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Old Oct 7, 2013, 12:09 pm
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XLR26
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 12 stops from ORD
Programs: UA, AA, DL
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Originally Posted by bigmac13
Since, personally, I can't consider a 5 day min stay a true mileage run, I wonder what the risk would be on flying in and then trying to use elite status to standby on the next return (if the routing was favorable)? Would that avoid the 5 day minimum stay requirement?

Trying to think outside the box.

No standby on international flights, especially 5 days before the return flight. They'd certainly re-price your ticket and I'm guessing it wouldn't be cheap.
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