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Originally Posted by ROW2Aisle
Staying at home no doubt and recovering from a severe case of constipation
To the OP: How often and where do you plan on showers?
Constipation: Not an issue. I eat well (select airport food) and am just fine.
Showers: At least once a day, at an Admirals Club. Definititly LAX during my 1:45 connection and some days JFK during my hour connection if I feel like it.
Last edited by wanaflyforless; Jan 18, 07 at 7:20 am.
Having just done 60k BIS miles in the course of two weeks. Jan 5th to Jan 17th most in F and 2 in Y, I came back home yesterday and slept for 18 straight hours. Wow 100k BIS is crazy.
- Cost: The backbone of my itinerary is a mileage run jewel:
AA 6779 PDX-LAX (AS 737), AA 30 LAX-JFK (762), AA 179 JFK-SFO (763), AA 8089 SFO-PDX (AS CRJ 700).
22:33 minutes total. 1:27 in PDX before the repeat.
$110.46 all in. Bought when the price was right and applicable 7 days a week through end of sched (about 10 months ago). $30 lost when cancelled (I already cancelled 2).
Almost all flights below are paid for with vouchers.
Excellent. Did you ticket these in person at an AA counter or by mail? I presume they pulled most of the taxes...
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OP did not mention showers. He did say, however, that he expected to get three-across seats to sleep on in coach.
Unfortunately, perhaps, I do not have BO on my side for the three seats . (Shower daily in LAX at AC, elsewhere if needed). I do have the fact that JFK-SFO is usually half empty in econ on my flight.
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Yes, I am doing this partly for bragging rights and partly for fun. The price was right and timing fit my schedule needs this year. 100% pure (pointless? ) MRs. The economics work and I kinda enjoy flying, even this intense. Making something like this happen is a puzzle. It is an art…I look forward to the finished product. What will my 100K in 19 days end up looking like?
Almost all flights below are paid for with vouchers.
The thread you don't want your SO's to read!
Your comment summs it up in one sentence, for me. It's all a puzzle. I have the added complexity of being a hub-captive, and being very lean on NW DB210s right now. But I've just about requalified to Silver, at around $0.02/EQM... amazing (IMO) for a hub-captive.
Reading threads like this make me proud to be an MR'er...
Steve B.
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'07 PE:13/14 '08 SE:13/20 GE:15/22 PE:0/2 VDB:2
Ticketed at an AA counter...yes, taxes waived (using bump vouchers, primarily).
Couple more questions:
* What was the ticketing agent's reaction?
* How many separate tickets did you buy?
* How did you accumulate that many bump vouchers? I didn't have a single VDB last year.
* How much clothing are you taking with you? As you live in ORD, looks like you'll be home twice during that time, so 7-10 days worth?
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Congratulations to you and good luck with the MR!
100K BIS miles in 19 days ... that's 456 hours ... that means you're averaging 219.2 miles per hour ... you should get a speeding ticket!
What's your cost per mile?
Also, did you look at doing more longer-hauls instead of the JFK-PDX turnarounds? Would you be more comfortable with a couple of SYD and SIN trips rather than all of the boarding and unboarding?
My hats off also to all the FTers who offer their kudos and support! Only on flyertalk would this be thought of as a sensible, noteworthy and laudable endeavor :-)
(You all know that!)
