Help the Newbie - Need 3,200 Miles for *A Gold BEFORE end of July
 

Hi Everyone!

I need 3,200 more *A miles to hit gold status and my tier miles expire at the end of July. It would be such a shame to let them disappear especially since I've worked so hard to accrue all these tier miles from the tips I got from FlyeTalk.

Could someone please help me with a creative routing so I can hit my goal of 3,200 miles with any *A airline?

My routing is as follows - ORD to Washington, DC (DCA, IAD, or BWI).

My budget is $400-$450.

My dates are 6/13 or 6/14 - 6/17 or 6/18.

Any help is greatly appreciated!:D

Just outside of your budget, and these are the best layovers ITA is showing, but, I'm not finding much elsewhere for your mileage purposes (also, it's $490 to avoid overnight in FLL which may outdo cost of hotel)

Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) - Fri, Jul 13
United Chicago (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Fri, Jul 13
United 1003 Dep: 7:48PM Arr: 11:52PM 3h 4m Boeing 737 Economy (K)

Layover in FLL 7h 8m

US Airways Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Washington (DCA) - Sat, Jul 14
US Airways 986 Dep: 7:00AM Arr: 9:26AM 2h 26m Boeing 737 Economy (K)


Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) - Tue, Jul 17
US Airways Washington (DCA) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Tue, Jul 17
US Airways 1905 Dep: 10:30AM Arr: 1:01PM 2h 31m Boeing 737 Economy (K)
Layover in FLL 3h 44m

United Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Chicago (ORD) - Tue, Jul 17
United 1003 Dep: 4:45PM Arr: 7:14PM 3h 29m Boeing 737 Economy (G)


Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $461.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $461.20

I would buy that in a heart beat but are there any fares like that for June? or are they only in July?

Oh sorry. Messed up the dates in your OP by a month. haha. Well looks like you luck out. Here's what I found for June. ugly layover on the return, can be fixed for $495.

Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) - Wed, Jun 13
United Chicago (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Wed, Jun 13
United 1564 Dep: 9:41AM Arr: 1:45PM 3h 4m Boeing 737 Economy (G)

Layover in FLL 4h 50m

US Airways Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Washington (DCA) - Wed, Jun 13
US Airways 1887 Dep: 6:35PM Arr: 9:03PM 2h 28m Boeing 737 Economy (K)


Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) - Mon, Jun 18
US Airways Washington (DCA) to Orlando (MCO) - Mon, Jun 18
US Airways 1275 Dep: 3:05PM Arr: 5:19PM 2h 14m Boeing 737 Economy (K)
Layover in MCO 12h 41m

United Orlando (MCO) to Chicago (ORD) - Tue, Jun 19
United 385 Dep: 6:00AM Arr: 7:53AM 2h 53m Boeing 757 Economy (G)


Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $438.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $438.20


Chicago (ORD) to Washington (DCA) - Wed, Jun 13
United Chicago (ORD) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) - Wed, Jun 13
United 1564 Dep: 9:41AM Arr: 1:45PM 3h 4m Boeing 737 Economy (G)

Layover in FLL 4h 50m

US Airways Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Washington (DCA) - Wed, Jun 13
US Airways 1887 Dep: 6:35PM Arr: 9:03PM 2h 28m Boeing 737 Economy (K)


Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) - Mon, Jun 18
US Airways Washington (DCA) to Orlando (MCO) - Mon, Jun 18
US Airways 1275 Dep: 3:05PM Arr: 5:19PM 2h 14m Boeing 737 Economy (K)
Layover in MCO 2h 31m

United Orlando (MCO) to Chicago (ORD) - Mon, Jun 18
United 652 Dep: 7:50PM Arr: 9:44PM 2h 54m Airbus A320 Economy (L)


Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $495.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $495.20

Ahhh I want to do this! Do you know how I can book this ticket? I can't seem to do it on United.