2022 Mileage Runs - 20K Away From 75K
Sep 1, 2022, 9:33 am
#61
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 18
Hi - great thread.
Basically in the same spot of needing to drastically accelerate my mileage earnings. Am based in SAN - therefore routes to east coast (NYC BOS) or Hawaii are the most likely outcomes for these MRs.
Dumb question though - is there a special tool you guys are using to find cheap flights with great mileage or is it a daily scraping of the AS website?
Thanks!
K
Basically in the same spot of needing to drastically accelerate my mileage earnings. Am based in SAN - therefore routes to east coast (NYC BOS) or Hawaii are the most likely outcomes for these MRs.
Dumb question though - is there a special tool you guys are using to find cheap flights with great mileage or is it a daily scraping of the AS website?
Thanks!
K
Sep 1, 2022, 6:36 pm
#62
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 47
I’m also looking for flights out of SEA. I’ll be about 20K short of 75k in December with no changes. I’m considering PAE-PHX RT for that double mileage promotion, as well as SEA-OGG RT. Still will need approximately 9k EQM after that is all complete.
Sep 1, 2022, 7:33 pm
#64
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,373
Sep 1, 2022, 8:52 pm
#66
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP
Posts: 25
I’m only interested in flying in AS metal for mileage runs because I want all of the miles to also go towards Million Miler status (is that weird?).
Does Expert Flyer help with sorting by price per EQM? I don’t have a membership yet but I’d certainly consider it if they have that feature!
Sep 1, 2022, 9:19 pm
#67
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: USA
Programs: AS MVPG 75K, AC SE
Posts: 346
Actually it will. First do a normal search (for example LAX-SEA) and set it to Alaska only. Then, set the destination to United States instead of SEA. It will switch modes to explore but leave your Alaska filter.
Sep 1, 2022, 10:36 pm
#68
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP
Posts: 25
Sep 2, 2022, 10:48 am
#70
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Seattle
Programs: Alaska Airlines MVP
Posts: 25
Sep 2, 2022, 11:58 am
#73
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 47
I called and confirmed that the promo would apply. Of course it would have to be in December due to when the route starts and the promo ends.
Sep 5, 2022, 1:47 am
#74
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: PDX, OGG or between the two
Programs: AS 75K
Posts: 2,866
I'm only a few years into this status thing and am starting to see a nice pattern with respect to requalifying.... flights get A LOT cheaper in the fall leading up to the end of the year. I've been on the fence about going for 75K but I'm pretty sure I'll mileage run or make more frequent "commuter" trips than I might otherwise have. Might even have to take a couple quick weekend "trips". The 50K RDMs and booking directly into PC are just too good to let go. I'm sure upgrades will be less than with my 100K status this year but even as a 75K I'm hoping for a few.
Sep 5, 2022, 9:45 am
#75
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,513
I'm only a few years into this status thing and am starting to see a nice pattern with respect to requalifying.... flights get A LOT cheaper in the fall leading up to the end of the year. I've been on the fence about going for 75K but I'm pretty sure I'll mileage run or make more frequent "commuter" trips than I might otherwise have. Might even have to take a couple quick weekend "trips". The 50K RDMs and booking directly into PC are just too good to let go. I'm sure upgrades will be less than with my 100K status this year but even as a 75K I'm hoping for a few.