Your operation does not allow dispatch to a "below mins" airport by filing two alternates and fueling for the most distant?
No. We don't file to an alternate. If we file, it's to destination. Now, if you want to name the desired destination as the alternate, that's fine, but then it has to meet alternate minimums. What you're suggesting is filing to an unintended field as the destinaiton, picking an alternate for that, and then diverting to the original unfiled field enroute. If the weather isn't going to be do-able on arrival, then we may very well not want to be going at all. If there are viable alternatives nearby, then we're going to be filing to them as the destination. In that case, we're not launching to a filed that's unavailable...we're launching for an entirely different destination.