<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LondonElite:
I'm confused...maybe you need to go slower.
If LAX-IAD-LHR puts you over the MPM, then you would you get it ticketed (or are you suggesting that you don't stop over in this ticket?)</font>
I'm suggesting that one could ticket it LAX-LHR (not LAX-IAD-LHR) on a direct flight (for example UA924). Normally, if so ticketed, the nonstop LAX-LHR mileage is counted toward TPM (against MPM) and FF miles are awarded only for the nonstop mileage.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LondonElite:
If you are suggesting you don't stop over and you actually fly on the full fare that you've bought, what's the point? And will you not have to get your original itinerary reissued because you've missed one segment?</font>
I'm not suggesting buying/ticketing the full fare reservation (LAX-IAD). I suggest one could make said reservation and leave it unticketed to ensure that the seat will be available when one shows up (with boarding passes already in hand for the ticketed later flight) to the gate from which departs the earlier (unticketed reservation) flight.