DL: CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS O/W $298, 16,257 miles, 1.7cpm
May 30, 2017, 10:01 am
#17
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May 30, 2017, 10:04 am
#18
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Whether you earn Delta status based on segments or miles has nothing to do with the revenue (MQD) requirement. However, you can bypass the MQD requirement by spending $25,000 annually on a cobranded Amex or by having a residential address outside the US.
May 30, 2017, 10:19 am
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Join Date: May 2017
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Powertools aka "the userscript" is awesome but all it does is let you go from a specific flight result in an ITA search and click through directly to a booking page sort of like the "Book with ..." link in a Google Flights search result.
It's handy especially for booking itineraries that are difficult to replicate elsewhere, and definitely a useful tool for mileage runners/fare hackers, but by itself it does not help with searches.
FT thread (see wiki for basic info and installation instructions):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-lh-lx-tk.html
It's handy especially for booking itineraries that are difficult to replicate elsewhere, and definitely a useful tool for mileage runners/fare hackers, but by itself it does not help with searches.
FT thread (see wiki for basic info and installation instructions):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-lh-lx-tk.html
Thanks for that, I thought it was something else. 👍
May 30, 2017, 10:25 am
#21
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I'm working on using this. I just need to get myself to CMB and since I already have a OW USA to Vietnam and was planning to go to India from there, getting to CMB might make this all work. Of course it isn't really a mileage run for me, rather real transportation.
May 30, 2017, 10:30 am
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Seemed like a good alternative to me. I have two more booked this year.
May 30, 2017, 10:44 am
#23
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May 30, 2017, 10:52 am
#24
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Just for fun:
CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS-MSP-BOS-AMS-BOM-CMB
$434.91 prices on Delta.com
1.53cpm for 28414 MQM
CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS-SLC-ORD-AMS-LHR-BOM-CMB
$474.87 prices on Delta.com
1.63cpm for 29122 MQM
CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS-MSP-BOS-AMS-BOM-CMB
$434.91 prices on Delta.com
1.53cpm for 28414 MQM
CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS-SLC-ORD-AMS-LHR-BOM-CMB
$474.87 prices on Delta.com
1.63cpm for 29122 MQM
May 30, 2017, 11:46 am
#25
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May 30, 2017, 11:52 am
#26
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May 30, 2017, 12:28 pm
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FYI, Re: jfk, I can't get the stopovers to work anywhere but Vegas without bumping the price quite a bit.
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May 30, 2017, 2:05 pm
#28
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This would be an incredible experience, but I think I would embark upon a status/mileage run to SIN for about the same number of MQMs and much less brutality. Plus, I don't even know how I'd position to do this.
May 30, 2017, 2:08 pm
#29
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Personally since I'll be in London in December I'd take a one-way to CMB and then do the CMB-AMS-LAX-HNL-OGG-LAX-SAN-LAS-SLC-ORD-AMS-LHR-BOM-CMB for $474.87 and just hop off at LHR. Trying to tell myself how bad of idea it is to actually do this...
May 30, 2017, 3:00 pm
#30
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However, note that the prices Matrix displays are consistently and substantially higher than once you load it with Delta.
