I'm staying put

It blows my mind that a round trip ticket between Anchorage and Seattle on Alaska Air is being advertised as a "deal" at $437 round trip. Lately I've seen Anchorage to San Francisco round-trip for $456 -- that flight is a couple hours longer than the one to Seattle. The airline is totally screwing us over! I remember when I snagged a ticket on that route (ANC-SEA) for $250 a few years ago. Ah, the good old days.