If you are just looking to accumulate points with no other agenda (i.e. actual travel plans), this suggestion by bikostl is the best you're going to find. 2000 points for $86 = 23 points/$. You could do five of these for $430 and be qualified. that's a loophole.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bikostl:
tdtish:
If you are based in LA, you can do what I did for some miles. Take the LAX-LAS but go through SJC. You'll get 500 miles minimum per segment, and that's q miles, and it can cost as little as $86. (And you can do the trip in a day....no overnight required.) So for the RT you can chop 2000 q points off your challenge!
Good luck!</font>
[This message has been edited by krejcij (edited 10-21-2002).]