since i'm in dallas, i need to get to MIA for an 8am departure which means flying in night before and paying for a hotel or taking a redeye from left coast.

if i triple nest, i get dfw-lax-dfw $214++ and lax-mia-lax $218++. booking that on one ticket via multi city is same ($432++) but precludes me from using aa 10% codes i have.

so,

dfw-lax-mia-dfw-lax-sba-lax-mia-lax-dfw from 5/7 - 5/9 is done with min. time in airports and costs less than $450 depending on fares after 10% codes applied, nets 750 in online bookings and totals 26,426 miles or 1.67 cents per mile (and seven meals)

not great considering i started at .09 cpm

however, anything more in terms of stops would kill me physically.