MR in LY
 

All our neighbor forums this time of year have discussions about MR's. Since in Matmid the status miles are calculated for 12 months we don’t have a "MR season".
Does anyone do MR's with Matmid?
Have any of you done MR's in the past?
Do you want to share your experience?

I know someone who did a mileage run once. Problem is that to get most bang for buck, meaning the most possible points, you're usually stuck to LY or an LY codeshare, which means constantly flying back and forth from TLV, their only hub. It's much easier in the US for example, to do a mileage run, where, if you're with UA, you have 5 hub to choose from PLUS 2 airlines (CO and US) to codeshare with.

Other than M&M what other FF programs are bases on a calendar year?

Only MR I ever did on LY was many years back, when I was missing some point for Gold so took a quick flight to LCA and all sorted.

Did you stay overnight in LCA or did you manage to catch the return flight back?

I think most (if not all) *A programs.

Not DC.

Did a same day turn around.
I think I was on the ground for less than an hour.

I remember the looks I got when the crew saw me back on board.
I was in C and the FA asked me whether I wanted yet the same meal I had just about an hour earlier...

Never heard of it. Had to do a search for it, and Google only wanted to show me sites related to Washington D.C. Finally searched on Wikipedia, and found it was an airline called Golden Air. But they aren't a member of *A. The only connection they seem to have to *A is a partnership with Blue1, with all flights to/from Helsinki flown for them. But I don't think that's what you meant...

How did you manage to book that? Just wrote the same day return, and LY had no problem booking you with only 1 hour between flights?

And did you get the same meal :p

Sorry, I meant DC as in BD's Diamond Club!

Oh, sorry! :D It's funny, because as soon as I posted, I had a funny feeling you meant bmi. But that program is folding into M&M anyways.

Well yes, at some point, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts...

honestly can't remember now but don't recall having any issues.

Of course! :)

I Did once, TLV -> CDG -> TLV with Over night (Flying Sunday Returning Monday), Then TLV -> MAD -> TLV returning the same day, And the day after, flying to Las-Vegas... If you want to call it MR, then call it MR... 8-)
(it didnt helped me much for any status), But it did gave me an excuse to recover at the Rhinos! 8-)

So why'd you do it? For work?

Well depends how you look on this, It did helped me to keep TPL, As it raised the amount of points i have, But it was pure work...
I am not the person to do MR if i will have a problem, I will try to talk to the club and see if there something to do, If not then they lost...

Glad to hear that you managed to keep your your TPL status.

Well in that case, it wasn't a Miles Run... :)

I thought you said it didn't help you much for any status though?!

Connecting from the USA to Europe through TLV
 

Since it's a bit stupid I think this counts as a MR:
LAS-LAX-TLV-ZRH-TXL (this gives 600 points)

This is not fully done in LY... Doesnt count :)
I know someone (Israeli) lives in Thailand, that does BKK -> TLV -> JFK (and then vice versa) to get from BKK to JFK, I used to meet him either on the lounge or the plane.
Once of the nicest FF guys i ever saw.

only the last leg is LX.. wish me luck, it's starting in the morning..

And the first leg (AA?).
Good luck and sleep well.

I think some people might be missing the point of a miles run here...

A miles run is not a trip you do because you had to do it anyway for work or a planned holiday etc.

It's purely for the sake of gaining or retaining status with an airline FF program.

^

Yes.. It was AA with LY code. My impression of the trip:

It's been a very long day. Two tickets:
LAS-LY(AA)-LAX-LY-TLV
TLV-LY(LX)-ZRH-LX-TXL

LAS-LAX: (AA on LY code, F)
Asked check in agent to tag my luggage for LAX as I wanted
LY's priority tags there. He said it's impossible. Contact the
supervisor etc and made me promise that I will not hold AA
responsible if I didn't make the connection and he agreed.
Gives BP of LY flight as well.
No lounge in LAS (only CO), so I sat in starbucks..

LAX-TLV: (LY, C)
30 minutes line in LY's C line. Many passengers passing through
in F line. I counted 15, only 6 occupied F on the flight. In the lounge
it was late enough to print LX boarding passes.
Flight took off and landed exactly on scheduled times. 2 hours
in TLV.

TLV-LAX: (LX on LY code, C)
Had to go out, pass biometric border control, customs. Have someone
outside get my luggage, remain only with carry-on. This proved a
bit complicated and left 40 minutes before flight to get in again.
Had my boarding pass, LX checkin was closing got security agent to
put a new security sticker on my passport - 15 minutes line (25
remaining). biometric border control doesn't work -
It turns out you cannot get out and get in within 24 hours. Must go
to border officers - 10 minutes line.
Officer to check I passed border control - 5 minutes(!)
All are personal records for me.
Got to a/c as it was closing the doors.

LAX-TXL: (LX, C)
ZRH border control and security check - absolutly empty, 2 minutes
and I'm in the lounge, 45 minutes wait that turned 1:45
Arriving at TXL it takes exactly 1:05 minutes (I looked at the watch)
from disembark to taxi stand, 15 minutes to hotel.

Total of 30 hours, 6 aircraft "meals", 3 lounges, 30+400+200 LY points,
1250 (I think..) LH points

ELI

Wow, quite a trip!
Interesting update about the biometric border control.

You know there are easier ways to smuggle stuff to israel than doing all of this tour...:p

I did once SYD -> BKK -> TLV -> CDG -> TLV -> JFK -> DEN -> LAS, Again not MR but work... (No longer than 4.5 hours on each airport) - Now i see i am not the only crazy guy here...

Please share :D

Should be 2000 M&M miles. If you have FTL or higher status on M&M - 25% extra.

Opening the door in flight and chucking it out.:rolleyes:

Next time, get the person who you are giving the suitcase to to get security clearance and meet you on the other side or the airport. Talk to a manager before hand and explain that your trying the smuggle drugs... sorry deliver business supplies.