jaynyc

While it is not AA, I have flights this coming week that are CHEAP. TigerAirways from SIN to HAN - $25 plus tax (which is $25!) and Jet Asia SIN- BKK - $19 plus tax ($15).

drbond

I tried www.dreammaps.com and www.dreamaps.com, no luck, could you send the URL? Thanks

drbond

I've got 6 of those times 5 people. thks

gemac

Dream Maps

You really should read the sticky, my friend. Just about all the questions you have asked so far, and so many, many more, are answered in there. It would be a lot more time efficient for you if you acquire your information wholesale (sticky) rather than retail (posting one question at a time). If you don't understand something in the sticky, and a search doesn't turn up an answer, by all means post that question, and everyone will pitch in to help.

drbond

I am up to getting EXP has inexpensively as possible and my airport options are ATL, BHM & BNA. I could do a flight to another location if the value was there. My ultimate goal is 2MM.

nako

Given that there is now a 100 segment qualification for EXP, this is not correct. At $60 per round trip, it would take 50 round trips, or $3,000.

As has been mentioned, though, there are a lot of ways to get cheaper segments. Some of them have been mentioned (e.g. DTW-ORD-STL, when it's on sale), and some (e.g. good AS short-hop routes) have not. Regardless, with planning, it would be possible to get EXP for considerably less than $3k.

Mike

gemac

I note that you don't say anything about doing any other flying this year, other than the segment runs to get EXP, or any time constraints (like a job). Cheapest route to EXP that I know of is AA occasionally offers sub-$80 fares on STL-DFW-ORD-DTW-ORD-DFW-STL. When available in the past, it has been available every day of the week (around $100 all-in). Look for this fare, and when you see it, jump on it for 16 straight days. You will leave out of STL pretty early and return pretty late, but you can nap on the planes, especially on the DFW-ORD legs. This will get you 96 segments, and since I don't think there are any nonstop flights from ATL, BHMor BNA to STL on AA, your trip to STL and home will leave you at 100 segments total. Total cost, $1,600 plus the cost of your flight from home to STL and back.

Warning: Flying this route for 16 straight days may be harmful to your mental health, especially if you spend the nights in the airport at STL. On the other hand, if you really aren't doing any other flying this year, and are just getting EXP to have it, and not to fly anywhere with it, you may have significant mental health issues already.

IceTrojan

Oh yeah, you reminded me:

HAN-DAD and DAD-SGN each cost ~$33USD all in

rockhoundm

Thanks to this forum I did the platinum challenge last month with one flight that I already had to do: EZE-MIA-DFW-TUS-DFW-MIA-EZE (got double miles on mia-eze :-)
I'm trying to know now how many Qpoints, Qmiles and earned miles will the EZE-MVD-EZE flight will give me in V class.
284 Qmiles or 1k Qmiles? (I think Qpoints will be the same with a V class ticket but I'm guessing)
2K miles or 1284 miles? (platinum bonus is for the flown miles or for the additional ones up to 500 minimum miles too)

srk123

The EZE-MVD will give you 500 EQM each way, unless it is a continuation of your MIA-EZE flight with the same flight number, in which case you only get 142. If you're PLT, you will get double miles (1000 each way), but your status miles will still be 500 each way.

Spiff

I'll happily pay the extra $4 to use the ACs in DFW.

gemac

If you're doing quick turnarounds (which seem, by consensus, to be easier in DAL), when do you have time to see the inside of the AC? On the turns I've got, I doubt if I could walk to the AC if DAL had one. I know I couldn't in STL.

pinniped

Cool...so there's nothing magic about $60 - you're just on a quest for cheap segments.

But...others here might suggest that segment-running is more expensive than mileage-running: I don't know because I've never tried it. In other words, something like ATL-West Coast for $250 all in with connections in MIA, JFK, etc. might make more sense for your goals than flying to Missouri and doing a bunch of Dallas runs. (Well, maybe a side trip to hit the 30k promo for your 2MM goal wouldn't hurt. )

In conclusion, I don't think there are any $60 all in tickets available to you out of ATL, but you don't really need that anyway. You probably should have set up your initial question as "I need X EQM's out of ATL, BHM, or BNA - what's the optimal (time-efficient + low-cost) way to get 'em?"

hauteboy

The real trick to getting lots of segments is looking for MPM (maximum permitted mileage) fares, usually international. Domestic itineraries have a fixed routings you can use, but many international fares let you take unlimited flights, as long as you fall within the permitted mileage. I've almost always done mileage runs to Europe like this by tacking on an additional four segments to/from DFW.
eg.
AUS-DFW-IAH-DFW-LGW-DFW-TYR-DFW-AUS, gets in an extra 4 segments, for the same price as AUS-DFW-LGW R/T.

patrickATX

AA just had a fare sale AUS-DAL/DFW for $56+. It's gone now.