<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by robertw477: I looked at the web site you mentined. Where does it clearly show the fare class? I was checking the site for some flights I was considering.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by wanaflyforless: OK – here it goes - I have ticketed all of the following itineraries:
Jan 24 AA 2373 MDW-DFW
Jan 24 AA 78 DFW-LGW
Jan 25 AA 79 LGW-DFW
Jan 25 AA 1036 DFW-MDW
$495.49 L class ticket 11,136 (Qualify for FLY04)
Jan 31 AA1342 ORD-MIA
Jan 31 AA1400 MIA-JFK
Jan 31 AA 132 JFK-LHR
Feb 1 AA 101 LHR-JFK
Feb 1 AA 423 JFK-MIA (EUR04 + FLY04)
Feb 1 AA1139 MIA-ORD (First half of AANYC)
$728.10 M class 11,476 (Completes Platinum challenge)
What a surprise to come back and find my thread revived - I thought it had died a long time ago.
Yep - I just finished phase one last night - got back to O'Hare at 10pm as planned - almost got a bump on my last leg (MIA-ORD) - but barely missed it. Other volunteers got the bump (and $$ vouchers I wanted) but I got the last seat (literally) on the plane. Oh well - maybe next time. Now I am just waiting for my account to say Platinum....
Also, I will need to get my mileage credit for this last London run straigtened out - the flight I was supposed to be on MIA-JFK (before JFK-LHR) was delayed 3 hours so I was rerouted MIA-LHR - so I will need to get AA to give me original mileage credit. (My new boarding pass also said N class instead of the M I booked in - which affects when I hit EXP, FLY04, and EUR04 bonuses - so quite important!)
I will write a MEGA trip report on all my flying sometime when I have time - maybe not till all my flying in March.
So far so good (I think), but transfering to/from the E terminal at MIA wasn't fun!
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by celbrian: Your mileage run is quite impressive.
But you won't get the AANYC: promo rules state that the travels need to be "booked in a single reservation under one ticket number". </font>
No, he'll be fine with the JFK-SJC legs for his March runs to NRT. The RT definition only requires it's one ticket including both segments leaving/returning to the same city. So the JFK-SJC-NRT RT's will qualify.
What I meant was that there's one return NYC-Florida or California missing to have the 2 systemwides as I count three qualifying return. Remember they need to originate in NYC. But then let's leave the headache to AAdvantage.
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I have 3 ORD-MIA-JFK-LHR-JFK-MIA-ORD itineraries and I have it in wrting from AA that this will qualify for AANYC. I also have one JFK-MIA-SJC-NRT-HKG-NRT-SJC-MIA-JFK so that is a total of four. I am considering doing some boston runs before April 15th but aren't sure if I really want to do this. I am assuming I can get 2 tickets from each promo - but could be wrong.
I have two more itineraries JFK-DFW-SJC-NRT-HKG return - and could probably standby JFK-SJC both ways if I needed to - but shoudln't have to.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by celbrian: What I meant was that there's one return NYC-Florida or California missing to have the 2 systemwides as I count three qualifying return. Remember they need to originate in NYC. But then let's leave the headache to AAdvantage.</font>
Actually, no. This was closely dissected on FT:AA and the text definining the parameters of the bonus does not specify city of origination. It simply requires flights between the specified city-pairs.
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You thought I was crazy. Well, I really am!
I hope to make a record in March. I just added more flights to my schedule.
