Originally Posted by
thndrmatt
Departure Airport(s): If 12/19-12/24: MCO, if 12/27-12/31: BWI/DCA/IAD/RIC
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 10,112, or 9 segments to PLT
EQDs Needed: N/A
Budget: their offer for platinum upgrade is $895, so enough under that for the time to make sense
Available Travel Dates: 12/19-12/31, not 24 or 25
Max # Travel Nights: 0
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners okay
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
Have a 2 year old and 1 year old, so wife is only giving me a leash long enough for a same day out and back, bonus if it’s a weekday during business hours. Red eye an option maybe if I’m back before they wake up. Given the offer to upgrade it would probably only make sense if lower. Best I could find was 8 segments in a day, and not much luck finding a long enough 3xEQM flight either.
Finding a same-day turn for those number of miles is going to be pretty tough. I found a flight to LIH that was about $715, but it got you back the next day around noon. While it might be possible to pull this off with some obscure itinerary, it'll be a lot less grief and time to take the buy-out. Plus, wife will be much happier. (Priceless)