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Old Apr 18, 2013 | 12:10 pm
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Originally Posted by troyintn
yes, most people consider a MR to be taking a flight only to take the flight. A couple of years ago DL did a promo from BNA for double MQMs. Every Saturday three or four people were heading out to syd and returning by Sunday evening.
to be perfectly accurate, you should of course append "and accumulate the mileage" after bold text above ... I certainly wouldn't be the first to suggest that status-chasing is what prompts most if not all MRs; a LOT of folks (myself included) took advantage of that PIT/RDU/BNA/STL double MQM promo to make PM/DM in 2010, and I freely admit to my pair of 26-hr transcon round-trips in a 5-day period last Dec to keep GM after my business travel went to zero after a job change earlier in the year
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