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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by Bud Florida
I learned that playing the GS takes a lot of time.
I managed to reach 28 hits (hopefully) but I imagine over the course of 60 days I spent on average of 30 minutes a day. Filling out forms, correcting passwords, numerous emails and phone calls.
I think when people determine there miles per dollar, the time factor should be taken into account. If I spent 30 hours and I value my time at $20 an hour, that would be $600 worth of time spent on GS. I must admit I enjoyed it.
Thank you Beltway and all others who assisted.
I only spent maybe 3 incremental hours above and beyond what my normal activity.

- 1 hour devoted to eMiles.
- 1 hour devoted to extra clicking to buy 4 or 5 things I wouldn't have otherwise.
- 1 hour in the godforsaken Supershuttle From Hell from Newark to Manhattan. Yes, I'm convinced it was one full hour longer door-to-door than a taxi would have been. We didn't depart Newark until about 40 minutes later than I would have in a cab.

Lessons for next year:
- Just do the damn $10 Supershuttle no-show like every other Flyertalker here. @:-)
- Hit eMiles, one minute at a time, over the course of the next year. Have 500 miles primed at the GS '12 start.
- Forget about eRewards - just do a SPG trade like I did this year.

I was able to get a lot of hits through my normal car rentals and hotels. I didn't have to sink time into car swaps or extra hotel hops since I was going to max the hits anyway.
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