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Old Mar 17, 2018, 12:53 am
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madfish
 
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Originally Posted by Lefly
I'm working on the OTP-PHX deal trying to maximize TPs earning.
So far this is the higher I could get, though I was unable to add any other connection between PHL and PHX without the price going quite up.
I was wondering if can be better optimized? Thanks!

Although adding in PHX/LAX and then to JFK adds an extra 40TPs I think you are paying much more for this than need be. I would look to remove this and see what prove you are then getting.

I am no expert on this but there are rules around permitted mileage. This is the reason why those who are going through HEL are not doing the Transcon and instead doing the direct JFK/PHX.

Edit. Just seen that you are doing JFK/HEL. I would look to switch this to going JFK/LHR/HEL. This would pick up another 80TPs, but you would need to drop the routing through LAX. Net gain would be 40TPs and cost around £1500. Of course you may want to pay more for to use the Transcon. Is it worth the extra for the additional loss of 40TPs?

Proposed TPs is 1000 (80+80+80+140+140+40+140+140+80+80)
Revised TPs is 1040 (80+80+80+140+140+140+140+80+80+80) and should be cheaper.

Last edited by madfish; Mar 17, 2018 at 1:07 am
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