Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
Actually, they would be allowed to pick up passengers in Anchorage if they wanted to make it other than a tech stop, but they would not be allowed to disembark previously-boarded passengers thru CIQ. In other words, they cannot sell flights between two U.S. ports.
Exactly, if ANC was a regular stop , they could add passengers to the flight.
QF does this with JFK-LAX-SYD. Some passengers board at JFK and the rest board at LAX, There are also passengers who do JFK-LAX and change to the MEL or BNE fligth at LAX.