I have already flown the following as planned:
Jan 24 AA 2373 MDW-DFW
Jan 24 AA 78 DFW-LGW
Jan 25 AA 79 LGW-DFW
Jan 25 AA 1036 DFW-MDW
Jan 31 AA1342 ORD-MIA
Jan 31 AA1400 MIA-JFK
Jan 31 AA 132 JFK-LHR
Feb 1 AA 101 LHR-JFK
Feb 1 AA 423 JFK-MIA
Feb 1 AA1139 MIA-ORD
Feb 14 AA 2329 ORD-DFW
Feb 14 AA 78 DFW-LGW
Feb 15 AA 79 LGW-DFW
Feb 15 AA 2372 DFW-ORD
I will fly the following:
I have upgraded this weekend’s flights (thanks to a VIP03 trade):
Feb 21 AA1131 MDW-DFW
Feb 21 AA1802 DFW-RDU
Feb 21 AA174 RDU-LGW
Feb 22 AA173 LGW-RDU
Feb 22 AA1171 RDU-DFW
Feb 22 AA2376 DFW-ORD
Feb 28 AA 1048 ORD-MIA
Feb 28 AA 914 MIA-JFK
Feb 28 AA 100 JFK-LHR
Feb 29 AA 101 LHR-JFK
Feb 29 AA 423 JFK-MIA
Feb 29 AA 1139 MIA-ORD
New itineraries
Mar 2 AA 47 ORD-SFO
Mar 2 AA 150 SFO-BOS
Mar 3 AA 263 BOS-LAX
Mar 3 AA 12 LAX-BOS
Mar 4 AA 263 BOS-LAX
Mar 4 AA 12 LAX-BOS
Mar 5 AA 183 BOS-SFO
Mar 5 AA 1608 SFO-ORD
Continue with old itineraries :
Mar 6 AA 1048 ORD-MIA
Mar 6 AA 914 MIA-JFK
Mar 6 AA 100 JFK-LHR
Mar 7 AA 101 LHR-JFK
Mar 7 AA 423 JFK-MIA
Mar 7 AA 1139 MIA-ORD
Mar 11 AA 729 ORD-LAX
Mar 11 AA 30 LAX-JFK
Mar 12 AA 167 JFK-NRT
Mar 14 AA 128 NRT-SJC
Mar 14 AA 288 SJC-JFK
Mar 15 AA 1411 JFK-MIA
Mar 16 AA 153 MIA-ORD
Mar 16 AA 153 ORD-NRT
Mar 17 AA 6115 NRT-HKG
Mar 18 AA 6116 HKG-NRT
Mar 18 AA 154 NRT-ORD
Mar 18 AA 154 ORD-MIA
Mar 19 AA 518 MIA-JFK
Plan to add one UA JFK-LAX/SFO
Mar 20 AA 701 LGA-DFW
Mar 20 AA 1101 DFW-SJC
Mar 20 AA 129 SJC-NRT
Mar 21 AA 6113 NRT-HKG
Mar 22 AA 6116 HKG-NRT
Mar 22 AA 128 NRT-SJC
Mar 22 AA 3198 SJC-LAX
Mar 22 AA 32 LAX-JFK
Plan to add one UA JFK-LAX/SFO
Mar 24 AA 287 JFK-SJC
Mar 24 AA 129 SJC-NRT
Mar 25 AA 6113 NRT-HKG
Mar 27 AA 6116 HKG-NRT
Mar 27 AA 128 NRT-SJC
Mar 27 AA 2218 SJC-ORD
Second weekend in April will fly:
CHI-LAX/SFO AA/UA
Two BOS r/t on UA
One Bos r/t on AA
Back to CHI
Late April or early May I will fly two cheap UA same day returns from CHI.
So, all in all, I will earn these certificates:
- 4 anywhere AA flies
- 2 anywhere UA flies
- 1 anywhere UA flies domestic
- 1 First class anywhere UA flies domestic
That's in addition to 600-800K miles, VIPs, etc.
Later this year if there are more good promos, I might just go for 1K. We’ll see how long it takes to recover from this first though....
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Val: Wish I had the kind of money you are blowing on this when I was in college. </font>
Actually... This isn't just for the sake of flying... but to increase the value received for total $$$ spent on tickets.
My (American) family lives/works in a place where the cheapest economy tickets to/from the USA are $1800-$2400 (consolidator price). AA partners fly there. It costs 75K miles for an award ticket. Award availability is pretty good. You do the math.
I wish I had the kind of money to afford to make EXP by buying a "DONE4 for around $4200, fly BA/QF/CX high quality International Seat Beds Business Class ATW-for 66,666 miles including 3 AA short US Internal sectors or around 4,666 miles and BINGO make EXP" as a few FTers reportedly do. Instead, I have to do a painful amount of flying in coach...
I am not rich - just saving my family money some big $$$, the hard way (painful amount of flying). A lot more money than I could earn working a college job.
And I won't worry about AA - not very many people are willing to do what I am for this. And they did recieve a signifant amount of money from me they wouldn't have otherwise. (Family would have purchased ticket from competition, not AA if I weren't doing this).
- I thought it had died a long time ago. 
