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UA has great J fares to LIM and Hawaii (OGG, LIH, KOA) ex-YYZ, which could be ones to consider. You can fly to CUZ for not much more. Hawaii flights can be routed on lie-flats through DEN for maximum comfort or IAH-SFO/LAX for maximum mileage. LIM just got upgraded to Polaris service. None of those are anywhere near 5cpm though...
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I have better things to do with my time than construct MRs for people I don't know.
Given that AQD has been achieved, a UA P fare out of a Canadian hub, routed to the maximum extent of the rules, can probably achieve the goals in reasonable comfort. I've flown SFO-YYZ in about 4000 BIS miles, and that's not even a generous set of routing rules. Check the FT forums about deals, get an EF subscription, and I'm sure you can invest some time to find one for yourself. The YYC do will put me over 250k AQM, so I'm done looking for AQM for 2018. |
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https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...584402113f.png
https://goo.gl/flights/gV2pU One of these will net you 16k AQMs in relative comfort for $1339. Assuming your future YYZ-LAX trips are in Flex, that means you could reach 100k AQM for ~$2700 without breaking your back. Whether it's worth it or not is up to you. |
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UA has some YYZ - SYD W fares for CA $1,851all in, available for most of November; Nets you 20,000 AQM in W class. I'm not sure there is a better mile per dollar run out there (if you survive)
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Originally Posted by Commie
(Post 30391997)
Good question. Guess more of being a SE/100K for so many years, just the fear of not having it?
airlines/alliances, and redeeming a boat-load of accumulated points. To be honest, there is nothing to lose in losing SE that you cannot get back with $$$ , ( and often for less $$$ than maintaining SE status). |
Here's a one-off but plausible situation that potentially makes S100K worth it. :p
(really, it's when you need S100K the most when it counts, so a majority of the year it will be smooth sailing and then IRROPS or other shenanigans ensue and then you're thankful for having top status) https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30399052-post580.html
Originally Posted by zrh2yvr
(Post 30399052)
Speaking of 2 defective seats - - I was booked and confirmed 8 months ago for Lattitude e-Up for AC854 from YVR-LHR. . . Checked in 24 hours out - had seat (was puzzled as I was booked in 2K but ended up with 5D) - - Green checkmark on name. Then - the next day. while eating lunch on DOF, I decided for some reason to look at the app . . I nearly lost my lunch - - Why did I not have a green check any more? Also - Seat now shows as "GTE"?
So - Off to the airport I go. Ultimately, there were 2 defective seats so I was the one who was downgraded and put on J-SBY. Long story short - - Really was downgraded. I have to trust that the order of the downgrade was correct and the others which did not lose the upgrade were at SE100 (2-3 others were also green check mark). Sat in 31G - - (Preferred seat but still - - ). Ultimately, you want to complain but ultimately it was just bad luck. This was my first overseas economy flight in close to 20 years. If I didn't have to make it to London for a meeting - I would have declined to board . . . . Crew were pretty nice about it and probably had some sympathy. I had an infant in the bassinet beside me, then 3 more babies within 2 rows and 6 more babies still within 10 rows. Sat beside the Lav - probably met the whole plane. And - finally - the food? wow !! What happened? It certainly has been downgraded since my last Y-Meal which was probably around 2002. I have to honestly say that it would be considered bad quality even in Prison.!!! One thing I would say is that the seat was fairly comfortable and ultimately I did sleep for 2.5 hours. Hopefully - never again!!! |
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