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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by swag
Not to mention, with a single flight number, miles are earned on the origin to destination mileage.
STL-DFW = 550
DFW-SJO = 1776

But STL-SJO = ~2016

So you get 310 fewer EQM/RDM with the same flight number.
Conversely, upgrading requires 4 versus 5 stickers. And, had STL-DFW been 551 miles, it would have required 6 stickers for the separated flights.

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