Mileage Run Deals - UA: BOS-LAS <$208 RT AI, 2.8 cpm possible

Finally the better domestic fall fares start to appear! Best routing is BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS, this is mostly available on Tuesdays only (there are other dates, just not consistently), for $222 RT AI, 2.97 cpm with the 500 mile elite minimum for SFO-LAS. Almost any two UA hub connections (or even just SFO each way) is under 4 cpm. Dates start beginning of September to about May 2013, normal Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year blackouts as always.

Edit: Although the dates are VERY spotty (mostly only Tuesday departures in late September with a very quick turn and redeyes), there is availability for this fare now on the as posted routing for $206 RT, 2.76 cpm. Will alert the mods to update.

Nice find! Looks like RDU to LAS can be had for as low as 4.6 cpm on United during the same stretch of dates as well! :)

Nice find! Looks like RDU to LAS can be had for as low as 4.6 cpm on United during the same stretch of dates as well! :)

Back-to-back it then as a bunch of one-way fares ;). RDU-IAD-SFO-LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS-SFO-IAD-RDU. Your body will hate you but the miles will be worth it :D.

RDU-IAD-SFO-LAS-SFO-IAD-RDU, with elite mins, is $229, 3.35 cpm, although the RDU-IAD is on an ERJ or a prop Dash 8.

I may just have to do it..I actually have some vouchers on UA as well!

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Yeah i need two as a mr..but i don't have my voucher info with me. Sure it will be gone by the time i am home tonight

Nice find OP!

If anyone sees a routing where starting from SFO works, would you please post it (or PM me)? I've tried a bunch of combos without success (and I have some of the prior MR ones SFO-IAH-ORD-BOS and back booked). Looking for next year as I have this one taken care of. Thanks!

If anyone sees a routing where starting from SFO works, would you please post it (or PM me)? I've tried a bunch of combos without success (and I have some of the prior MR ones SFO-IAH-ORD-BOS and back booked). Looking for next year as I have this one taken care of. Thanks!

I'll check but I doubt it will work. You could try a cheap flight to LAS and start from there, then go something like LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS, but get "wildly sick" (or fail to clear to the LAS gates in T1 at SFO from T3 with enough time :rolleyes:) and miss the flight. Don't do it too frequently though, or $MI/J will come after you and wonder why you get so "sick" so much!

got
LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-EWR-IAH-SFO-LAS
sept 11th-12th

7281 Miles or 3 CPM even. :D
$221.10 Get on it!

it shows 272 dollars for
LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS

7293 miles (3.7 cpm)

Sitting on the fence
June 4-5,2013

got
LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-EWR-IAH-SFO-LAS
sept 11th-12th

7281 Miles or 3 CPM even. :D
$221.10 Get on it!

same for $404 now :(

it shows 272 dollars for
LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS

7293 miles (3.7 cpm)

Sitting on the fence
June 4-5,2013

I did 2 x these at $224 -- feb 9-10 and mar 2-3

Guys also,
from LAX..spirit air is offering insanely low prices round trip!

LAX-LAS = $29 a.i

I think you use coupon code 35off

either way, it's a cheap way to get there!

Plenty of dates out there, it's still going strong! Would be nice for me if AA would match it. Come on AA! Stop letting UA have all the low fares :D.

DL has kinda matched, $248 BOS-ATL-LAS-ATL-BOS, but that's 4.8 cpm which isn't much of a great deal unlike the UA one, unless you live in BOS or LAS and only fly Delta and really need to go from one to the other.

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Great deal since I'll be doing a run on my return from biz trip to BOS and will skip the last leg for ATL to BOS on DL.

I looked up this fare and only BOS-SFO-LAS is showing up in the search results.
I tried multiple destinations and error comes up..

I looked up this fare and only BOS-SFO-LAS is showing up in the search results.
I tried multiple destinations and error comes up..

Try to look the available times up on ITA, then specify the flight times in multi-city on UA.bomb going BOS-IAH-SFO-LAS and return segment by segment. I just did this and it worked. You can also book them one-way at a time on multi-city, that may work better, especially if you have a decent amount of time before your return from either BOS or LAS.

I looked up this fare and only BOS-SFO-LAS is showing up in the search results.
I tried multiple destinations and error comes up..

Here's how I did it on ITA.

LAS
UA+ SFO IAH / padconnect 20
BOS
UA+ IAH SFO / padconnect 20

(You don't have to do the padconnect, but I do it because I have mobility issues)

Then found my dates and booked it multi-city segment by segment.

Here's how I did it on ITA.

LAS
UA+ SFO IAH / padconnect 20
BOS
UA+ IAH SFO / padconnect 20

(You don't have to do the padconnect, but I do it because I have mobility issues)

Then found my dates and booked it multi-city segment by segment.

I learn something new every day! Didn't know you could do that. I assume it only shows flights with a connection of X number of minutes (in your case, 20) over the minimum connection time (MCT)?

I learn something new every day! Didn't know you could do that. I assume it only shows flights with a connection of X number of minutes (in your case, 20) over the minimum connection time (MCT)?

