Originally Posted by
jackal
It's not a mileage run when you're paying 37 cents per mile!
I did some checking and found ANC-ONT for $566.49 round-trip as an overnight turn 12/17-12/18. It can be done in less than 24 hours (1pm on Monday and back by noon on Tuesday), so if you can convince your boss to let you leave early Monday and come in late Tuesday, that's probably the cheapest way to get the 3,000 miles needed. If you're limited to weekends, you're looking at $700+ or redeeming an award to SEA/PDX/LAX and doing a transcon mileage run for about $550.
Sorry, this fare is gone for these dates. You can still do it for outbound on 12/25 and return on 12/31, but I'm assuming that's not going to work for you.
Other options (all prices round-trip):
$385 SEA-MCO-SEA, 12/15-12/18
$457 SAN-OGG-SEA, 12/12-12/12 (slightly higher 12/12-12/13)
$469 SEA-KOA-SEA 12/16-12/18
$475 SEA-LIH-SEA, 12/11-12/12
$485 SEA-KOA-SEA, 12/14-12/15 or 12/12-12/14
$505 SEA-LIH-SEA, 12/13-12/14
And to save 10,000 miles on your award (15,000 intrastate rather than 25,000 interstate), you can do:
$737 ANC-SEA-MCI-SEA-ANC (12/11-12/12)
$755 ANC-SEA-BLI-HNL-ANC (12/11-12/12)
And to book a revenue flight out of Bethel and not redeem any awards:
$969 BET-ANC-SEA-OAK-HNL-ANC-BET (12/11-12/12)