Hi,

I've been a long time lurker on the boards, but new to the whole mileage run thing and hoping someone could be of help. I recently received an offer for an Executive Platinum challenge and I've been searching the boards and Google flights to find a way to meet the 25k EQP. I'm assuming that premium fares are the easiest way to go, but I've been struggling to find something out of ORD that meets the following criteria.

Airline: AA
Goal: 25k EQP
Any time between: Mid/late October - December 13th
Length of trip: 10 days max
Budget: $3000 or less

I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable in my search or just looking in the wrong direction. Would it make sense to position myself in another city to start/end a trip?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!