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Alaska Airlines Wi-Fi

Alaska Airlines is fitting Starlink across its fleet, and the Wi-Fi is free for Atmos Rewards members, thanks to T-Mobile. About 40% of Alaska and Hawaiian aircraft had it in late October 2026.

Provider: Starlink, Wi-Fi Onboard
Network: See connection instructions below; the network name may depend on the aircraft.
Free: On Starlink aircraft, Wi-Fi is free for Atmos Rewards members, thanks to T-Mobile.

Checked 1 November 2026. Prices and policies as of November 2026.

Who provides it

Starlink
All Embraer 175 regional jets and a growing share of the mainline fleet. Alaska expects to finish in 2027.
Wi-Fi Onboard
Alaska links WiFi Onboard terms for its Standard and Basic paid services.

What’s free

On Starlink aircraft, Wi-Fi is free for Atmos Rewards members, thanks to T-Mobile. Alaska introduced the member sign-in by mid-July 2026. Joining is free, before or during travel.
Guests under 18 get free Wi-Fi after entering their reservation details.
Alaska offers free texting on its Standard and Basic services. Eligible T-Mobile plans may also include free internet sessions.

As of November 2026.

Prices

Plan	Price
Standard or Basic internet, per flight	US$8

Alaska lists both paid services at $8. Check the onboard portal for the service and price on your flight.

As of November 2026.

Streaming and calls

Alaska says Starlink allows “high-quality streaming across multiple devices, from takeoff to landing”. It quotes speeds up to 500 Mbps and latency under 99 ms. Standard paid Wi-Fi supports streaming; Basic does not.

VPNs

Alaska doesn’t publish a VPN rule in its Starlink announcements.

Which planes have it

Alaska’s chart, updated 26 October 2026, shows all 93 Embraer 175s done. It also shows 12 of 20 737-8 MAX and 4 of 80 737-9 MAX connected. The 737-800, 737-900ER and 787 had none yet. Alaska expects the rest by 2027. Alaska’s passenger Wi-Fi page also describes Standard and Basic paid services on some aircraft.

How to connect

On a Starlink aircraft:

Turn on airplane mode and Wi-Fi. Alaska’s Wi-Fi page says to join Free WiFi at Alaskawifi.com.
Open AlaskaWiFi.com and follow the portal instructions.
Sign in to Atmos Rewards, or sign up, in a few taps. Existing members can be connected automatically.
Under 18? Enter your reservation details instead.

For Standard or Basic Wi-Fi, Alaska says to join Alaskawifi.com and open AlaskaWiFi.com. Guests under 16 need a parent or guardian to enrol in Atmos Rewards.

On board with Kilobat

Kilobat is a Mac menu-bar app that shows what each app sends and holds back what can wait. On a plane:

The sign-in page. When it doesn’t open by itself, the menu bar says This Wi-Fi wants you to sign in, with Open sign-in page. Turn your VPN on after you’ve signed in.
Mark it metered. macOS treats plane Wi-Fi as unlimited. Mark it Metered in Kilobat’s Wi-Fi menu or with kilobat networks cost metered, and Kilobat skips its own speed tests. If automatic switching is enabled, it switches to Travel.
Updates wait. With Pro, paused updaters enabled and the network filter on, macOS Software Update, App Store downloads, Google Updater and Microsoft AutoUpdate wait for an unmetered network. The apps keep working.
See what’s using it. Every app’s upload and download, live in the menu bar, so a messaging-only plan isn’t spent on a sync you forgot.
Send later. A big upload, such as Dropbox syncing a folder, shows as a row with its speed. With Pro, Send later can hold it until you’re on unmetered Wi-Fi again, for up to eight hours while Kilobat is open.
Know what’s slow. Health shows latency and loss, and with Pro their history through the flight. Those measurements can help you investigate a slow connection. When Slack or Zoom won’t load, Is it them or me? reads the service’s status page.

Questions

Is Alaska Airlines Wi-Fi free?

Yes, on Starlink aircraft for Atmos Rewards members, thanks to T-Mobile. Membership is free.

Do I need to be a T-Mobile customer?

No. Any Atmos Rewards member gets it free. T-Mobile customers are due an ad-free sign-on.

Sources

Checked on 1 November 2026.