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Nov 25, 2014, 9:22 pm

jakeryan1

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Join Date: Jun 1999

Location: JFK

Programs: AA LT Plat

Posts: 453

FARE GONE: US: PHL-LAS $80 AI r/t. 1.8CPM

US: PHL - LAS

Jan - Feb

4.3K Miles
Same day turns for $75.

h/t: http://www.theflightdeal.com/2014/11...ing-all-taxes/

Nov 25, 2014, 9:24 pm

alo53

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: BOS

Posts: 78

ya i saw this on the twitters ~10 min ago and already have booked 4

can get chairman for under 800 w challenge!!!!!

Nov 25, 2014, 9:33 pm

JBG89

Join Date: May 2013

Programs: N/A

Posts: 685

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Originally Posted by alo53

ya i saw this on the twitters ~10 min ago and already have booked 4

can get chairman for under 800 w challenge!!!!!

If only i could get days off mid week!

Nov 25, 2014, 9:40 pm

PbodyPhoto

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: NYC

Programs: QF LTG

Posts: 1,200

Plenty of weekends next year. Only $75 for a same day turn.

Nov 25, 2014, 9:58 pm

jfkeze

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Multiple locations

Programs: AAdvantage ExPlat LT Gold, BA Silver, Aegean Star Gold

Posts: 5,038

booked one for Feb 7 PHL-LAS-PHL

Nov 25, 2014, 10:04 pm

nambrot

Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: NYC, BER

Posts: 91

Is anyone actually going to do the chairmans challenge under 800?

Nov 25, 2014, 10:13 pm

tsz

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: NYC/PHL/HKG

Posts: 210

Quote:

Originally Posted by nambrot

Is anyone actually going to do the chairmans challenge under 800?

I guess it's technically doable @ $200 + $75*7 = $725

But I went for US Plat @ $600 to (hopefully) make these runs more bearable...in for 6 of them

Nov 25, 2014, 10:20 pm

maskedmesothorium

Join Date: Jul 2013

Posts: 580

Great deal. If it were 2013 I'd be all over it and crediting to UA. Le sigh.
Now if I could credit to AS, oh yeah.

Nov 25, 2014, 10:27 pm

nambrot

Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: NYC, BER

Posts: 91

just curious, but whats the actual benefit of chairman or even platinum?

Nov 25, 2014, 10:32 pm

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jamesnine

Join Date: Nov 2012

Location: SFO

Programs: US CP, AA Gold

Posts: 45

FYI, it works the other way as well (LAS-PHL), for the same price.

Nov 25, 2014, 10:39 pm

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yuel

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: ORF

Programs: UA Silver, MR titanium

Posts: 2,020

Quote:

Originally Posted by nambrot

just curious, but whats the actual benefit of chairman or even platinum?

Highest airline status for us and aa

Nov 25, 2014, 10:43 pm

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Domat

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: NYC

Posts: 5,025

Fantastic. I was planning to go anyways. Not the exact dates but close enough. 80 for the rt.

Nov 26, 2014, 12:45 am

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iahphx

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tsz

I guess it's technically doable @ $200 + $75*7 = $725

But I went for US Plat @ $600 to (hopefully) make these runs more bearable...in for 6 of them

Congrats. Frequentmiler has been talking about this opportunity, and I thought about doing it if the right offer came around. This is clearly the right offer if you live in these city pairs. But flying 7 PHL-LAS roundtrips in such a short timeframe (with potential winter weather, no less) is just too painful to me -- I just wouldn't get enough benefit out of the status.

That said, for those crazy enough to do it, from PHL, I would take one of the evening nonstops to LAS and then red-eye it home. Buy each ticket individually on Priceline for the $5 rebate from topcashback, so each roundtrip is $70.20. If you don't have one, I would get an AMEX plat card (I think the Ameriprise is still free) so you can sit in the new Centurion Lounge in LAS for your brief layovers (it's near the US gates) and have a free dinner, too. And I'd personally spring for the Plat challenge to make it more bearable.

Clearly a great deal. But 7x in 2 months? You'd have to be a bit nuts. Or maybe just young and single -- there's no way you'd find a significant other crazy enough to do this.