After a few years of PLAT/EXP, my work travel dropped off a cliff this year--so much so that I'm not even on track to maintain GOLD next year. Nevertheless, American Airlines sent me a requalifying challenge email to maintain at least Gold by hitting 5,000 EQ POINTS (not miles) by year-end.

I've spent some time on ITA Matrix and elsewhere looking for a good way to get the 5,000 EQP, but (i) I'm a complete newbie to the science of mileage running, and (ii) all the good deals are deep discount fares that only give .5 points per qualifying mile.

Can anyone help me find some possible MRs that would get me to my 5,000 EQP by year-end without having to fly 10,000 miles to do it? Basic parameters are:

AA (or qualifying oneworld)
DFW-based


Dates are generally flexible through year-end, but weekend/long-weekend preferred. Same-day would be great, but overnight is doable, too. My work is flexible enough I could basically spend a work-day working from 32,000 feet on my laptop if necessary.

Any help would be much appreciated.

mpc