Elephants are scattered throughout sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; other, now extinct, members of the order include deinotheres, gomphotheres, mammoths, and mastodons.
This in part because Delta goes directly to Sitka, while the Alaska Airlines flight usually bobs, making a stop in Juneau or Ketchikan that eats up an extra hour.
1 Fly on a paid Alaska Airlines flight, or an Alaska partner, such as American, Cathay Pacific, or Emirates and credit the miles to Alaska Air. 2  Use the Alaska Airlines credit card.