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Airlines like Alaska Airlines make it very difficult to board a plane without a phone. It's still possible, but you need to prepare early and get your boarding pass printed at home, provided that you have a printer, apparently.

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I remember when Alaska Airlines wasn't terrible.

Any idea what happened? New CEO? Acquisition?

A lot of otherwise good companies have found that "Can't use phone" is almost equivalent to "Annoying non-profitable Customer"

You can also print them at the numerous Alaska Airlines kiosks at most airports

> Alaska Airlines kiosks

Those don't exist. I guess you haven't traveled with Alaska for a while.

https://worldaviationfestival.com/blog/airlines/alaska-airli...

I fly with them all the time. You can print your tickets at the ones that do bag check in where bag drop-off is, or the attendant that checks your ID and takes your bags can print them for you.

I can’t think of a single airline that can’t or won’t print a boarding pass. At least not based in North America.

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