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Oct 25, 2009 | 6:04 pm

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Originally Posted by Capricorn70

Thanks very much for the clarification.

How can I max the mileage? Is there something fundamental I'm not doing properly?

This dummy itin. will net me about 57000 miles and 1800 TPs (with various BAEC status factors on top of actual flown mileage) - any suggestion I can do better?

Thanks a heap!!^

The itinerary currently is 47,000 BIS miles and would only get the 1800 TPs if you actually get A on each flight (which you won't as AA flight between Canada and the US have only J).

In terms of TP earning you can do much better by selecting flights which are over 2000 miles even so they are not F. Also, look for "freaky" single flight number flights ex LAX/SFO/SEA/PHX/LAS with more than 2000 miles. As an example I have included LAX-RDU which does exist at certain times.

So an itinerary like

JFK-YVR-DFW-NRT-CGK-NRT-SIN-SYD-MEL-LHR-MCT-LHR-LAX-RDU-LAX-DFW-JFK

would give you 55800 BIS seat miles and more than 2100 TPs. This is not totally optimized as it allows for CX JFK-YVR and QF A380 SIN-SYD. The big problem is that it is very uncertain which routes will have F at the end of next year.

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