Alaska Airlines Club 49
Founded in Anchorage in 1932 with one airplane, Alaska Airlines is now America’s 5th-largest airline. The company built its reputation on friendliness and an ability to provide safe, regular service to some of the world’s most challenging environments, from the Aleutian Islands to the Arctic north to the rain forest. Maintaining support in its namesake state is important to that brand image, so the airline provides exclusive travel benefits to Alaskans through its free program Club 49.
