Originally Posted by
izzik
I assume you aren't thinking that AS "First Class" will earn first class TP, right?
It's still 40 TP for short segments.
I specifically said "J" class, which is not FC in the OW universe, it is Business.
Picking a random day in February, the 15th, I spent a few minutes looking at options departing from Boise. The best I could come up with in 10 minutes was about $380 for 160 TPs obtained in one day, from BOI-SJC. I found another itinerary on another regional route that might get 160 TPs for $320, but it needs work.
If one uses the metric of GBP per TP, that comes out to around 1.76 GBP per TP, not great, but not horrible, either. I think with some effort, a person looking to augment their TP stash by several hundred TPs would be doable on short hops in the Western US. Since the AS route system is highly tethered to SEA, this probably wouldn't work for someone who isn't relatively close to Seattle.