Alaska Airlines iOS app updated with mobile boarding pass

Alaska Airlines has updated its iOS app with several new features. The most significant new feature is the ability to check in and access your mobile boarding pass within the iOS application. New features of the app include: access to a mobile boarding pass, check in for flights, track flight status and boarding information, create text or email flight alerts, select and change seats, create a parking reminder, add notes for hotel and car reservations, access "My Trips" to view multiple flight itineraries, and track Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan account information.

Commenting on the news, Alaska Airlines' managing director of customer innovation Curtis Kopf said: "Our new iPhone and iPod touch app makes travel more convenient and simpler than ever. This powerful app is like a personal concierge service – it knows where you are at each stage of your travel and provides you easy access to the travel information that matters most."

Alaska Airlines app for iPhone and iPod Touch is available for FREE from the App Store.