Originally Posted by
prister
plus $60 for most of the AA/UA's Basic Econ to normal Econ so $196 for this trip.
3,872 miles for $196 equals to 5.06 cpm...not a good Mileage run (3.51 cpm for BE, but only accrue lifetime miles)
That would be for nonstops, which don't actually exist on this route. On UA you can route via SFO for 5278 PQM (for elites, with 500 minimum on SFO-SNA), making it 3.71 CPM. Getting there.