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Old Sep 9, 2014, 10:23 pm
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jchilders September 24, 2014 DTW RT

1stclassFashion, su9062, kyunbit, redtigeriii September 27, 2014 DTW RT

1stclassFashion September 30, 2014 DTW RT

jchilders October 1, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 4, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 7, 2014 DTW RT

su9062 October 8, 2014 DTW RT

PDXPremier +1 October 10, 2014 DTW RT

WikiHNL, su9062, kyunbit, LauraBlum, charliew24, Mr_Tudball, kwl747 October 11, 2014 DTW RT

dave1013 + 1 October 12, 2014 SEA-DTW

1stclassFashion October 14, 2014 DTW RT

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dgreen12, United757 October 18, 2014 DTW RT

dave1013 + 1 October 19, 2014 DTW-SEA

beckoa October 21, 2014 DTW RT

United757 October 23, 2014 DTW RT

redtigeriii October 25, 2014 SEA-DTW

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slopeboy40+1 October 26, 2014 DTW RT

slopeboy40+1 October 27, 2014 DTW RT, redtigeriii DTW-SEA

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redtigeriii, pjleitch October 29, 2014 DTW RT

United757 October 30, 2014 DTW RT

SamuelS October 31, 2014 DTW RT,

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Old Sep 25, 2014, 11:20 am
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Well, I decided to keep what I booked yesterday during the flash sale so I'll now be doing SEA-DTW round trips on both 10/28 and 10/29 in addition to what I'd already planned.
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Old Sep 25, 2014, 5:06 pm
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Just updated it...with my six runs. I'm shooting for 75K, and have had a slow year of credits to AS.
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Old Sep 25, 2014, 6:00 pm
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Originally Posted by United757
Just updated it...with my six runs. I'm shooting for 75K, and have had a slow year of credits to AS.
There goes my upgrade on 10/18.
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Old Sep 27, 2014, 11:16 pm
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Everyone in row 17 of the SEA-DTW flight today was doing a mileage run. Not sure if all were FT'ers or not. But I counted at least five people in coach incl. myself who immediately got back on the plane, and there might of been more.
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 12:45 pm
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No chance at upgrades on the 9/27 run. I was #11 and #10 on the upgrade lists out and back. It wasn't completely full on the way out as there was an empty middle seat in my row, which was a bonus, but the way back was full. I'm already #7 for tomorrow's flight, so I doubt there's a chance there. Oh well
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 2:14 pm
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Originally Posted by redtigeriii
Everyone in row 17 of the SEA-DTW flight today was doing a mileage run. Not sure if all were FT'ers or not. But I counted at least five people in coach incl. myself who immediately got back on the plane, and there might of been more.
When my wife and I flew to TPA last July, there were two passengers in F (not related) that got back on the plane in TPA and I always assume all of us mileage runner folks are on FT so when we talked to them in the TPA airport terminal, neither seemed to have a clue about FT and one even mentioned that they stay away from social media....I can't imagine mileage running without being a FTer
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 2:18 pm
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Originally Posted by 1stclassFashion
No chance at upgrades on the 9/27 run. I was #11 and #10 on the upgrade lists out and back. It wasn't completely full on the way out as there was an empty middle seat in my row, which was a bonus, but the way back was full. I'm already #7 for tomorrow's flight, so I doubt there's a chance there. Oh well
This is why I thought this was a good use of the gold upgrade certs since it's literally all day on the plane with trans con F service both ways and U space was relatively available on most days since it was a new flight (as was TPA for that matter). Once the DEQM promotion is over, my guess is that the upgrade chances will go way up without all the mileage runners. I think TPA and MSY remain relatively easy for upgrades (and U space).
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 3:52 pm
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Even though on a Wednesday, where is seems like it would be a bit easier to get upgraded, I wasn't expecting much on the 24th. The flight back cleared a couple of days early, and the outbound at about 7 am the day of.

For this Wednesday, both directions cleared about 30 minutes ago. 4 of 4? Maybe I shouldn't be so surprised!
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by redtigeriii
Well, I decided to keep what I booked yesterday during the flash sale so I'll now be doing SEA-DTW round trips on both 10/28 and 10/29 in addition to what I'd already planned.
I am on your flight on October 28th--I used a gold cert upgrade so I am in 1-C, both directions.
This trip will take me to 75k for the first time since the creation of this elite tier, I have been MVPGold for the previous 14 years.

Anyway, say hello on the 28th!
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Old Sep 29, 2014, 9:45 pm
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Sooo tempting. I have NEVER run before but this will tank me off for MVP next year. At a cost of $345.00 RT from PDX it is so tempting. The flight is in my cart. Leave PDX at 7:30 am and home in my own bed by 10pm.
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Old Sep 30, 2014, 9:23 am
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Current sale has SEA-DTW for $270, $20 cheaper than when I booked in early Sept. Can't decide if I take the $20 credit in exchange for getting bumped back on the upgrade waitlist on 10/28.
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Old Sep 30, 2014, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by croakz
Current sale has SEA-DTW for $270, $20 cheaper than when I booked in early Sept. Can't decide if I take the $20 credit in exchange for getting bumped back on the upgrade waitlist on 10/28.
Only you can prevent forest fires decide!
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Old Sep 30, 2014, 10:13 am
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Originally Posted by ijkh
Sooo tempting. I have NEVER run before but this will tank me off for MVP next year. At a cost of $345.00 RT from PDX it is so tempting. The flight is in my cart. Leave PDX at 7:30 am and home in my own bed by 10pm.
This is a total no-brainer....go for it....so many EQMs in just ONE day...better yet, use a companion cert if you have one and take your significant other (which is what I'm doing....a mileage run "date" of sorts).
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Old Sep 30, 2014, 10:16 am
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Maybe it's because I mainly do trips up and down the coast, but I was surprised at how much food they served in F on this flight.
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Old Sep 30, 2014, 10:27 am
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Wifi on SEA-DTW
Can anyone confirm if there is wifi available on this route?

Thanks!
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