Mileage Run Deals - UA: BOS-PDX ~$242 RT AI, as low as 3.6 cpm

Original post: Same day turns widely available starting around August 21st through October 31st. One connection allowed in each direction according to routing rules. LAX followed closely by IAH seem to be the best connections for highest mileage. G fare code.

Update: This fare has returned, with availability through the middle of December. Same rules and fares as before. Thanks to CokeandTaco for calling attention to it. DL has semi-matched, but for $280 and with very little availability and only as a codeshare on the AS nonstop. That is 5.5 cpm, some one stops for more are 5.2 cpm, but not quite good enough to be a mileage run for most. Nobody else has done anything as of yet.

Second update: Fare is slightly lower on some dates in September and October, and continues on for many other dates. Down as low as 3.6 cpm, $242 RT AI. Edit: Thanks tcook052!

Nice find. This works pdx to bos too.

Available May 30 as well. ;-)

Reverse is available Aug-Oct and drops to low $250s for early week travel (and a few days in late May/early June). Usually through SFO (~4 cpm) and requiring redeyes to BOS. ITA shows some days offering two stops PDX>BOS that increase AI by $10 or less; I saw PDX-LAX-SFO-BOS-SFO-PDX for $265.00 AI & 3.6 cpm.

fare gone

It's still there. Just verified it on .bomb myself as well, and still shows on ITA.

The fare is still available for a few days that I am looking at in September (originating PDX). Do a flexible dates search and it will show up in the calendar.

The fare is still available for a few days that I am looking at in September (originating PDX). Do a flexible dates search and it will show up in the calendar.

I'm using September 8th (a Saturday) departing and returning to Boston. .bomb doesn't show it on flexible date search but just using those dates works. I'd try looking up dates on ITA Matrix, and then inputting those dates onto .bomb directly. Availability is still wide open on ITA. Some flights arrive or depart after midnight so account for that best as possible. Same day Fridays doesn't seem to work from BOS but all other days look good, at least in September.

Thanks to those who found and posted about this. I just booked this itinerary for $258.20 for 6,844 miles, 3.77cpm:

PDX - IAH Sep 25
IAH - BOS Sep 25
BOS - IAH Sep 25
IAH - PDX Sep 25

I had to use the flexible date calendar to find it, even then the calendar said $300 bucks but this fare came up after clicking the date.

I'm currently a gold elite member, going for better status next year, what do you think my chances are of getting an upgrade on these routes? Probably not good with IAH in the mix, I'm guessing. :(

Thanks to those who found and posted about this. I just booked this itinerary for $258.20 for 6,844 miles, 3.77cpm:

PDX - IAH Sep 25
IAH - BOS Sep 25
BOS - IAH Sep 25
IAH - PDX Sep 25

I had to use the flexible date calendar to find it, even then the calendar said $300 bucks but this fare came up after clicking the date.

If you do a multi-city search and force a connection in IAH or some of the other cities you'll see more flights and can kinda trick the system into giving you the G fare that may be available on the individual flights but not on the complete one way trip. I did that and was able to get the same routing as above for the same price even though the simple search only gave me other flights.

I'm currently a gold elite member, going for better status next year, what do you think my chances are of getting an upgrade on these routes? Probably not good with IAH in the mix, I'm guessing. :(

You may have decent luck on a Tuesday. Usually Monday and Thursday are the heavy business travel days.

FWIW, this deal is still available as I was this close to booking PDX-IAH-BOS-SFO-PDX in mid-October but am deciding to pass... for now.

Still available as of 11AM EDT. Good to see a decent fare with some staying power.

Edit Friday 3PM EDT: Fare STILL available!

Matched on AA both midwk Sept. and end of Oct.(Halloween):PDX-LAX-BOS;
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Matched on AA both midwk Sept. and end of Oct.(Halloween):PDX-LAX-BOS;
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Can be done same day out of BOS as well, as long as you're willing to fly the redeye LAX-BOS and get up early for the morning BOS-LAX flight. ^ Do note that the LAX-PDX flight is on AS, there should still be a T4-T6 bus to replace the old T4-T3 bus now that Alaska Airlines has moved over to T6 at LAX.

