BOS to PTH (1 zone?)
Jan 3, 2015, 2:47 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: PHL
Programs: AA(PPro), UA, AGR, BW(Plat), HH, WoH, MB(S)
Posts: 778
Even though Port Huron appears to be a zone border city, there is no direct service to any Eastern Zone destinations, so it is only a Central Zone city. Even if it had service from the Eastern Zone, travel via Chicago from Boston would pass through two zones and would be a two-zone redemption. Based on that, there is no hidden city advantage to booking POS-PTH via CHI and discarding the CHI-PTH segment. It's two zones regardless.
Jan 3, 2015, 5:30 pm
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Programs: DL 1 million, AA 1 mil, HH lapsed Diamond, Marriott Plat
Posts: 28,190
If one really wants to get (most of the way) to Port Huron via Amtrak, train to Toledo, thruway bus to Detroit (a 1-zone AGR redemption), and friend with car on I-94 is one way to do it.
If the inquiry is just scouting tricks to get to CHI as a 1-zone award please ignore this post.
If the inquiry is just scouting tricks to get to CHI as a 1-zone award please ignore this post.