After 28 years and counting as an AA executive Platinum, I have decided that being alliance-exclusive isn't working for me. I have status matched to UA 1K and my 120-days started April 14. I'm not worried about the PQP requirement as most of my travel is international and, mostly, in paid business class. trips already flown or already purchased will take care of this. The 18 PQF is the issue. By my calculation, planned travel will get 7 PQF by the deadline on UA, leaving me 11 short. So I much as I hate being away from home more than I am already, I need some segment runs in May, June or July (I have a ticket in early August to take me over the finish line). I'd rather not spend more than i have to, but the ability to spend as little time away while doing this would be the biggest plus.
Departure Airport: TPA (or MCO I guess)
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: UA PQF 11
Maximum Budget: as little as possible
Available Travel Dates: May/June or July
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal only
Route(s) You've Already Searched: TPA-EWR seems cheap but it's a long flight, so time consuming to do over and over.