Budget Travelers w/status
Jan 3, 2006, 3:05 am
#76
Join Date: May 2005
Location: The Golden State
Programs: 2Peon, NW PLAT, HH Diamond & *W Fallen-from-Gold-Grace
Posts: 1,422
Made 2P from May-December leisure travel. If my 3 AC C tix get ticketed today, I'll at the very least make 1P this year.
Don't know if this qualifies as budget travel, but... just made Hilton Gold using their Best Rates Guarantee at Hamptons. Free breakfasts and a $50 Amex Gift Cheque!
Don't know if this qualifies as budget travel, but... just made Hilton Gold using their Best Rates Guarantee at Hamptons. Free breakfasts and a $50 Amex Gift Cheque!
Jan 3, 2006, 9:16 pm
#77
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: CLT
Programs: AA EP, AA AC
Posts: 4,268
Budget traveler as well as this year's travel was all lesiure on my own dime. Made Plat on NWA last year. Should be able to maintain I think. I have this passion for doing "long LAS road trips". Like to fly to LAS on Friday night on cheap fares, hang out for a few hours and hit an early flight back on Saturday. Work in some non direct routings and wham you're racking up miles quickly! 
Racked up about 194K worth of banked miles in '05 on NW and am hopefully by the end of this year will have enough to fly me and my g/f to Oz in WBC/FC, as the case may be, in 2007 via NW, Sky Team or its partners!!
Racked up about 194K worth of banked miles in '05 on NW and am hopefully by the end of this year will have enough to fly me and my g/f to Oz in WBC/FC, as the case may be, in 2007 via NW, Sky Team or its partners!!
Jan 4, 2006, 8:59 am
#78
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE, AA EXP MM, UA Gold MM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, HH Dia, IHG Plat
Posts: 4,777
UA 1K for fourth year, 100% leisure travel in 2005 (and around 92% leisure travel in 2004). Amtrak Select Plus, a great bargain (see Amtrak forum), 100% leisure travel. Hyatt Diamond status for fourth and probably last full year in 2006, about 95% leisure in 2005. Priceline and award stays stopped qualifying for Hyatt status on 3/1/05. Hilton Diamond for third year, over 90% leisure. Award stays count towards Hilton status.