Originally Posted by
uncle wiggily
What I DON’T want to do is yet another MR. Dining miles or anything else (I believe) will not qualify for the in-your-butt mileage the stickers require.
Any suggestions?
You are right that nothing other than BIS (butt-in-seat) miles, including the 500 mile minimum, increase the ug sticker counter.
If you truly don't want to do another mr, then you will just have to hope that:
a) a gate agent will wave/ignore the fare requirements and let you go standby (I've never had much luck with that)
b) a schedule change will give you a chance to rebook, adding a segment
c) weather/mechanical delays will necessitate new routing