Congrats on almost making all the flights you had booked. That must be pretty hectic. I fly international on business and have been a 1K for years, the past 4 being a Global Services card holder. UA has been pretty good with me in giving the comp upgrades to F and for excellent service when calling the GS 866 reservations staff. Usually after a 20+ hour flight I don't want to see another aircraft even in F for awhile. Most of all my trips are to where star alliance flies to so it is difficult for me to accumulate many other carrier miles. I wouldn't mine getting status on AA since we do latin america once in awhile. What is the best way to set up the MR runs for AA? I usually end up with 10-20K miles each year with AA but most of the time using their partner airlines. I did get a comp AA card several years ago because of my 1K status but wasn't able to keep it up. Do you work on the AA site and get these prices or go to a private company like Orbitz? I never travel domestically but would have the time on weekends when I am home. Sofar this year I only have business trips scheduled IAD-FRA-AMM, IAD-NRT-BKK-KTM and IAD-FRA-ACC. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Karl, 1K GS
So I ran into wannaflyforless yesterday in SFO on his Jan 24 JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-JFK itinerary. I was in line for the Chinese restaurant and saw his flyertalk tags. I introduced myself and we sat down and had lunch together. He has a remarkable story. I feel like such a lightweight with only 15K miles this month. Nothing like getting requal out of the way early though. Then you don't have to sweat those late part of the year MRs where if you get WX cancelled, you are hosed for the year.
So, bottom line, FT tags work. Wannaflyforless is the first FTer I have run into.
I met him in San Diego at the MR seminar and he is a very remakable individual!
As per the tags - I was on NW from MSP-MEM last week and grabbed a bag in FC that I thought was mine because of the FT tags but it was the guy's behind me (on the phone.) My bag was next to his... As I had 20 mins to get across the airport I could not wait until he finished. I heard him say he had 6,000,000 or so lifetime miles(?) and was sitting on 2,000,000 miles now. Maybe I will see him this thursday ... GO FT!
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I'm rather impressed in him being able to build the run, much less fly it. I tried to create a scenario to make NW Plat in 10 calendar days, and it's not that hard, in regards to the flights themselves... the problem is finding just the correct combination of fares (mon/fri same-days are tough!). Having about (15) DB210s would definitely help, but just building the run would be a challenge... it would have to be a perfect-storm of mid-week west-cost and weekend TATL specials. And would consume a Fri/5pm to (next) Mon-5/am block of time.
Congrats to the OP!
Steve B.
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I'm rather impressed in him being able to build the run, much less fly it. I tried to create a scenario to make NW Plat in 10 calendar days, and it's not that hard, in regards to the flights themselves... the problem is finding just the correct combination of fares (mon/fri same-days are tough!). Having about (15) DB210s would definitely help, but just building the run would be a challenge... it would have to be a perfect-storm of mid-week west-cost and weekend TATL specials. And would consume a Fri/5pm to (next) Mon-5/am block of time.
wanaflyforless, have your family and friends "intervened" and sent you to the dreaded Mileage Run Rehab Center?
What does that involve? Greyhound executives running art therapy classes? ("No, no, buses have wheels but no wings. Try it again.") Diving experts running decompression chambers? ("We'll start your first day in our Alpha simulator - which you can see resembles the interior of a Boeing 777-300 - with the pressure set at 8000 feet above sea level and all the humidty sucked out of the air. Then we'll ease you into our ground-based Bravo simulator that resembles a UA RCC.") Martha Stewart reminding us what a metal knife in hand feels like? Or a Vince Lombardi-esque director who, upon our admission to the center, begins his lecture by pointing to a square-shaped object and uttering, "this is a bed. Any questions?"
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Mmmm...
I really do need to wite up my update here.
But my computer crashed a couple days ago while I was in SIN and really don't feel like writing something detailed from an interet cafe or lounge. Once I get my laptop fixed or have some time at home feeling almost caught up, I will come back and add a bunch to this thread.
Summary: It was a major success, 104K BIS posted to AA in a timely manner, but AA refused to tell me if is was a record making EXP in Jan. I had amazingly few flight delays and arrived home tired...but no more than I have been before. A couple days of long sleeps and all is normal again - yes, I am young - that helps.
As for rehab - I am puzzled trying to imagine what that might involve. Trying to branwash me "you do not like flying" "you do not like airplanes" "you do not like flyertalk" "you do not like flying" "you do not like airlines" "you do not like FT" "you do not like flying", or ?
Actually, those who know me well understand my equeation and although I met some resistance at first, are now in support of my living on airplanes part of the time. Flying them in business class and taking them into F lounges helps.
So I'm thinking that you'll be able to afford another trip like this next year after someone in Hollywood pitches this story to someone else in Hollywood.
"Ok, so picture this: Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones in a story about this guy living in planes for a month. Now, I know the whole story concept might sound familiar, but I think it can really be a winner..."
1. ~$4000 paid for in vouchers, because of the international I added to spice things up.
"spice things up"...
Man, you are my hero... Seriously... I am planning a MR this year, and I could never do this MR you have come up with, but it would be my dream... I love how you are so calm and nonchalant about it... "to spice things up"... hahha... Incredible!
100,000 BIS in 19 days?
MM!
