Originally Posted by
AllTheMiles
Departure Airport: Any NYC area
Miles Needed: 30k
Required Spend or Budget: none
Available Travel Dates: any day now until end of year.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay*: any code share ok
I need to earn 30k mqm to hit Diamond. I can probably do 15k as Amex spend but still then need another 15k in actual flights. Any advice to achieve this?
Mauritius is available for $1142 (economy). Earns about 19,000 MQMs.
Google Flights link, various dates available
NYC to Hawaii is about 10,000 MQMs per trip
e.g. Dec 1, JFK-SEA-KOA-SEA-JFK, $652 (MC), 4 hours in Kona, arrive back in NYC afternoon of Dec 2, price available for departures from Dec 1 - 11