Originally Posted by Leyland1989

Departure Airport: YOW/YUL
Miles Needed (SQM):0
Segments Needed (SQS):0
Dollars Needed (SQD):$271
Maximum Budget: as close to $271 SQD as possible
Available Travel Dates: any weekends
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: fine as long as they incurre SQD
Route(s) You've Already Searched: YOW-YYC/YOW-YYZ-DEN/YOW-YWG

Flying many awards flights and mostly on lower fares economy standard this year...

I have the SQS needed to maintain my status this year by November but running into a bit of a strange situation with SQD being $271 short.

I will likely do a day trip just to meet that $271 SQD requirements, and since SQD doesn't carryover, there's no point going over too much. What's the optimal routes, e.g. cheapest from YOW? Flying to YYZ will have a large portion of the fare going towards airport fees instead of SQD, YYC/YWG appear to be the better and cheaper options despite being further away.

I have most weekends free to travel to nowhere but I'd prefer to avoid overnight stays.