I've currently got 34,092 status miles and I'm obviously just short of the 35K needed to qualify for Elite 35K status in 2013. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good flight from YYZ to ??? to push myself over the top or other recommendations?
As most will say here, if you want to reduce the money that you will be spending, do the run from BUF. I recently purchased a BUF-LAS rt for $250 ai to get me 5 segments to get me to SE. It should also net me ~5849 AEROPLAN Status Miles + 2924 AEROPLAN non-Status miles bonus.
But if you do not want to do your run from BUF and/or do not want to spend too much time on it, a quick YYZ-{SomewhereVeryClose}-YYZ will net you 1K status miles that you need -- assuming you are currently a top tier member to get the min 500 status miles
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or you can do it to London ON over a 2 hours slot and slightly cheaper
Flight From To Date Depart Arrive Stops Duration Aircraft Fare Type Meal Service
AC77031 Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ)
Terminal 1 London, London Ontario Airport (YXU) Sat Dec-15 08:00 08:46
0 0hr46 DH4 Tango Plus, T
AC77061 London, London Ontario Airport (YXU) Toronto, Pearson Int'l (YYZ)
Terminal 1 Sat Dec-15 09:20 09:58
0 0hr38 DH4 Tango Plus, T
Operated by:
1 Air Canada Express - Jazz
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Passenger Type Adult
Departing Flight - Tango Plus
164.00
Return Flight - Tango Plus
164.00
Surcharges NAV 24.00
Taxes, Fees and Charges
Canada Airport Improvement Fee SQ 40.00
Canada Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST #10009-2287 RT0001) RC 52.81
Air Travellers Security Charge (ATSC) CA 14.25
Total airfare and taxes before options (per passenger) 459.06
Number of passengers 1 Grand Total - Canadian dollars $459.06 CAD
While we are talking YYZ-{SomewhereVeryClose}-YYZ options for the OP, there are a few days to YOW/YUL that is only ~$220 (with TAX) each way. You can do it in the evening if you can not take a day off from work/school in the morning.
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didn't realized this was my 1000th post on FlyerTalk.
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Originally Posted by BlondeBomber
but then you also have to ask--what's the point of making 35K elite . . .
Right.
It's now Star Alliance silver and other than a few more eUpgrade credits, the only other tangible benefit is access to lounges. However, the plane ticket to put you over will buy you a ton of beer.
