I'm doing my first MR next week to get me to SE. I found that traveling PHL-YYZ-LHR is 1/3rd the price as YYZ-LHR so I am taking a positioning flight booked on AE. BTW my trip is almost completely covered by vouchers I received for cancelled or bumped flights.

Wuss!

I've managed 45K in the last 10 days of December.

This thread got me looking. In 2006 I got to 68k by the end of Feb and I've had many two-month periods with 50k actual miles. So the OP isn't as crazy as he thought - or we are crazier.

The DEN and ORD flights from YQR are on UA metal, so no eUpgrading.

Tedgrrrrrrrrrr (how many rs? :) ) has had luck flying AC metal YQR-YYZ-LAX at good fares though.

OP - still think your idea is crazy? :p

Apparently I'm not as crazy as I'd feared. :)

I'll start hunting around and trying to figure out the fare codes for 100% status miles on UA. That's my biggest worry right now -- booking something and finding out I won't get credit for it!

Please keep this thread going. Lurkers are benefiting. Yes, you are probably ALL crazy but thanks for not doing it by PM.

Now this scared me a little :)

I was considering just going, checking into a hotel for a day, resting and then flying home.

Workable? Or does one run into issues with customs/borders etc typically when making mileage runs?

Or were you just referring to the length of the flights?

I've done MRs before, but never for this many miles at once. Just YQR-YYZ-MIA, or YQR-YYC-FRA-TLS on a whim to make up some extra points.

Just make sure that you meet the 5 AC segments/10k AC status miles requirement (since I am assuming that you are starting fresh for 2013)!

Right. I checked on that and should meet that requirement with no prob.

Thanks for the heads-up! I'm learning a lot as I go here.

Today I'm flying YYC-YYZ via NRT. So...not crazy at all.

:p Nice!

The first (ok, second) mileage run that I did was to SIN back in January of 2002. 20+ hours transit each way (only one leg in Business,) 30 hours in Singapore, lots of fun. Don't worry about it, Singapore is a very easy introduction to Asia.

I just checked, it's $1,355 to fly UA ORD-SIN on the 2013 SIN Do weekend. No idea if that's full miles, I don't know anything about UA fares/Aeroplan. If you check the thread I referenced above there's a link to a spreadsheet showing who is coming and what their flights are. If you pick the same flights you'll have instant travel companions who can get you into lounges and will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about mileage runs. Plus, you'll have something to do during your time on the ground.

I'll be there, but it's a reward booking so no miles for me!

[QUOTE=RCyyz;19856565]By definition, people on FT are not normal relative to society at large. Your idea may be crazy by normal standards but may not be by FT ones.

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Have you ever been to CF or MP?;):eek::D

^

I am looking at doing a similar trip YYZ-LAX-SIN-AKL/CHC-SIN-LAX-YYZ in SQ.

The price is around $2500 for 32000 miles. Planning to do this in Jan 2013.