Originally Posted by
klaue2
Either one works, American passport and vaccinated here.
You can pick up about 27,000 MQMs with a trip to the Middle East / Africa such as KWI or JNB and then the remainder with a East Coast run
e.g.
Dec 10 - 12, LAX-BOS-AMS-KWI-DXB-AMS-BOS-LAX, $882, 27,300 MQMs (book on Delta, depart date Dec. 10, return Dec 11); 75 minutes in KWI
Dec 4 - 5, LAX-SEA-BOS-SEA-LAX, $239 (BE), 8,300 MQMS, red-eye flight, 90 minutes in Boston