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Nov 28, 2010 | 9:22 pm

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sapguy

Join Date: May 2003

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mrswirl

Check out this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...+did+you+spend

There are several posters who claim to spend as little as $2500 - $3000. If you consider LGA-SFO-SYD is roughly 20k EQMs all it takes if 5 round-trips in the $600-$700 range to equal ~$3000. With vouchers and other certs you can bring that down even further.

Anyone who is willing to endure the torture of 5 R/T in Y (even E+) from LGA to SYD deserve to make 1K. And then for what? The next year, to use the SWUs, you will have to book fares higher than the $600-$700.

So go ahead and game the system, if you can.