Another “common-rated” destination is San Jose del Cabo at the tip of Baja California. That’s a win for Fairbanks travelers, who are accustomed to paying much more for air travel. Many fares, such as Fairbanks-Seattle for $99 each way, are the same as Anchorage rates.

Or to Phoenix for $140 each way.ĭelta’s single daily flight between Fairbanks and Seattle also keeps prices down all winter in the Golden Heart City. But Juneau travelers can fly all the way to New York for $165 each way. The airline is charging $79 each way between Juneau and Seattle. The PFD special is $159 each way.ĭelta’s twice-weekly flights between Juneau and Seattle this winter are enough to keep a damper on prices. The tickets are priced low: $159 each way.Īlaska Air also is flying nonstop every day from Anchorage to Kona between Jan. But the deals roll out as Alaska Air introduces daily service on Jan. 9, 2023 when tickets are available for as little as $177 one-way.Īlaska’s Anchorage-Maui nonstop resumes in mid-December. Checking on PFD fares from both carriers, there’s some good, some bad and some ugly features.Īlaska Airlines is resuming its nonstop flights to Hawaii from Anchorage. Many travelers are ready for airfares to come down from the dizzying summertime prices. That’s really not an issue, though, since many of the destinations don’t have availability until early December. Whether you’re flying on Delta or Alaska, you have to plan at least 21 days in advance. From Rochester, New York, to Birmingham, Alabama to Duluth, Minnesota, Delta is offering a PFD fare. From Fairbanks to Bethel is $164 one-way.ĭelta is offering discounted fares to most, but not all, of its destinations in the Lower 48. From Kotzebue to Anchorage is $126 one-way. In addition to offering bargains on flights to the Lower 48, Alaska is offering discounted fares for in-state travel.

Delta offers flights from Juneau only on Saturdays and Sundays through the winter.Īlaska Air, for its part, is offering sale prices from all of its jet ports, except Prudhoe Bay. But this year, for the first time, Delta is rolling out discounts from all three of its year-round Alaska gateways: Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.

The big bargains are coming from Alaska Airlines. This year is no different, other than the PFD checks are distributed a couple of weeks early. Updated: SeptemPublished: September 22, 2022Īlaskans have grown up with the Permanent Fund dividend - and with the travel deals that accompany the annual payout.

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