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Old Oct 10, 2004 | 9:08 pm
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Originally Posted by SaveDelta
Many thanks. I went to the glossary but didn't see it!

I did find a ATL-SLC-ANC-SLC-ATL for $1283 or ATL-CVG-SLC-ANC-SLC-CVG-ATL for $1863. Both under 10k actual miles.

Maybe an ATL-CVG-HNL-CVG-ATL with HNL-LAX-HNL inbetween. Is it worth the trouble to get from SM to GM?

I think that it is too, for the miles and it still has to make a pretty big difference in the upgrade rankings.

If that $1200 fare is available in that market, you ought to be able to play around with the routing and come up with a fare pretty close to that. There are exceptions, of course. But you ought to be able to find a similar price to HNL. Now, I have never been to HNL but I was just in ANC a couple of weeks ago, I am sure it is nice in the summer but I froze my --- well, you get my point.
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