UA: SFO-MKE $236.40 ai RT (4.5cpm; via flightdeal)
UA SFO-MKE 4.5cpm
Sample: San Francisco (SFO) to Milwaukee (MKE) - Wed, Aug 21 San Francisco (SFO) to Houston (IAH) - Wed, Aug 21 United 1498 Dep: 7:26AM Arr: 1:19PM 3h 53m Boeing 757 Economy (N) Layover in IAH 0h 50m Houston (IAH) to Chicago (ORD) - Wed, Aug 21 United 1207 Dep: 2:09PM Arr: 4:51PM 2h 42m Boeing 737 Economy (N) Layover in ORD 1h 9m Chicago (ORD) to Milwaukee (MKE) - Wed, Aug 21 United 5425 Dep: 6:00PM Arr: 6:46PM 0h 46m Canadair Reg. Jet Economy (N) OPERATED BY SKYWEST DBA UNITED EXPRESS Milwaukee (MKE) to San Francisco (SFO) - Thu, Aug 22 Milwaukee (MKE) to Chicago (ORD) - Thu, Aug 22 United 5431 Dep: 11:51AM Arr: 12:37PM 0h 46m Canadair Reg. Jet Economy (N) OPERATED BY SKYWEST DBA UNITED EXPRESS Layover in ORD 2h 56m Chicago (ORD) to Houston (IAH) - Thu, Aug 22 United 780 Dep: 3:33PM Arr: 6:09PM 2h 36m Boeing 757 Economy (N) Layover in IAH 3h 6m Houston (IAH) to San Francisco (SFO) - