OS: MHT-PHL-PHX-HNL RT $1585 Miles&More in the US (US;A fare;41100M;~4cpm good deal?)
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OS: MHT-PHL-PHX-HNL RT $1585 Miles&More in the US (US;A fare;41100M;~4cpm good deal?)
I've got OS Miles&More Silver status and wanna make it to gold this year - as I'm living in Montreal at the moment, I'm thinking of doing the following milage run starting off in Manchester, NH that would get me 41100 miles closer to my Senator status for $1585 incl. taxes:
MHT-PHL-PHX-HNL-PHX-PHL-MHT with US in First (booking class A)
MHT-PHL 288 miles (min. 500)
+PHL-PHX 2070
+PHX-HNL 2910
= 5480 miles
x2 R/T
= 10960 miles
x3 Booking Class A
= 32880 miles
x1,25 (25% exec. bonus)
=41100 miles
comes down to $0,039 per mile - not bad, right? or is there a mistake in my calculation? any way to improve this itinerary?
anybody got other ideas for first class milage runs with US or UA starting off in the Northeastern USA???
MHT-PHL-PHX-HNL-PHX-PHL-MHT with US in First (booking class A)
MHT-PHL 288 miles (min. 500)
+PHL-PHX 2070
+PHX-HNL 2910
= 5480 miles
x2 R/T
= 10960 miles
x3 Booking Class A
= 32880 miles
x1,25 (25% exec. bonus)
=41100 miles
comes down to $0,039 per mile - not bad, right? or is there a mistake in my calculation? any way to improve this itinerary?
anybody got other ideas for first class milage runs with US or UA starting off in the Northeastern USA???
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correct calculation:
10960 miles x 3.25 = 35620 status miles or if you prefer
10960 miles + 21920 miles (200% COS bonus) + 2740 miles (exec. bonus)
Note: I´m not quite sure about the calculation of the <500miles segment, it´s either 500 x 3.25 = 1625 or 1500 x 1.25 = 1875
(on flights where there is a fixed mileage as intra-European C the exec. bonus also applies to the COS bonus), but doesn´t make a huge difference
Still a good deal and much more convenient than a 10 segment transcon MR!
Last edited by Jasper2009; Mar 12, 2010 at 10:13 am
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Note: I´m not quite sure about the calculation of the <500miles segment, it´s either 500 x 3.25 = 1625 or 1500 x 1.25 = 1875
(on flights where there is a fixed mileage as intra-European C the exec. bonus also applies to the COS bonus), but doesn´t make a huge difference
(on flights where there is a fixed mileage as intra-European C the exec. bonus also applies to the COS bonus), but doesn´t make a huge difference
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This status will last for all of 2010, 2011 and 2012. (Two years after the year of qualification.)
And... You get HNL for a while to boot!
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It's not enough for the first tier, unless you're already a M&M elite and you get the 25% bonus. If you currently have no status, you will fall just short of the 35k level. But overall flying FC to HNL it's a nice way to do a MR
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I'm doing this in a couple of months, booked a few months back.
I've got a yield of about 35200 MHT-CLT-HNL-PHX-CLT-MHT if my calculations are correct, using 3.25 times actual mileage since all segments are longer than the minimum mileage.
I would personally not risk using HUP versus this AUP for crediting to M&M.
I've got a yield of about 35200 MHT-CLT-HNL-PHX-CLT-MHT if my calculations are correct, using 3.25 times actual mileage since all segments are longer than the minimum mileage.
I would personally not risk using HUP versus this AUP for crediting to M&M.
Last edited by dre_techie; Mar 16, 2010 at 3:27 am
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I'm doing this in a couple of months, booked a few months back.
I've got a yield of about 35200 MHT-CLT-HNL-PHX-CLT-MHT if my calculations are correct, using 3.25 times actual mileage since all segments are longer than the minimum mileage.
I would personally not risk using HUP versus this AUP for crediting to M&M.
I've got a yield of about 35200 MHT-CLT-HNL-PHX-CLT-MHT if my calculations are correct, using 3.25 times actual mileage since all segments are longer than the minimum mileage.
I would personally not risk using HUP versus this AUP for crediting to M&M.
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thanks Oliver2002;
the more I have read posts about these kind of discounted Fares on US/UA the more different informations;
are all of these fares that book into A with 325% or are there exeptions ?
the more I have read posts about these kind of discounted Fares on US/UA the more different informations;
are all of these fares that book into A with 325% or are there exeptions ?
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I generally search for such fares on FareCompare: http://www.farecompare.com/search/yupfares.html