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Old Jan 7, 2003 | 7:45 pm
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Last week I booked me a round trip SEA-BNA using the following routing:

SEA-LAX-MSP-EWR-MEM-BNA
BNA-MEM-DTW-LAX-SEA

TOTAL COST: $174.50
TOTAL STATUS MILES: 8970
COST PER STATUS MILE: $0.01945
TOTAL INCLUDING ELITE BONUS MILES: 17940
COST PER MILE EARNED: $0.009726

Thanks to keithguy for pointing the way. The routings via IAH were tempting, but as an Alaska Mileage Plan member, I wanted to stay entirely with AS/NW in order to maximize my elite bonuses. (CO offers no elite bonus for AS Mileage Plan) Unfortunately, I was unable to return via EWR or I could have netted 9860 status miles and a coupla extra meals.


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