SEATTLE - Alaska Airlines is making it easier for travelers to make a quick getaway to California.

Alaska is now offering 15 weekday roundtrip Seattle-Los Angeles flights - three more than before - departing on the hour southbound and on the half-hour northbound.

The airline also will offer weekday departures nearly every two hours on the hour or half-hour for flights between Seattle and Orange County (nine daily roundtrips, one more than before), San Francisco (eight daily roundtrips), San Diego (seven daily roundtrips, increasing to eight in June), and Oakland and San Jose (seven daily roundtrips each).

Alaska is also awarding double mileage plan miles to qualifying fliers on trips from Seattle to L.A. or San Francisco for most of the year.