UA 5,000 Miles Needed: LAX

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norcaltransplant , Dec 10, 2012 4:30 pm
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Looking to hit Platinum this year and need 5,000 miles before the end of the year. Can fly Dec 17 - 20 or Dec 27 - 31. Been looking but haven't seen any deals worth purchasing.

Any ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated!!!
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AeroWesty , Dec 10, 2012 4:47 pm
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US still has some seats from SAN on the 17th to EWR/JFK in the $475 range if you can get down there. A few things out of ONT left, but it's so far east, it doesn't come up to 5K.

Anything else, start thinking in the $700+ range.
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clacko , Dec 10, 2012 6:55 pm
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makhdoom , Dec 10, 2012 7:26 pm
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looking to hit platinum this year and need 5,000 miles before the end of the year. Can fly dec 17 - 20 or dec 27 - 31. Been looking but haven't seen any deals worth purchasing.

Any ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated!!!
san-zfv, 12/17-18, $379
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makhdoom , Dec 10, 2012 7:32 pm
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Looking to hit Platinum this year and need 5,000 miles before the end of the year. Can fly Dec 17 - 20 or Dec 27 - 31. Been looking but haven't seen any deals worth purchasing.

Any ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated!!!
SAN-BOS, 12/17-18, $417. Weekend (12/15 and 12/16 is as low as sub-$400.)
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jbsay , Dec 10, 2012 10:03 pm
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If you don't want drive to SAN:

Dec 17 on US
LAX-CLT-LGA-PHL-LAX
$426 for 5166mi
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temecularedwing , Dec 10, 2012 10:24 pm
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A little work involved driving to/from SAN and quality time on a Logan gate chair pre-return, but the price is right. Hope you find one that works.

Dec 17 UA 554 SAN 1:32PM IAD 9:15PM 4h 43m Airbus A320 Economy (K)
Layover in IAD 0h 50m
UA 1246 IAD 10:05PM BOS 11:38PM 1h 33m Boeing 737 Economy (K)
Dec 18 UA 842 BOS 5:34AM IAD 7:21AM 1h 47m Airbus A320 Economy (T)
Layover in IAD 1h 8m
UA 229 IAD 8:29AM SAN 11:01AM 5h 32m Boeing 757 Economy (T)
$417.00
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AeroWesty , Dec 10, 2012 11:37 pm
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Wow, lots of stuff opening up tonight out of LAX. US, UA, AA and DL all are putting out sub-$500 fares to NYC again. I'm seeing things from the 12th - 17th.
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norcaltransplant , Dec 11, 2012 4:48 pm
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Thank you everyone. This is what makes Flyertalk a great community.

It's hard for me to justify spending $400+ to hit Platinum on UA and even the mid $300s isn't helping either.

On that note, if anyone is looking: LAX - CLT - SBY - PHL - LAX is $332.10 a/i leaving Thursday ($.06/mile..not great). I can't do a ML this week otherwise I'd consider taking it.
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LAX - CLT - SBY - PHL - LAX is $332.10 a/i
Watch the miles on that one. There is no 500mi min on US segments (for UA elites). CLT-SBY-PHL together is only 400mi +
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norcaltransplant , Dec 11, 2012 4:59 pm
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Watch the miles on that one. There is no 500mi min on US segments (for UA elites). CLT-SBY-PHL together is only 400mi +
Good catch and thanks for the info. Still learning...
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