[timsha]

I am not sure about the rates from AK, but SWA has some of the best rates around for flying. As for Magical Express, i do not believe they work in conjunction with SWA (or at least they did not in the past). I had have never used ME.. I have heard that if you fly SWA, you can still use ME, but you have to get your own luggage and bring it to / from the bus, but I am not sure about that.