Originally Posted by
mitchmu
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Originally Posted by aacharya
I spent $3,000 to $3,500 to become 1K. Nine of the LGA-ORD/IAH-PDX flights helped (2.7 cpm), and the rest were 4-5cpm flights, some rebookings in Y, etc.
6,000 miles at 2.7 cpm is $162
94,000 miles at 4.5 cpm is $4320
This is above the stated $3,000 to $3,500 to become 1K.
To put this into perspective, getting 94,000 miles at 4.5 cpm is the equivalent to doing 19 transcon flights at a price of $225 each.
Bolding mine.
nine times 6,000 miles is 54,000 miles, leaving only 46,000 miles at 4.5cpm for $3500 total. But... why are we discussing this, anyway?
Originally Posted by
mitchmu
And, my question is not answered. All of this implies nothing flown in W fare which implies no use of GPUs for > 10 hour flights. And, if that's true, then what's the point? Wouldn't it be better to stay home and have a long nap and a nice meal?
Fair question. I can't answer for
aacharya, but it wouldn't be the first time somebody's done it -- I think
lucky9876coins flew roughly 100K of domestic mileage runs a few years ago. And it's not economically illogical. W fares are expensive, and if you can get 1K for $3500, you're earning almost enough RDM for a couple of trips in international F that would cost $15K each -- plus between CPU priority and strategic domestic use of GPUs, you might never have to sit in coach.
Speaking for myself, almost all of my international travel is work-related, and my employer's lowest-economy-fare + 2-week-advance-purchase policy means I'm unlikely to be able to use GPUs next year -- but I'm shooting for 1K anyway. Just because, y'know?