Yep.

http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Matrix_by_ITA_Software

EXTRA CONNECTION TIME
Command is "padconnect XX"
Ex: require at least 20 minutes more than airline recommended
minimum connection time
from: BOS ::/ padconnect 20
to: LAX ::/ padconnect 20

I learn something new every day! Didn't know you could do that. I assume it only shows flights with a connection of X number of minutes (in your case, 20) over the minimum connection time (MCT)?

Yep!

It's covered in the FAQ here (http://support.google.com/faqs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1739452), there are a ton of cool options.

Seems wide open for many weekend dates in either direction.

Seems wide open for many weekend dates in either direction.

Any example dates?
I searched the following in ITA:
LAS
UA+ SFO IAH
BOS
UA+ IAH SFO

and tried with both 0 nights and 1 night layover, but didn't find any low weekend fares.

I was looking at it, and unfortunately positioning flights from DEN are as much as the MR itself, so not worth it, but I was able to find weekend availability all through September, including some runs LAS-SFO-IAH-BOS-IAD-IAH-SFO-LAS for $224, which is 2.96cpm. 7,557 PQM

Any example dates?
I searched the following in ITA:
LAS
UA+ SFO IAH
BOS
UA+ IAH SFO

and tried with both 0 nights and 1 night layover, but didn't find any low weekend fares.

I did:
LAS
UA SFO UA IAH UA
BOS
UA* IAH UA SFO UA
September 8-9, 15-16 both $228, some weekdays in October as well, didn't look beyond that.

There are not very many weekends available for 2012 most are in 2013 ex BOS

Yep.

http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Matrix_by_ITA_Software

Yep!

It's covered in the FAQ here (http://support.google.com/faqs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1739452), there are a ton of cool options.

Bookmarked and bookmarked. I knew a decent number of those but those both add a bit to what I knew before. Thanks!

Damn looks like the deal is dying - at least for 2012??? Booked a Sun-Thurs BOS-EWR-LAS r/t for work in Oct for $217 this morning (all G fares) and now .bomb is showing nothing but W fares and more than double the price for the same dates and flights. Additional dates in Oct and Nov seem to have been pulled as well.

Yes. Went month by month on ITA, tried .bomb, tried Kayak, nothing left. Fare gone, will alert the mods. Congrats to all who got in! I'm slightly annoyed AA never matched :mad:.

Yeah agreed - bummer AA didn't match. I had wanted to route via SFO but the times alas didn't line up. Thanks for posting this great fare!

Yes. Went month by month on ITA, tried .bomb, tried Kayak, nothing left. Fare gone, will alert the mods. Congrats to all who got in! I'm slightly annoyed AA never matched :mad:.

That's the main reason i chose UA instead of AA. Prices are too high on AA and the the routing rules are more restrictive.

This one has been quickly resurrected....I just saw it @ UA.com....

This one has been quickly resurrected....I just saw it @ UA.com....

Indeed you are right, but the availability is way less than it was before. Seems to be only midweek now, before it was most days.

Indeed you are right, but the availability is way less than it was before. Seems to be only midweek now, before it was most days.

There are still weekend 0-day turns available via SFO/LAX in both directions in late 2012 and early 2013.

For example Oct 20-21 BOS-IAD-SFO-LAS-LAX-BOS 6530 miles (with minimums) for $241 -- 3.7cpm.
Or Feb 2-3 BOS-SFO-LAS-SFO-BOS 6408 miles (with minimums) for $237 -- 3.7cpm.

I booked two of the latter for 2013 as the schedules are really convenient for a quick turn. First flight doesn't leave too early on Saturday, and back early Sunday morning. And no risky winter weather airports (except maybe BOS itself).

There are still weekend 0-day turns available via SFO/LAX in both directions in late 2012 and early 2013.

For example Oct 20-21 BOS-IAD-SFO-LAS-LAX-BOS 6530 miles (with minimums) for $241 -- 3.7cpm.
Or Feb 2-3 BOS-SFO-LAS-SFO-BOS 6315 miles (with minimums) for $237 -- 3.75cpm.

I booked two of the latter for 2013 as the schedules are really convenient for a quick turn. First flight doesn't leave too early on Saturday, and back early Sunday morning. And no risky winter weather airports (except maybe BOS itself).

SFO is a risky year round airport for weather :rolleyes:. That said, I've gone there 8 times this year, and only once was the fog an issue. I just did elite standby for the earliest possible flight that day.

Seems to be back again.

It is. Availability pretty good through SFO, though the IAH-SFO both ways routing for the most possible miles isn't quite as open. Single stops in SFO are still very good miles, and fewer flight issues to worry about.

I booked an IAD-BOS-SFO-LAS (rt) on Sep 11th. Not quite as sweet, since I had to add the IAD-BOS and BOS-IAD legs, but it fit my calendar...

Thanks TravelByPoints and TheBOSman for reporting it as "alive again"!

