Alaska Airlines offer the most choices from the Lower 48 to Anchorage. Their service, their timeliness and even the pancake machine in the airport lounge are top notch. Others with more knowledge of the flight game have already done the heavy lifting for us – providing insight into how to get the most out of this carrier’s options.

I’ve frequently argued that a trip to Alaska is the most exotic fishing vacation most Americans can take without exercising their passport. Part of that is because it’s fairly remote – to drive to Anchorage from Seattle, per Google Maps, would take 42 hours. However, Anchorage is served by multiple airlines with direct flights from at least 13 cities in the Lower 48.