LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
SECTION 16 (a) FILINGS

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Alaska Air Group,
Inc. General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Keith Loveless, Alaska Air Group, Inc. Assistant Corporate Secretary
and Associate General Counsel  Karen A. Gruen and Alaska Airlines, Inc, Manager, Corporate Affairs Jeanne E.
Gammon, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of 19th day
of January, 2007.

	Signed:
			/Patricia M. Bedient/________________
			Patricia M. Bedient



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