What are the best mileage runs currently?
Apr 22, 2022, 11:59 am
#31
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I'm going to Europe this summer with the family - booked with miles on Finnair, but thinking of changing my return the the US to a paid roundtrip business class fare (paid outbound from Europe would be my return to the US) since I wouldn't mind popping back over to Europe in the fall (then I'd still need to a get a 1 way back home).
I'm also need to partner fare class booking - I could not find the info on the Finnair site but if I book through AA it looks like fare class is "I". That has 125% EQM but "C" and "D" have 200%. Looked around other forums but still not clear on how to get those fare classes and how much more they cost...or if just booking over the phone will work (although a phone booking charge would apply).
I'm also need to partner fare class booking - I could not find the info on the Finnair site but if I book through AA it looks like fare class is "I". That has 125% EQM but "C" and "D" have 200%. Looked around other forums but still not clear on how to get those fare classes and how much more they cost...or if just booking over the phone will work (although a phone booking charge would apply).
I seem to remember the fare class being there on the Finnair website too but it might have required some digging.
Apr 22, 2022, 6:19 pm
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Price it out on matrix first. All the important information is right there. You can force it into a higher fare class too, and see what the price difference would be (use f bc=D as an extension to force D class, for example).
I seem to remember the fare class being there on the Finnair website too but it might have required some digging.
I seem to remember the fare class being there on the Finnair website too but it might have required some digging.
Apr 27, 2022, 6:39 pm
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Its sure is. I have JFK-SIN-BKK and return for just under $1300 in PE. ~1 whole elite status bump in a single RT.
Apr 27, 2022, 7:42 pm
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Apr 27, 2022, 9:35 pm
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Apr 28, 2022, 3:56 pm
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Apr 28, 2022, 4:24 pm
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If you create the itinerary in ITA Matrix, what is showing as the fare class for the SIN-BKK segment? You can reference the SQ earning chart in Mileage Plan.
James
Nov 4, 2022, 3:59 pm
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Oops, you might have just missed your shot. The California 50% bonus was likely as good as we will get. You still have a week left, although I’m not sure if there are any good fares out there still.
Nov 4, 2022, 7:11 pm
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I just did a 10k run mostly on wallet credits. I also have av JFK-SFO-JFK next weekend. As has been mentioned, the CA bonus is probably as good as it will get for the rest of this year. I tried to get my MRs done early.
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Nov 4, 2022, 8:18 pm
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I will do SFO-IAD tmr and back before thanksgiving.
I was hoping for more / barely 35k.
Nov 5, 2022, 6:24 am
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I'm on a SFO-JFK-SFO run now. Taking advantage of the CA bonus!
Nov 5, 2022, 6:43 am
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I booked all of this way before the promo. I wish I had been doing it today instead of next weekend, would have honestly been a lot better for me overall. Though now I don't need the EQMs so much so the bonus wouldn't have done anything other than pad my ego.
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Nov 5, 2022, 7:48 am
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on the train from DC to PHL, where I will be meeting up with GW for a couple hours’ worth of brewery crawling this afternoon before proceeding by train to EWR
this evening’s excitement is EWR-SFO-JFK with ~55 min between flights (one GGU covered both)
this evening’s excitement is EWR-SFO-JFK with ~55 min between flights (one GGU covered both)