artiem
This thread ahd already appeared last month. I bought the special 75 anniversary offer from UA on their website from SIN-WESTCOAST-SIN for 750 Singapore dollars, the routing was SIN-NRT-ORD-LAX-PDX-ORD-LAX-NRT-SIN which was allowed by the system. I bought a side ticket for 212 USD from PDX-LAX-MSY-DEN-PDX. Yhe RCC attendant at LAX now recognizes me when I walk in and waves me in!

Of course I had an original ticket bought at $ 700 minus 100 dollars coupon from MSY-LAX-NRT-SIN-HKG-LAX-MSY. Total status miles earned was 58000 for 1272 Dollars and miles with bonuses about 145000