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Mar 26, 2007 | 9:08 am

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lawchild

Join Date: Oct 2004

Location: PDX

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Originally Posted by ozstamps

If BRW does not work out, we may try for King Salmon, to go see the salmon feeding Bears at Brook's Falls if very early June is not too early for that?

Early June is low season for bear activity in Katmai, I believe. However, it is a marvelous place regardless of the level of bear activity. It is perhaps the only place in the world with a volcanic ashfield covered in moose and bear tracks. Note that to get to Brooks Camp from AKN you have to fly approx 20 minutes on a floatplane.

From my experience you can get a saver award on the KS (PenAir) flights between ANC and AKN, combining it with any connecting AS flights at the same levels. For example last summer I flew JNU-ANC-AKN-ANC-JNU, with only ANC-AKN on KS, for 20K AS miles.

If you are traveling solely on KS, then I think the saver award level is 15,000 miles.

KS does not fly to BRW, though. It's either AS or Frontier Flying Service (not to be confused with F9). Stops in Fairbanks, Barter Is., Deadhorse, and Nuiqsut.

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