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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 9:18 am
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Originally Posted by ijgordon
Why schlep all the way to Hong Kong? Spend $800 on ORD-DFW or something and you'll get the same number of miles without the jet lag.
Award miles, yes, but not elite qualifying miles. And ORD-DFW is a pretty weak use of an SWU compared to HKG.
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