Hey all, I am short miles for platinum status before the end of the year.

I live in Cleveland and I was going to book the return portion of my trip as follows:

Syracuse to LAX (with a layover in Cleveland).

I was just going to skip the CLE --> LAX portion of the flight.

If I do this on a regular basis, will there be any consequence? It will give me the miles I need to make plat by the end of the year.


Thoughts?