Interesting Baggage Rules and Exceptions

Some of the legislative staff is driving to Juneau and one of the staffers in my office took a suitcase for us.  Yesterday I went to the Alaska Airlines website to see how much our check-ins would cost.  We pretty much just go carry on these days, but this could be three months, so a little bit more would be helpful.  So here are the basic charges under the new regime:

But, there's another link called Baggage charges and waivers:

Jackpot!! Travel wholly within State of Alaska - THREE FREE BAGS!  Hey Ted, sorry I had you take that suitcase.  I could have taken yours.  The temptation to take six check-ins with us is great.  But, no, we're going to stick to one, maybe two, possibly three check-ins between the two of us.

There's also three free check-ins for military "on orders."  And people going to Guadalajara or Mexico City can take two free bags from Dec. 1 to January 15.  What's that about?

But there's more:

OK, strollers and car seats, wheel chairs.  That certainly makes sense.  And international connections where you can take two free check-ins, that makes sense too.  But there's a special for Santa Rosa in Napa Valley:  one box of wine!

No free boxes of frozen salmon from Alaska, what did Santa Rosa do to get their exception?   But the rules do recognize hunters though.  Here are the rules on raw meat and antlers:

 Here's the link to the Alaska Airlines baggage page with 14 different sections.