UA: LHR-GIG £722 ($1213) V fare with free stopover - back again
May 18, 2014, 3:53 pm
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UA: LHR-GIG £722 ($1213) V fare with free stopover - back again
Not seen this one mentioned this year.
Although not true MR quality in itself at 6cpm, the free stopover in the US lends itself to using it as a positioning trip for additional side trips without the burden of additional UK APD on top of the 19k+ miles you can do on this trip alone. Plus, as a V fare, it is upgradable for 1k's throughout on routes that are not traditionally too difficult to find upgrades on.
Available 25 Aug until 12 Dec and from 6 Jan 2105 to 31 May on the outbound. Return from last stopover point not before first Sunday after outward.
One free stopover allowed, a second charged at $100. Max 5 transfers (2 in area 2/3 and 3 in area 1 allowed each way).
Last year, I booked this as LHR-MUC-ORD-IAH-GIG on the outward then stayed a few days in Rio. However, a same day turnaround option is available in GIG back to the US any day of the week, eg GIG-IAH-ORD (stopover). I then did a combination of two other mileage runs, which took me to SFO-EWR-SJO-EWR-SFO and back to ORD. In all I covered 35k miles but took my time and did a few overnights in hotels along the way.
This year there is the very cheap option of the UA/ANA ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK and rtn (22374 miles for £503/$855 @ 3.82cpm) with a same day turnaround option in CGK.
So for the really suicidal mileage runner, there is the option of
Thursday LHR-IAH-GIG (9850 miles)
Friday GIG-IAH-ORD (5941 miles)
Saturday ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK (11187 miles)
Monday CGK-NRT-IAH-ORD (11187 miles)
Tuesday ORD-EWR-LHR (4185 miles)
Total 42350 miles for £1226/$2059 @ 4.8 cpm in six days.
(More leisurely options available of course and plenty of dates available).
Although not true MR quality in itself at 6cpm, the free stopover in the US lends itself to using it as a positioning trip for additional side trips without the burden of additional UK APD on top of the 19k+ miles you can do on this trip alone. Plus, as a V fare, it is upgradable for 1k's throughout on routes that are not traditionally too difficult to find upgrades on.
Available 25 Aug until 12 Dec and from 6 Jan 2105 to 31 May on the outbound. Return from last stopover point not before first Sunday after outward.
One free stopover allowed, a second charged at $100. Max 5 transfers (2 in area 2/3 and 3 in area 1 allowed each way).
Last year, I booked this as LHR-MUC-ORD-IAH-GIG on the outward then stayed a few days in Rio. However, a same day turnaround option is available in GIG back to the US any day of the week, eg GIG-IAH-ORD (stopover). I then did a combination of two other mileage runs, which took me to SFO-EWR-SJO-EWR-SFO and back to ORD. In all I covered 35k miles but took my time and did a few overnights in hotels along the way.
This year there is the very cheap option of the UA/ANA ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK and rtn (22374 miles for £503/$855 @ 3.82cpm) with a same day turnaround option in CGK.
So for the really suicidal mileage runner, there is the option of
Thursday LHR-IAH-GIG (9850 miles)
Friday GIG-IAH-ORD (5941 miles)
Saturday ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK (11187 miles)
Monday CGK-NRT-IAH-ORD (11187 miles)
Tuesday ORD-EWR-LHR (4185 miles)
Total 42350 miles for £1226/$2059 @ 4.8 cpm in six days.
(More leisurely options available of course and plenty of dates available).
Last edited by Richym99; May 18, 2014 at 5:01 pm
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May 18, 2014, 6:20 pm
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May 22, 2014, 11:07 am
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Not seen this one mentioned this year.
Although not true MR quality in itself at 6cpm, the free stopover in the US lends itself to using it as a positioning trip for additional side trips without the burden of additional UK APD on top of the 19k+ miles you can do on this trip alone. Plus, as a V fare, it is upgradable for 1k's throughout on routes that are not traditionally too difficult to find upgrades on.
Available 25 Aug until 12 Dec and from 6 Jan 2105 to 31 May on the outbound. Return from last stopover point not before first Sunday after outward.
One free stopover allowed, a second charged at $100. Max 5 transfers (2 in area 2/3 and 3 in area 1 allowed each way). If you can upgrade the NA to SA are real easy,departing at night with no time change.
Last year, I booked this as LHR-MUC-ORD-IAH-GIG on the outward then stayed a few days in Rio. However, a same day turnaround option is available in GIG back to the US any day of the week, eg GIG-IAH-ORD (stopover). I then did a combination of two other mileage runs, which took me to SFO-EWR-SJO-EWR-SFO and back to ORD. In all I covered 35k miles but took my time and did a few overnights in hotels along the way.
This year there is the very cheap option of the UA/ANA ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK and rtn (22374 miles for £503/$855 @ 3.82cpm) with a same day turnaround option in CGK.
So for the really suicidal mileage runner, there is the option of
Thursday LHR-IAH-GIG (9850 miles)
Friday GIG-IAH-ORD (5941 miles)
Saturday ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK (11187 miles)
Monday CGK-NRT-IAH-ORD (11187 miles)
Tuesday ORD-EWR-LHR (4185 miles)
Total 42350 miles for £1226/$2059 @ 4.8 cpm in six days.
(More leisurely options available of course and plenty of dates available).
Although not true MR quality in itself at 6cpm, the free stopover in the US lends itself to using it as a positioning trip for additional side trips without the burden of additional UK APD on top of the 19k+ miles you can do on this trip alone. Plus, as a V fare, it is upgradable for 1k's throughout on routes that are not traditionally too difficult to find upgrades on.
Available 25 Aug until 12 Dec and from 6 Jan 2105 to 31 May on the outbound. Return from last stopover point not before first Sunday after outward.
One free stopover allowed, a second charged at $100. Max 5 transfers (2 in area 2/3 and 3 in area 1 allowed each way). If you can upgrade the NA to SA are real easy,departing at night with no time change.
Last year, I booked this as LHR-MUC-ORD-IAH-GIG on the outward then stayed a few days in Rio. However, a same day turnaround option is available in GIG back to the US any day of the week, eg GIG-IAH-ORD (stopover). I then did a combination of two other mileage runs, which took me to SFO-EWR-SJO-EWR-SFO and back to ORD. In all I covered 35k miles but took my time and did a few overnights in hotels along the way.
This year there is the very cheap option of the UA/ANA ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK and rtn (22374 miles for £503/$855 @ 3.82cpm) with a same day turnaround option in CGK.
So for the really suicidal mileage runner, there is the option of
Thursday LHR-IAH-GIG (9850 miles)
Friday GIG-IAH-ORD (5941 miles)
Saturday ORD-IAH-NRT-CGK (11187 miles)
Monday CGK-NRT-IAH-ORD (11187 miles)
Tuesday ORD-EWR-LHR (4185 miles)
Total 42350 miles for £1226/$2059 @ 4.8 cpm in six days.
(More leisurely options available of course and plenty of dates available).