Originally Posted by
jackal
AS's intra-state awards are one of the best uses of miles--7,500 one-way. String together a series of them for some phenomenal redemption values. For example, rather than ANC-ADQ-ANC, ANC-OME-ANC, ANC-BRW-ANC for 45,000 miles, you can do ANC-ADQ-OME-BRW-ANC for 30,000.
Actually, you could do ANC-ADQ-OTZ-OME-SCC-BRW-FAI-ANC for 30,000 AS miles, with stopovers in each of those cities. 40,000 miles would let you do all of that but starting and ending in the lower 48. Though getting all of those flights lined up with saver availability may be difficult.