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Old Nov 22, 2016, 10:07 pm
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wh6cto
 
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UA:$986(US) YYC-HKG W-fare

Originally Posted by david_oz
Hi all

I have 2xGPU's expiring in January 2017. Although its very early days, looking at my 2017 travel year, its likely I'll need a mileage run to retain 1K for 2018. So I'm thinking I'll do the mileage run in January and hopefully burn through the 2x GPU's at the same time.

Here's what I'm looking for:
Departure airport: Based in YYC. Open to travelling anywhere.
Miles needed: Any amount
Required spend or budget: Aiming for under C$7c/mile (US$5.2c)
Available travel dates: Weekends of Jan 13-15 or 20-22 (inclusive of the Friday or could also leave the Thursday evening)
Required metal or codeshares ok: At least one businessfirst sector has to be a guaranteed upgrade. I'm ok playing the lottery if the chances are decent (eg. P9, PN9 etc...). Also ok with codeshares on shorter legs

So far, I've been focusing my search around South East Asia but I'm not quite finding anything meeting the criteria. Any help would be appreciated.
I was able to get this to price out on United.com:

UA:$986(US) YYC-HKG W-fare
Fri 20 Jan
AC8579/UA8264 YYC-SFO 0810-0957 CR7
UA869 SFO-HKG 1330-2005(+1day) B744 R9 G9
Sun 22 Jan
NH822/UA7908 HKG-HND 0040-0530 B763
(11h daytime layover at HND)
UA876 HND-SFO 1625-0845 B772 R2 G9
UA5469 SFO-YYC 1425-1825 E175 R6 G9

Immediate availability of GPU upgrades in all UA metal segments.

UA reports 14110PQM 764PQD, but that assumes NH822 HKG-HND does not earn 1789PQM...which doesn't make sense. I think you're probably looking at more like 15899PQM, or 6.2cpm(in USD).

Good luck!

Last edited by wh6cto; Nov 23, 2016 at 7:14 am Reason: Updated "missing" distance; corrected additon
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