Originally Posted by
reubencahn
Qualifying on miles not points. Assuming I get no bonus EQM out of this trip, my booked travel through end of year will put me at 93,545. I'll either be making one more work trip to the east coast or doing an MR to make up the difference. My original return routing would have given me 287 EQM more. I also lost a leg on my trip to DCA when weather delayed a departure for ORD causing me to cut out a leg so as not to be stuck in Chicago. Had this past trip gone as expected, I would have been at 94,685.
My advice would be to put together a transcon MR to more than cover the difference in the worst-case scenario some day when you have the time (I'm doing RDU-JFK-SFO-PDX-LAX-MIA-RDU for 7500+ EQM). It will be much easier than trying to extract the most out of each of your trips when you are pressed for time due to other commitments. Just a thought.