Originally Posted by
Hoosier1710
Now that Alaska has announced the changes to their American earning rates, I'm curious how many people might still do this run and credit it to AS. All business class fares now earn 150% base miles on AS, which means this would still end up netting you in the ballpark of 17k miles, give or take, depending on the routing. If you've got status, you could be looking significantly more.
There's also ba for the tp, if you route it like a madman. Lax-phx-phl-dca-mia-pty and reverse comes to mind.