I booked an IAD-BOS-SFO-LAS (rt) on Sep 11th. Not quite as sweet, since I had to add the IAD-BOS and BOS-IAD legs, but it fit my calendar...

Thanks TravelByPoints and TheBOSman for reporting it as "alive again"!

How much more for the IAD-BOS add-on?

The two extra legs were $150. (I know, not even close to MR territory, but it happens to work for me.) $370 / 7,408mi = $0.05

Suggestions for domestic MRs from IAD are welcome... :)

I booked an IAD-BOS-SFO-LAS (rt) on Sep 11th. Not quite as sweet, since I had to add the IAD-BOS and BOS-IAD legs, but it fit my calendar...

Thanks TravelByPoints and TheBOSman for reporting it as "alive again"!

You are welcome. Glad to hear that you could use it.

The two extra legs were $150. (I know, not even close to MR territory, but it happens to work for me.) $370 / 7,408mi = $0.05

Suggestions for domestic MRs from IAD are welcome... :)

MRs out of IAD are notoriously scarce (though there was a great deal to GEG earlier this year for around 3.5 CPM). BWI is usually a much better bet, even if it does involve driving or getting on a train.

Delta has loaded some matched fares.

There were a bunch of ~$110 one-ways in September available yesterday, but today the lowest one-ways are around $157. The fare (on United, at least) appears to be dead again.

Delta has loaded some matched fares.

There were a bunch of ~$110 one-ways in September available yesterday, but today the lowest one-ways are around $157. The fare (on United, at least) appears to be dead again.

Yes, it looks dead on UA. DL is still out there, but single connections only. If I recall it is about 4.5 cpm on DL, nothing spectacular.

Yes, it looks dead on UA. DL is still out there, but single connections only. If I recall it is about 4.5 cpm on DL, nothing spectacular.

Seems to be back on UA! G fares loaded again. Just booked another trip for $235 ai in Oct. Mainly midweek flights but some weekends as well for under $300. Have to play around on the matrix for max eqm routing via IAH or SFO.

Seems to be back on UA! G fares loaded again. Just booked another trip for $235 ai in Oct. Mainly midweek flights but some weekends as well for under $300. Have to play around on the matrix for max eqm routing via IAH or SFO.

Indeed, it goes away and comes back fast :D. UA seems to be doing that a lot. I'm wondering (legitimately) if this is a new pricing scheme for them, throw out some low fares and hope to get some people to TOD into F? Or have bookings on UA actually gone down that much? I view it especially in light of the recent RASM numbers that show AA and DL growing at almost 5% while UA is flat. Discussion for another thread though!

Indeed, it goes away and comes back fast :D. UA seems to be doing that a lot. I'm wondering (legitimately) if this is a new pricing scheme for them, throw out some low fares and hope to get some people to TOD into F? Or have bookings on UA actually gone down that much? I view it especially in light of the recent RASM numbers that show AA and DL growing at almost 5% while UA is flat. Discussion for another thread though!

I think you're absolutely spot on but yeah another thread..I've been looking at a specific itin past four days and each day the flight price kept dropping approx $20 per day and until this am they were all in K...now in G.

When did it change? I was looking earlier this morning and it was closer to $250.

*oops now i see the lower fare ones. Mainly single connects

found 230 for same day turns Oct. and Nov. and booked three to put me over 1k early. Whoo Hoo!

WN's prices have gone up too much to make this reasonable to position for. :(:td:

Fare has gone down slightly, 2.76 cpm for EQMs possible!

Appears to be back up to $250ish now.

Appears to be back up to $250ish now.

Wow that didn't last long. It is still 3.6 cpm. Good luck to everyone who got in! If it comes back, someone may feel free to just start a new thread.

BOS-ORD-IAH-LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS same day with a red eye
$323.30 ai for 3.2 CPM

BOS-ORD-IAH-LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS same day with a red eye
$323.30 ai for 3.2 CPM

Wow! They let you route LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS trans-con twice on the way home with just $100 more! What dates?

Wow! They let you route LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS trans-con twice on the way home with just $100 more! What dates?

I ran it for Oct 30 (finishing up on the 31st). Trying to see if I'm gonna be free that day!

Wow! They let you route LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS trans-con twice on the way home with just $100 more! What dates?

If its true they fixed it fast as its now $1031

If its true they fixed it fast as its now $1031

$1031 for BOS-LAS or just for the double trans-con on the way home?

But I was able to put a BOS-LAS inside a LAS-BOS, ended up for $530 I got LAS-SFO-(redeye)-BOS-IAD-SFO-LAS-SFO-(redeye)-IAD-BOS-IAD-SFO-LAS. About 13,600 miles for leaving Mon night and back Wed night.

$1031 for BOS-LAS or just for the double trans-con on the way home?

The full trip BOS-ORD-IAH-LAS-IAD-SFO-BOS for $323.30 was showing as $1031 when i checked. Just being cautious considering the poster just joined FT this month and this was the first post. I mean it is possible a long time lurker joined just to post a deal they found.