Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
True, but if you can add 500 MQMs each on average for four SDCs, the cost is only $200. A weekend trip will probably cost more, even if you don't count hotel, meals, and airport transportation expenses.
Someone based outside the US is unlikely to have 2 round trips in the US (much less two that have both legs subject to SDCs adding 500 MQMs).
And for not much more than $200 you can probably get 2K MQMs on a same-day mileage run. The timing almost works for me to get 6K MQMs on an overnight mileage run for $250, that would also save me $150 on a hotel night.