Mileage Run Deals - US : FLL-CLT-SFO Same day RT $187.40 ai (or FLL-PHL-SFO)
Canibus
Sep 20, 09, 12:50 pm
Only date I found is saturday Oct 24. Flight details :
Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Depart 6:30 am
Charlotte (CLT)
Arrive 8:28 am
US Flight: 1523
Charlotte (CLT)
Depart 9:35 am to San Francisco (SFO)
Arrive 12:05 pm
US Flight: 1455
Sat 24-Oct-09
San Francisco (SFO)
Depart 1:05 pm
Charlotte (CLT)
Arrive 9:03 pm 2,292 mi
US Flight: 1499
Charlotte (CLT)
Depart 10:11 pm to Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Arrive 12:03 am +1 day
US Flight: 959
Bookable on Expedia.com
5855 EQM. 3.2 CPM
Not a bad MR for someone looking to top off their free fastrack to preferred status.
Edited to add : Oct 28th seems to work as well for same day turnaround, total 189$ for FLL-PHL-SFO-CLT-FLL (US 956 - US 787 - US 1168 - US 989) for 6441 EQM or 2.9 CPM
kinglobjaw
Sep 20, 09, 12:55 pm
There's also ABQ-PHX-PHL-TPA-PHL-PHX-ABQ for $206 w/ tax yielding 7,000 (6990) EQM's.
-Kinglobjaw
kinglobjaw
Sep 20, 09, 2:16 pm
Regarding OP's fare, you can also route via PHL in both directions for more miles (7,027) and do a same day with the return being a red-eye to avoid hotel. You can do Nov 4, 2009:
US Airways Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 1034 Dep: 10:00am Arr: 12:36pm 2h 36m Boeing 757
Layover in PHL 1h 29m
US Airways Philadelphia (PHL) to San Francisco (SFO) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 965 Dep: 2:05pm Arr: 5:23pm 6h 18m Airbus A321
San Francisco (SFO) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways San Francisco (SFO) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 942 Dep: 10:10pm Arr: 6:12am 5h 2m Airbus A321
Layover in PHL Thu, Nov 5 3h 48m
US Airways Philadelphia (PHL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Thu, Nov 5
US Airways 1061 Dep: 10:00am Arr: 12:59pm 2h 59m Airbus A321
-Kinglobjaw
Canibus
Sep 20, 09, 3:28 pm
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Regarding OP's fare, you can also route via PHL in both directions for more miles (7,027) and do a same day with the return being a red-eye to avoid hotel. You can do Nov 4, 2009:
US Airways Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 1034 Dep: 10:00am Arr: 12:36pm 2h 36m Boeing 757
Layover in PHL 1h 29m
US Airways Philadelphia (PHL) to San Francisco (SFO) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 965 Dep: 2:05pm Arr: 5:23pm 6h 18m Airbus A321
San Francisco (SFO) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways San Francisco (SFO) to Philadelphia (PHL) - Wed, Nov 4
US Airways 942 Dep: 10:10pm Arr: 6:12am 5h 2m Airbus A321
Layover in PHL Thu, Nov 5 3h 48m
US Airways Philadelphia (PHL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Thu, Nov 5
US Airways 1061 Dep: 10:00am Arr: 12:59pm 2h 59m Airbus A321
-Kinglobjaw
I saw that as well but I was trying to find something for october for the people who had registered for the budget fastrack in late august and were looking to retain status.
Cheers