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Old Apr 6, 2018 | 9:23 pm
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Originally Posted by david_oz
you’ll be at 1K by your 8th trip...
4th trip, presuming UA metal (or probably the same with others).

SFO-HKG is 6,927 miles. Double that for return, and double for business class gives 27,708 PQM per return trip. 4 trips is 100K.

PQM would need to be $3k/trip - if you can find J to HKG for less than that then you're doing well...
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