Earn Your Wings (EYW) 2019
Sep 5, 2019, 8:37 am
#91
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Montreal & Nashville
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If you go to the leaderboard -- https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/en/leaderboard -- you can see the "distance travelled" for the various participants. And since Economy Basic and Standard fares are excluded, that means all the miles travelled were on Flex or better meaning they earned 100% (or more) AQM for that distance.
damn 276 airports!
276 airports!
two hundred seventy six airports!
that's mind boggling
Sep 5, 2019, 8:42 am
#92
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Montreal & Nashville
Programs: Aeroplan SE100K, Accor Platinum, Bonvoy Titanium Elite, BW Diamond, Hertz President's Circle
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that leaderboard page is very interesting.
canadiancow got 1.065M miles traveling 41 550 traveled miles and 166 airports
the next down earned 1.063M miles traveling "only" 26218 travel miles but 224 airports
the #10 got 1.053M miles but "only" did 29k travel miles and 142 airports.
then next tier is 600k miles with 36k traveled miles and 184 airports
that means the travel miles and airport is only par tof the game, the badges for other stuff counts a lot as #11 won much less with a lot of airports and flying miles.
canadiancow got 1.065M miles traveling 41 550 traveled miles and 166 airports
the next down earned 1.063M miles traveling "only" 26218 travel miles but 224 airports
the #10 got 1.053M miles but "only" did 29k travel miles and 142 airports.
then next tier is 600k miles with 36k traveled miles and 184 airports
that means the travel miles and airport is only par tof the game, the badges for other stuff counts a lot as #11 won much less with a lot of airports and flying miles.
Sep 5, 2019, 9:15 am
#93
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SEMM / HH Diamond
Posts: 3,170
Sep 5, 2019, 9:17 am
#94
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: YHZ
Programs: AC SE100K, AC 1MM, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold,Hertz something or other, Sandals Sapphire, etc
Posts: 1,163
If you go to the leaderboard -- https://earnyourwings.aircanada.com/en/leaderboard -- you can see the "distance travelled" for the various participants. And since Economy Basic and Standard fares are excluded, that means all the miles travelled were on Flex or better meaning they earned 100% (or more) AQM for that distance.
Not sure if distance travelled is actual distance, or AQM?
Sep 5, 2019, 9:21 am
#95
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SEMM / HH Diamond
Posts: 3,170
that leaderboard page is very interesting.
canadiancow got 1.065M miles traveling 41 550 traveled miles and 166 airports
the next down earned 1.063M miles traveling "only" 26218 travel miles but 224 airports
the #10 got 1.053M miles but "only" did 29k travel miles and 142 airports.
then next tier is 600k miles with 36k traveled miles and 184 airports
that means the travel miles and airport is only par tof the game, the badges for other stuff counts a lot as #11 won much less with a lot of airports and flying miles.
canadiancow got 1.065M miles traveling 41 550 traveled miles and 166 airports
the next down earned 1.063M miles traveling "only" 26218 travel miles but 224 airports
the #10 got 1.053M miles but "only" did 29k travel miles and 142 airports.
then next tier is 600k miles with 36k traveled miles and 184 airports
that means the travel miles and airport is only par tof the game, the badges for other stuff counts a lot as #11 won much less with a lot of airports and flying miles.
Even the number of airports visited isn't a good indicator, as you can easily spend an entire day flying in circles between the same few airports.
Sep 5, 2019, 9:46 am
#97
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: YYZ
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Posts: 3,170
Sep 5, 2019, 10:08 am
#99
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
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A few comments:
1. I earned about 75k AQM from EYW last year. That was due mostly to CO fares earning 215% at the time.
2. The cowgorithm optimizes for time, not cost. A day off work costs about as much my most expensive day flying for EYW, so aside from not booking Y1 flights, there aren't many cost optimizations I do.
1. I earned about 75k AQM from EYW last year. That was due mostly to CO fares earning 215% at the time.
2. The cowgorithm optimizes for time, not cost. A day off work costs about as much my most expensive day flying for EYW, so aside from not booking Y1 flights, there aren't many cost optimizations I do.
Sep 5, 2019, 10:42 am
#101
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: YHZ
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Will they change the rules so that the top 10 people each get a million, or will they let cow & bovine tie again and reduce the points for the “top 10”??
Sep 5, 2019, 10:47 am
#103
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: YHZ
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That makes sense. The leaderboard shows actual miles, not AQM. I bet you received 25% more AQM than miles flown, just from the 250 mile minimum (excluding any other bonuses).
Sep 5, 2019, 10:50 am
#104
Join Date: Dec 2015
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I still think they screwed that up, but since @philelite was "11th", we never pursued it.
Are you and bovine going to tie again, or is one of you going to break ranks and earn a secret extra 50 wings to break the tie??
Sep 5, 2019, 10:51 am
#105
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The intention is obviously not to tie, as we want the extra ~90k miles.