Still widely available on UA as well.

Fare still available as of 8AM May 16th.

I think the fare is gone now. I've tried dates in August, Sept and Oct...all are > $350

I think the fare is gone now. I've tried dates in August, Sept and Oct...all are > $350

You are correct. Thanks! It lasted almost 10 days, not too bad!

Same day turns widely available starting around August 21st through October 31st. One connection allowed in each direction according to routing rules. LAX followed closely by IAH seem to be the best connections for highest mileage. G fare code.

Thanks TheBOSman for posting this ten days ago and may everyone who booked enjoy the experience and the mileage accrual.

This thread has been moved to MR Discussion. Thanks also for the Alert.

BiziBB, Moderator Mileage Run

You are correct. Thanks! It lasted almost 10 days, not too bad! I can confirm this deal is over as I looked earlier today while searching for another summer MR. Flying PDX-BOS Sept 21-22, red eye outbound, $246 ai. Thanks for posting this!

It looks like this fare has returned from the dead....if someone will confirm, then we can ask the mods to move back to MR forum....

Sample:
UA: Oct 19 BOS-LAX-PDX-LAX-BOS $261ai

It looks like this fare has returned from the dead....if someone will confirm, then we can ask the mods to move back to MR forum....

Sample:
UA: Oct 19 BOS-LAX-PDX-LAX-BOS $261ai

It is back on UA. I will check for AA/DL/AS/US and then alert to move back into active deals. Availability starts 8/25 on UA.

Edit: See first post for updated info. Thanks CokeandTaco!

It looks like this fare has returned from the dead....if someone will confirm, then we can ask the mods to move back to MR forum....

Sample:
UA: Oct 19 BOS-LAX-PDX-LAX-BOS $261ai

Seeing $256 for Oct. 19

BOS-IAH-PDX-SFO-BOS - 6,676 - $0.04 CPM

BOS-PDX for $261 ....It is back on UA. I will check for AA/DL/AS/US and then alert to move back into active deals. Availability starts 8/25 on UA. Edit: See first post for updated info. Thanks CokeandTaco!

I'm seeing a few scattered $302 fares on AA BOS-LAX-PDX in October but they are scattered and limited to Mon/Tues dates. Same day and one day turns though. CPM = 4.4

Booked. Thank you. Going for 150K this year to load up on GPUs.

Booked PDX-SFO-BOS-SFO-PDX at $246 ai. 6,508 EQM ~0.037cpm

All on G fares though, sure hope the CPU comes through for the SFO-BOS-SFO legs. lol

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Booked two of these to ensure I'd qualify for 1P, even though I think one would've been sufficient. I just didn't want to end up having to find something with three weeks left in the year.

PDX-EWR-BOS-IAH-PDX and PDX-EWR-BOS-SFO-PDX. I chose SFO on the second one as I wasn't super comfortable with a 58 minute connection at IAH, especially when weather anywhere along the line in December can mess up the whole thing.

Thanks, CokeandTaco!

This is the fare that refuses to die! STILL going for dates as posted.

Fare is slightly lower on some dates in September and October. Down as low as 3.6 cpm, $242 RT AI. Edit: Thanks tcook052!

Scattered same-day turns BOS-LAX-PDX available on AA for $247-266ai a few dates this fall. Mostly on Tuesdays, one on a Saturday; very limited days.

LAX-PDX is the AS code-share; cpm around 3.9 to 4.2.

BOS-SAN is back for $226 RT all in. Start booking same day turns in January 2013 to get a head start on 2013 requalifying!

BOS-IAH-PDX weekend turn available in Sept. Thanks OP!

BOS-SAN is back for $226 RT all in. Start booking same day turns in January 2013 to get a head start on 2013 requalifying!

This is wide open, but it might be best to start a new thread. If I can get a minute to work on the best routings and cpms, I'll go post it with a credit. Thanks!

Edit: Reposted as a new thread with credit to weirdlyndon.