kjmj

I've never done one of these either, but am interested. It works originating from MSP, which I need. Having never been to COU, can I sleep there somewhere? Looks like I would be in at 9:30pm and out at 7:30am for some of the combinations.

kjmj

After looking at this some more, it might not work out of MSP. Some of the segments get to be less than 500 miles. That's the minimum, is that right?

mizzou miles

Yes, 500 is the min you will earn.

prt123

So, my first attempt at an mr. I have to start out and return to the ATL which is twice the cost and only a quarter of the miles for that segment. I tried TOL, LAN and FHN, but all are twice the cost of the described mr begining and ending at DTW. Anyone have any knowledge or experience on routes in and out of ATL? Thanks

OtherDave

Just got back from COU. Success!

OtherDave

There are some tools out there for figuring out the best mileage run options. Check out the FAQ and sticky posts to get the deets.

prt123

Not really very helpful dave. I could provide that answer to every question ever posted. Do you have a specific tool you can point me to or the specific FAQ. I tried the FAQ and search function without sucess hence the question.
Thanks

cfwolfs

Try farecompare.com/Flyertalk. Input atl as your city, then filter for skyteam. You can sort on cpm or cost of trip. Atl is a challenge as its the hub. It's a good suggestion to position yourself somewhere else on a cheap flight (perhaps rdu or clt or bna?) then buy a reasonably priced high mqm ticket from there.

On iPhone now so can't look up fare.compare, but I seem to think that bna sea is usually a decently priced flight. (sometimes as low as 220) I don't know how much it costs to get to bna though!

OtherDave

Try this:

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/freque...%80%93-part-1/

Also, under "Mileage Run Discussion" sub-forum there are two links for mileage run tools. I know the information is here because I just learned how MR works over the last few weeks. I'm not an old expert at it... just a new kid who read things like the FAQ and the forums. That link above will give you a good start. Note that there is a second part to this blog post that you may have to hunt for.

UNITED863

I write the Frequently Flying blog linked here & just added the link to part two in that post now, so you should be able to click right through.

If anyone has any questions, comment on that post or shoot me an email at darren at frequentlyflying dot com.

I've been a bad FTer and haven't been on these boards in a while.

OtherDave

Cool! Thanks for the article, great info!