What Was Your Cheapest Mileage Run Ever??!!!
Feb 29, 2012, 3:19 pm
#1
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What Was Your Cheapest Mileage Run Ever??!!!
Hey All,
I know most Mileage Runs make sense at about 2-2.5 cents but I'm curious to know what was your cheapest mileage run ever!!!!!??? Kindly post your cities!
I know most Mileage Runs make sense at about 2-2.5 cents but I'm curious to know what was your cheapest mileage run ever!!!!!??? Kindly post your cities!
Feb 29, 2012, 3:26 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2003
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$1.86+ SFO-ART (Watertown, NY)
Believe it was ~$40 AI
See also
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...e-past-decade/
Believe it was ~$40 AI
See also
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...e-past-decade/
Feb 29, 2012, 5:58 pm
#4
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Location: dallas texas usa
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i've done $300 ai dfw-lgw get off, get back on-dfw a few times at just over 3 cpm & 1.5 for the rdm [oop costs were parking & gas for 40 mi] ....i may have done something cheaper, but europe has always been my favorite for mrs.....i have also done fra, lhr, zrh....
Feb 29, 2012, 6:41 pm
#6
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Central Virginia
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$1.86+ SFO-ART (Watertown, NY)
Believe it was ~$40 AI
See also
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...e-past-decade/
Believe it was ~$40 AI
See also
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...e-past-decade/
Feb 29, 2012, 7:38 pm
#7
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Those are going to be tough to beat on a cost per mile basis. Came out to about $45-ish all in RT. We did six (6) of them to LEB.
Some others of my favorite (though we stayed a while instead of turning them):
- LAX-TPE $96 RT all in on MH Business Class (DL miles)
- LAX-NAN $51 RT all in on FJ (AA miles at the time)
- USA-Europe $20+ RT on BA in WT+ (AA miles, about $95 all in depending on country)
I think the MH one was the best value. With C class bonus, that thing netted some 20K DL miles, and it was a great ride in MH C.
Feb 29, 2012, 8:25 pm
#8
Join Date: Aug 2002
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I'd have to say my best would have been last year's torturous EWR-IAH-HNL-ORD-IAD-SEA-ANC-SEA-IAH-GRU-ORD-LGA for $414. Got a $400 voucher for VDBing off of IAD-DEN (part of IAD-DEN-SEA) and taking the direct IAD-SEA. Four days of flying topped off by nearly missing my first international business trip with my new employer due to a canceled ORD-EWR which an angel in the RCC got an ORD-LGA leg to get me in and make my flight at EWR.
Mar 1, 2012, 9:10 am
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I'd have to say my best would have been last year's torturous EWR-IAH-HNL-ORD-IAD-SEA-ANC-SEA-IAH-GRU-ORD-LGA for $414. Got a $400 voucher for VDBing off of IAD-DEN (part of IAD-DEN-SEA) and taking the direct IAD-SEA. Four days of flying topped off by nearly missing my first international business trip with my new employer due to a canceled ORD-EWR which an angel in the RCC got an ORD-LGA leg to get me in and make my flight at EWR.
So a) was that 414 after the 400 VDB b) what did that work out as a CPM (too lazy to do the math myself) c) how did you find/create that fare and d) while I'm at it, how's the weather? 
Whitey in YUL (BTW, -5C/22F, up to 6" of snow...)
Mar 1, 2012, 9:13 am
#10
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CTA-CPH $ 1.40 Base Fare
SCL-NYC $ 36.50 Base Fare MDE stop -over
NYC-SCL $ 36.50 Base Fare
$ 191.50 All-in
Oh I almost forgot
JJ:BHZ-RIO-JFK
JJ JFK-SAO-BHZ
$ 109.00 all in CheapoAir.
and AMS-RIO
SAO-BRU
$ 313.00 All-in
SCL-NYC $ 36.50 Base Fare MDE stop -over
NYC-SCL $ 36.50 Base Fare
$ 191.50 All-in
Oh I almost forgot
JJ:BHZ-RIO-JFK
JJ JFK-SAO-BHZ
$ 109.00 all in CheapoAir.
and AMS-RIO
SAO-BRU
$ 313.00 All-in
Mar 1, 2012, 9:16 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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Just needed a short turn-around MSP-MKE-MSP, I think the flight cost $127 (maybe $107) and then when I got to MKE I heard them asking for volunteers to get bumped as it was Dec 22nd and busy, wasn't my flight return flight they were announcing for, but I had a heads up it could be a possibility. In the end I got $300 for a bump to the next flight 1 hour later total cost = -$173 and first class upgrades each way (Delta). 
total cost = -$173 and first class upgrades each way (Delta).
Mar 1, 2012, 1:02 pm
#14
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As mentioned above, the EWR-HNL-LAX-IAD-DEN-SEA-SFO-LAX-IAD-GRU-IAH-EWR fare for $440 all-in on CO was the winner for me. Got a $600 bump coming back from GRU and a $400 bump from LAX-IAD, so I made about $560 on the trip. It was also a blur to move between all of the time zones.
A close second was PHL-YYZ-BCN-YYZ-PHL for $370, in which I netted a $500 AC bump voucher on the outbound and $780 cash (EU rules) on the return for bumps. Was very pleasant to go to the Washington, DC AC ticket counter and have them cut the check for me
A close second was PHL-YYZ-BCN-YYZ-PHL for $370, in which I netted a $500 AC bump voucher on the outbound and $780 cash (EU rules) on the return for bumps. Was very pleasant to go to the Washington, DC AC ticket counter and have them cut the check for me
