shook her head and told me she'd give me the JetBlue discount because we didn't get one.

All the quality of life variables at this place were "hand shake deals" and management has spent the last 5 years mining them for gold. I seriously doubt that our union has the horsepower to understand let alone fix all the minutiae that the company has torpedoed in recent times.