Originally Posted by
dave1013
Book to embark at a terminus (i.e., ANC or KTN). That way you get the full experience. Of course, SEA can be the southern terminus, too. 66 and 64 end in SEA. 61 and 65 originate there and terminate in ANC.
AS 61: SEA-JNU-YAK-CDV-ANC (early morning departure)
AS 64: ANC-JNU-PSG-WRG-SEA (mid-day departure)
AS 65: SEA-KTN-WRG-PSG-JNU-ANC (early morning departure)
AS 66: ANC-CDV-YAK-JNU-SEA (late afternoon departure)
If you simply search for SEA-ANC, you won't see the milk runs show up at all. At best, you'll see a connection in JNU offered with the non-stop SEA//JNU//ANC segments offered, but not the other segments.
You also can't book the "full" milk run on a single booking, even with multicity. If you try to force a booking the full way by booking SEA-JNU on AS65 and then JNU-ANC on AS65, you'll get the following error:
Two consecutive flights with the same flight number must be booked as one flight. To continue:
Change your search to reenter your route as one flight.
Choose a different flight number in either selection.
You can book AS65 SEA-JNU and then a different (later) flight JNU-ANC, or you can book AS65 SEA-JNU on one reservation and then AS65 JNU-ANC on a separate reservation (though unless you're MVPG, I wouldn't recommend that as you have no ability to reclaim the cost paid for the JNU-ANC ticket if AS65 overflies JNU due to IRROPS--and yes, that happens--it happened to me, though I was on a single reservation, fortunately).
For the most "efficient" milk run trip, though, you would probably want to book some combination such as AS65 SEA-JNU and then (the next day) AS61 JNU-ANC. It requires an overnight in JNU but you can hit all six stops in one direction on one trip that way.