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Against an industry where a couple of cents per seat mile spells the difference between earnings and insolvency, I stand in awe of you guys that measure things in seat miles per penny.

xFF	Nov 8, 2009 11:08 pm

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Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 12790803)

If the NA dollar coins come back, I wouldn't have to fly to re-qualify next year (although I would indeed be flying around).

Sometimes I'm way in the woods on things. I thought the coin deal was just getting miles on a credit card, and that they didn't have an EQM value.

And what do you mean by "NA" coins? Obviously whatever it is, it's gone now, but it's just morbid curiosity on my part.

Steph3n

Nov 9, 2009 12:08 am

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Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12790973)

Certain DL cards allow MQM for spend levels...

FT Lurker

Nov 9, 2009 12:10 am

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Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12790973)

NA = native american

mnmag

Nov 9, 2009 12:34 am

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12789975)

Wouldn't she only be of help if I was crediting to LH? I don't have all the boarding passes but I do have the ticket number that all of the segments were on. The Wizard of Fozz already told me that if nothing posts I have to call OPSC and have them research the ticket - I would just rather not have to do that, as the miles should post correctly in the first place.

It's LH who was doing the crediting, so she could direct you to the correct person to talk to -- maybe even xyzzy might have a good contact person for the miles crediting.

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12790268)

You may not believe this, but I am not wearing any pants in that photo.

OK...clearly long after I had left to go to FRA!;)

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12790357)

No kidding. If LH C taught me anything, it's that a seat not in the back is always preferable to a seat in the back. Free is nice, but that seat really is nothing to write home about. For someone to claim that a trip that long in Y is better than a trip of similar length being up front is like saying that hemorrhoids are enjoyable. First post after joining more than two years ago, by the way...

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Originally Posted by rolov (Post 12790693)

I guess I fit into the seat better, but I find LH C to be very comfortable.

I think it made a difference whether you could make the seat truly lie flat -- Oliver helped w/that!^

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12790711)

Could be my weight; could be my height. I didn't think the seat was well-padded.

Me, neither!

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12790721)

End of year numbers are finished: if everything posts as it should, 51877 EQM.

Cool!^ I need to figure out where I stand in terms of possible Plat -- have 6K in flex EQMs I could use -- if I'm close enough!;)

fozz	Nov 9, 2009 12:37 am

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12789975)

If it makes you feel any better, none of my miles posted either and I was crediting to United. Looks like i'll need to chase 'em this week. :(

mnmag

Nov 9, 2009 12:48 am

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12791175)

If it makes you feel any better, none of my miles posted either and I was crediting to United. Looks like i'll need to chase 'em this week. :(

CO posted the 11/3 flight, so am just waiting for the return, as well as the charter!:-:

sbm12

Nov 9, 2009 1:04 am

All my LH flights have posted correctly to BD thus far. I'm very much looking forward to being back in the 55K+ earning world very soon.

mnmag

Nov 9, 2009 1:10 am

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Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12791223)

All my LH flights have posted correctly to BD thus far. I'm very much looking forward to being back in the 55K+ earning world very soon.

I just looked at my remaining CO flts through the end of the year & it looks like I will hit Plat by 12/31 if I use 4K of my flex EQMs!:-:

mnmag

Nov 9, 2009 1:11 am

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Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 12791223)

All my LH flights have posted correctly to BD thus far. I'm very much looking forward to being back in the 55K+ earning world very soon.

Wow -- you are very close to 30K posts!^

colpuck

Nov 9, 2009 3:13 am

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12790681)

Now I know why I haven' heard any thing from him in a week. ;)

He is a pretty cool guy. I am sure he is still recovering from the trip.

Steph3n

Nov 9, 2009 5:28 am

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12791237)

I just looked at my remaining CO flts through the end of the year & it looks like I will hit Plat by 12/31 if I use 4K of my flex EQMs!:-:

I am trying to hold onto my bank of flex EQM and still have plat via DEQM. I am not expecting as much business travel next year and may need it to requall for plat :D

Olton Hall

Nov 9, 2009 6:03 am

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Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12790841)

I decided to start slow. Four segments, one day, with plenty of sleep opportunities, a destination with free WiFi and palatable lunch options (I checked, it doesn't seem awful) and good chances for both upgrades and bumps. The early PHL-IAH is known to be Elite-light, and that last IAH-PHL of the night, at least before the economy tanked, used to be known as a good bump chance and was also something of an oil route...but Sunoco is closing their refinery that you see across the river from PHL when you land on the runways parallel to the river, so who knows anymore.

When I checked that route it showed the first flight as PHL-CLE on an ERJ and not to IAH. Return was through IAH.

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Originally Posted by colpuck (Post 12791468)

He is a pretty cool guy. I am sure he is still recovering from the trip.

Always possible. Then I'm surprised I haven't heard anything from his wife. He does call me a light weight.

Now what's this about floor salad at your row?

ConciergeMike

Nov 9, 2009 6:09 am

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Originally Posted by xFF (Post 12790963)

Against an industry where a couple of cents per seat mile spells the difference between earnings and insolvency, I stand in awe of you guys that measure things in seat miles per penny.

Milecalc.com is your friend, sir. If you put an itinerary in there and see break it down to what the airline is charging to fly you per mile, it is truly astonishing sometimes. I learned from FT that good MR fares are in the 4cpm range, and that you're basically foolish not to book anything that comes out in in the 2-3.99 cent range. With DEQM, my run is south two cents per, and there's more of them available in 2010, as of last night anyway.

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Originally Posted by fozz (Post 12791175)

If it makes you feel any better, none of my miles posted either and I was crediting to United. Looks like i'll need to chase 'em this week. :(

OPSC is on my to-do list for the end of the week. I'm going to be optimistic and give them 10 days from first flight. I'm teaching on the 13th, so I might end up pushing it to that Monday, the 16th, which is my birfday.

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Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 12791198)

CO posted the 11/3 flight, so am just waiting for the return, as well as the charter!:-:

No posty for me. :rolleyes:

Morning, Box.

ConciergeMike

Nov 9, 2009 6:11 am

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Originally Posted by Olton Hall (Post 12791850)

When I checked that route it showed the first flight as PHL-CLE on an ERJ and not to IAH. Return was through IAH.

It's still not a bad deal via CLE - I had CLE outbound and IAH return on the 7th when I was fretting about booking a run, and then I happened upon the 8th which was cheaper and offered IAH both ways. I let my mother ticket that so it showed as CO revenue for her and promptly canceled the inferior ticket.

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