100,000 BIS in 19 days? (EXP in Jan)

[as219]

Originally Posted by johnep1

Ouch. Best of luck to you!

Originally Posted by skchin

You must be single.

Originally Posted by bal214

i'm speechless

Originally Posted by anaggie

uhhhhhhh...loss for words...

Originally Posted by seoulmanjr

I think the smell alone would get you row 3 to yourself by day two of this.

Originally Posted by robbert

Groundhog day?

Originally Posted by Madhouse24

Wowwwwwwwwww!

What they said!
(!)

[ProTexana]

Wow, this is awesome! I wish I were doing the same thing. Great idea getting EXP in Jan. 07; you can just repeat it again Jan. 09, right?

1. How much did it all cost?
2. What did you pack with you?
3. When you merged segment 4 from one itin to segment 1 of another, did it cost you?

Please keep posting updates!

[PlatinumScum]

Originally Posted by wanaflyforless

- 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.

I'm in awe.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by JflyerYYZ

Well it is possible, but it would obviously get expensive.

What is expensive?

If I had chosen to do this using 16 PDX-LAX-JFK-SFO-PDX returns it would have cost me 16 X $110.46 = $1767.36
6445 x 16 = 103,120 miles

Instead, because I am AA voucher rich, I chose to make my life more interesting, doing 8 or 9 of those plus variety.

Originally Posted by JflyerYYZ

So I guess you're stuck to long hauls which take more time per miles earned.

This does not tend to be the case, although it can be true with certain programs/promotions.

Originally Posted by JflyerYYZ

There was that one guy who bought the first AC North America Unlimited Pass ($7000CAD for 2 months) that, then, gave 100% status miles flown (as opposed to a fixed # miles/month as they do now).

Yes, mtachi did a good job on that promo.

Originally Posted by JflyerYYZ

He ended up getting Super Elite on AC quite quickly and over 1000000 miles over the course of the 2 months.

I intend to top that earning 1,000,000 miles in a different Star program this year. But in one month (and it will be mostly long-haul 1rst class flying).

My first ever series of MRs earned me 747K AA miles.

My current run is different because the focus is not total RDM earned but rather BIS in X days.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by drbond

I am looking for one of these, so when it happens I will do the 30 or 60 day back and forths on any airline that offers it.

These come around several times a year on various airlines...if you understand (and can effectilfy apply) routing rules. What are you waiting for?

(Note: In order to get consecutive avail on a premium routing, it helps if you can book way out like I did 10 months ago).

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by Thebigwopper

Fabulous...! I love it...

How do you have so much time to do this? Are you taking the month off? I wish I had more time...

Self-employed; I choose my gigs.

Originally Posted by skchin

You must be single.

Yes.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by jpdx

I'm sure the Portland FTers would be happy to buy you a beer on a stopover. You certainly deserve it!

Is that an offer?

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by MileageGoblin

Let's hope you don't go crazy in the middle of these flights:

Originally Posted by wanaflyforless
Jan 23 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK
Jan 24 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK
Jan 25 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK
Jan 26 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK
Jan 27 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK
Jan 28 JFK-SFO-PDX

Crazy! ME!

Not a concern of mine; I will be dropping one or two of those and crashing at a friend's place if my schedule does not clip a ton of miles beforehand.

Originally Posted by MileageGoblin

Be sure to buy a newspaper so you don't forget what day of the week it is!

My watch does just fine.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by derpelikan

i heard a rumor that he going to fly 600.000 miles on LH to get HON in february

Physically impossible.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by MilesToGoBeforeISleep

Oh when oh when will I be able to get EXP by flying paid FC tix on QF from SYD to JFK?? or LHR-BKK-SYD/MEL... doesn't someone on the boards to do this? mr. pillows? the Aussie guy on BA?? when I can do this, i will have truly made it

Not QF but I have something worked out that works economically for me longhaul int F. No, I will not share the details on this. It is complex and not shareable.

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by IceTrojan

And the first part of March will be 300K on UA for that simulator ride.

Save that for July when I have 3X miles.

Actually...300K BIS is soo not worth a simulator ride! (And would barely be possible in a month but no way affordable I know!).

[wanaflyforless]

Originally Posted by alect

Wow - uber-MR!!!

The logical extension of this is to then follow in each subsequent month in flying 100K (or whatever is required for top tier in a different FFP) - UA in Feb, DL in Mar, etc....

I will probably earn 6 top-tiers this year, but not quite like that.

[autopilot]

Rumor has it that after completion of this task (which can only be compared to the first successful climb of Mt. Everest) wanaflyforless is receiving:

- a free lifetime membership to Flyertalk
- a gallon of shower gel and mouth water donated by flight attendants
- an honorable mention in the peanut growers association for having successfully digested an enormous amount of warm nuts
- an invitation by the "Queen" for having the entire movie dialogs memorized
- 25 bonus miles from AA as reward for being the first passenger who read an entire issue of "American Way" from cover to cover

.....

[wrightbrother]

Originally Posted by autopilot

Rumor has it that after completion of this task (which can only be compared to the first successful climb of Mt. Everest) wanaflyforless is receiving:

- a free lifetime membership to Flyertalk
- a gallon of shower gel and mouth water donated by flight attendants
- an honorable mention in the peanut growers association for having successfully digested an enormous amount of warm nuts
- an invitation by the "Queen" for having the entire movie dialogs memorized
- 25 bonus miles from AA as reward for being the first passenger who read an entire issue of "American Way" from cover to cover

.....

-- And a ten cubic kilometres of fresh ice water from the glacier his carbon emissions melted!!

[jameskwon]

Originally Posted by wanaflyforless

I will probably earn 6 top-tiers this year, but not quite like that.

Please share with me about *A plan...

at least PM me.