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Old Jan 5, 2017 | 3:20 pm
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Originally Posted by PDXPremier
Or better yet, if you were only 6K from MVP, I would have found a relatively inexpensive MR to fill the gap....a single transcon with a connection in PDX or SEA could easily take care of that. There are quite a few of us AS elites that earn 0 miles from work-related travel and basically earn status 100% from mileage runs and personal travel.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alask...g-just-do.html

FWIW, SEA-LAX-SEA was around in December for less than $100 (I actually did a $100 In-N-Out run this fall to requalify for MVPG. Pretty tatsy burger). You could knock out SEA-LAX-SEA-LAX-SEA in a single day if you booked a flight inside itself (maybe even all three in a day if you use the 5 am flight out of SEA plus the redeye return at 2 am), so 6k in a weekend for $150 is pretty easy.
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