Originally Posted by
boat stuck
It honestly might be worth it, if someone without status truly has to travel, to do a $3,000 PQP mileage run to get silver status and be higher up on the list to stay on the flight.
$3,000 to China?
AA/DL/UA cheapest one-way coach ticket to China costs $6,600+
On most days even that is not available as flights are simply full with capacity restriction.