Originally Posted by
91foxbody
I'm also interested in putting one together, but have no idea where to start. I'm reasonably close to MVP Gold and would like to go for it.
What I've found for decent mileage runs are things like YVR-CDG-HKG in PE for 1340:
AF: YVR/YYZ/YUL-CDG-HKG - $1340 in PE rt
or YYZ-CDG-CPT in PE:
AF: YYZ/YUL/YOW to CPT in PE, from $1190 (JNB $1347 on LH and AF)
reasonably comfy, long flights and credits 100% to AS. And a steal for that price. It's not traditional mileage run territory, but e.g. YVR-CDG-HKG is 22k miles for 1340USD, all in PE. That's 6cpm, in PE. That's quite good.
Since AA is eliminating mileage earning domestically, that eliminates e.g. YVR/LAX-PTY F runs that used to be amazing for earning miles.
One thing that's probably also very effective are Condor "J" flights, that price very cheaply and give tons of miles. But I don't have any good examples at hand.