X0306 4 2013-02-14 false 0000766421 ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC. ALK 0001263108 JOHNSON GLENN S 19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD SEATTLE WA 98188 false true false false PRESIDENT/HORIZON AIR COMMON STOCK 401(K) 2472 I ESOP TRUST RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT 17230 D COMMON STOCK 2013-02-14 4 M false 170 38 A 30141 D COMMON STOCK 2013-02-14 4 M true 2630 38 A 32771 D COMMON STOCK 2013-02-14 4 S false 170 49.33 D 32601 D COMMON STOCK 2013-02-14 4 F true 2051 48.71 D 30550 D COMMON STOCK 2013-02-15 4 S false 14235 49.2247 D 16315 D EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (RT TO BUY) 38 2013-02-14 4 M true 2630 0 D 2013-02-14 2022-02-14 COMMON STOCK 2630 7890 D EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION (RT TO BUY) 38 2013-02-14 4 M false 170 0 D 2013-02-14 2022-02-14 COMMON STOCK 680 510 D COMMON SHARES HELD IN THE ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 401(K) PLAN TRUST AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012. STOCK UNITS AWARDED UNDER THE 2008 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN; NOT VESTED BUT NO LONGER SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE. SAME-DAY EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND SALE EFFECTED PURSUANT TO A RULE 10b5-1 PLAN ADOPTED BY MR. JOHNSON ON 7/31/12. STOCK SWAP EFFECTED PURSUANT TO A RULE 10b5-1 TRADING PLAN ADOPTED BY MR. JOHNSON ON 7/31/12. DISPOSITION OF MATURE SHARES OF ALK COMMON STOCK, TO COVER THE COST TO EXERCISE 2,630 OPTIONS UPON VESTING. STOCK SWAP EFFECTED PURSUANT TO A RULE 10b5-1 TRADING PLAN ADOPTED BY MR. JOHNSON ON 7/31/12. SAME-DAY EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND SALE EFFECTED PURSUANT TO A RULE 10b5-1 TRADING PLAN ADOPTED BY MR. JOHNSON ON 7/31/12. SALE OF COMMON SHARES EFFECTED PURSUANT TO A RULE 10b5-1 TRADING PLAN ADOPTED BY MR. JOHNSON ON 7/31/12. /s/ JEANNE E GAMMON, ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR GLENN S. JOHNSON 2013-02-19