US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Maximize Miles TPA-DTW-TPA

I’d appreciate any thoughts on how to maximize tier miles for TPA-DTW in August. I’m not clear from the Q or K rules whether I can back-track TPA-MIA-PHL-DTW. And, I’d like to avoid the CRJ. Thanks for the suggestions.

Your best bet is to do something like TPA-CLT-RDU-PIT-DTT. That would get you 4 segments and 2012 miles (512, 500, 500, 500). For the most mileage, do TPA-MIA-PIT-DTW - that gives you 2016 miles (500, 1016, 500). Is 4 extra miles worth sacrificing a segment though? I don't think so!