Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I'm bumping an old thread with the same question
I want to go to Barrow and ideally would like to arrive on a Friday, depart on a Sunday. Ideally I would like three seats on miles IAD/WAS-BRW however my search on AA and UA didn't show much
AA had seats at the saver level but not for the days I need to be there One of the last three Saturdays in August 2016. I need to be there on Saturday so I need to arrive Thu or Friday. I can leave sunday or monday.
UA sells tickets to BRW but does not offer awards.
AA offers the awards but only at the saver level (not many choices) and no AAnytime awards. My kids have some AS miles as well from DL flights. I did not try the AS site? does AS offer its own FFN program better redemption opportunities than partners?
I presume I can get IAD/ANC or FAI easier; is it very expensive to pay for the RT to BRW from ANC or FAI?
That's a very long time to be up in Barrow if you don't have a reason to be there. I went up once on the first flight of the day and went back down on the last flight and that was more than enough.
UA would not have awards as no UA partners serve the route (UA will sell you a ticket on any non-partner airline on connecting flights to avoid losing the sale to another carrier.)
Since only AS metal awards are available, you can only get saver if using miles other than AS Mileage plan. With AS miles you have more options as you are not limited to saver. With AS miles you can get usually 40K RT from anywhere in the lower 48 pretty easily
Right now revenue is about $400 RT ANC-BRW, Slightly higher from FAI. Looks like Sunday returns the cheapest is a B fare so hopefully that means its just too early for discount fares to be sold