{"id":4936,"date":"2023-10-20T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mer.tours\/alaska-unveils-a-new-longest-route-connecting-new-york-city-with-anchorage\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:53:19","slug":"alaska-unveils-a-new-longest-route-connecting-new-york-city-with-anchorage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/alaska-unveils-a-new-longest-route-connecting-new-york-city-with-anchorage\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska unveils a new longest route connecting New York City with Anchorage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alaska Airlines is betting that you won&#8217;t mind spending nearly eight hours holed up in a domestic jet on its new longest route.<\/p>\n<p>The Seattle-based carrier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/alaska-airlines-adds-new-nonstops-from-anchorage-to-new-york-city-and-san-diego-301962785.html?tc=eml_cleartime\">announced<\/a> on Friday brand-new service between New York&#8217;s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) in Anchorage, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>New daily seasonal service will commence on June 13, 2024, on board one of Alaska&#8217;s new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets. This route will operate through Aug. 19.<\/p>\n<p><b>Want more airline-specific news? <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/aviation-newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for TPG&#8217;s free biweekly Aviation newsletter<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Alaska will launch once-weekly flights on Saturdays between San Diego and Anchorage. This route will be operated by the standard version of the Boeing 737.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-4252866712 tpg-figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:0\" class=\"jsx-36530878 full-width-auto-height-image\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:66.66666666666666%\"\/><noscript><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=640 640w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=750 750w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=828 828w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=2048 2048w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=3840 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2023\/10\/map-1.png?width=3840\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"jsx-4252866712 figcaption\">CIRIUM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At 3,386 miles, Alaska&#8217;s New York-to-Anchorage flight will become the longest in the carrier&#8217;s network. The airline is blocking it for seven hours and 45 minutes in the westbound direction and seven hours and five minutes in the eastbound direction.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the full schedule at the bottom of this post, but the timetable is roughly what you&#8217;d expect for an eight-hour domestic flight. It departs in the morning from New York and arrives in the midafternoon in Alaska. It returns to New York as a red-eye, leaving at 8 p.m. \u2014 a bit early to start falling asleep \u2014 and landing the next morning at 7:05 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shifting loyalties? <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/alaska-airlines-status-match-delta-elites\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Alaska Airlines targets Delta with lucrative status match offer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before announcing this new flight, Alaska&#8217;s three longest flights were as follows, based on Cirium schedules:<\/p>\n<div class=\"&#10;        EmailSignUp_container__70lh2&#10;        undefined&#10;        EmailSignUp_isLoading__zGkU5&#10;      \"><picture><source media=\"screen and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"\/images\/EmailSignUp\/daily-mob.svg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/images\/EmailSignUp\/daily-dt.svg\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"EmailSignUp_form__cnneL\">\n<p>Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Reward your inbox with the TPG Daily newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Join over 700,000 readers for breaking news, in-depth guides and exclusive deals from TPG\u2019s experts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicago to Anchorage: 2,846 miles<\/li>\n<li>Honolulu to Anchorage: 2,777 miles<\/li>\n<li>Miami to Seattle: 2,724 miles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see, Alaska&#8217;s new route will be over 500 miles longer than the next-longest route. It&#8217;ll be interesting to see if the airline modifies its inflight service to more closely resemble a long-haul flight. (After all, New York to London \u2014 a proper long-haul route \u2014 is just 65 miles longer.)<\/p>\n<p>Note that Alaska is set to receive the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in the coming months. The carrier has 15 of these jets on order, and the cabin configuration hasn&#8217;t been unveiled yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stretch your legs: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/the-worlds-longest-nonstop-flights-updated\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> The world&#8217;s longest nonstop flights, updated<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While this announcement might be splashy for Alaska, the carrier will go up against some serious competition on the other side of New York City. That&#8217;s because United Airlines already offers daily summer seasonal service between Newark and Anchorage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-4252866712 tpg-figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:0\" class=\"jsx-36530878 full-width-auto-height-image\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative\"><span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;display:block;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;opacity:1;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:66.6796875%\"\/><img alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%\"\/><noscript><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=640 640w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=750 750w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=828 828w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=2048 2048w, https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=3840 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.global.ssl.fastly.net\/us\/originals\/2020\/06\/NowarrivingAlaska_1551221816740-HR-scaled.jpg?width=3840\"\/><\/noscript><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"jsx-4252866712 figcaption\">ALASKA AIRLINES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Interestingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/united-new-cabin-737-max-8\/\">United also deploys a Boeing 737 MAX 8<\/a> on the route (it used to operate a lie-flat-equipped Boeing 757 on this flight), but the carrier&#8217;s westbound schedule is not quite the same as Alaska&#8217;s. United&#8217;s Newark-to-Anchorage service departs at around 3:15 p.m. in the afternoon and lands in Alaska at 6:58 p.m. It returns as a red-eye flight, also departing at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/delta-new-alaska-routes\/\">Delta Air Lines also flew between New York and Anchorage<\/a>, but that service from the coronavirus pandemic era hasn&#8217;t returned since. As such, it&#8217;ll be interesting to see how Alaska fares with this new route.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Points of View: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/credit-cards\/airlines\/alaska-airlines\/which-credit-card-alaska-airlines-flights\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Which credit card should you use for Alaska Airlines flights?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alaskans love nonstop flights to and from the state. We like having great travel options and adding places such as New York and San Diego definitely fit the bill,&#8221; Marilyn Romano, Alaska&#8217;s regional vice president, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>With these two new routes, Alaska will offer a total of 14 nonstop destinations to and from Anchorage in the summer, including locales in the Lower 48 and Hawaii. Specific destinations include Chicago; Denver; Honolulu; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New York; Phoenix; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; and Everett, Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"alaskas-new-york-to-anchorage-timetable\" class=\"jsx-3480274316 anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"jsx-3480274316\">Alaska&#8217;s New York-to-Anchorage timetable<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alaska Flight 549 from New York to Anchorage departs at 9:45 a.m. and lands at 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Alaska Flight 11 from Anchorage to New York departs at 8 p.m. and lands at 7:05 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alaska Airlines is betting that you won&#8217;t mind spending nearly eight hours holed up in a domestic jet on its new longest route. The Seattle-based carrier announced on Friday brand-new service between New York&#8217;s John F. 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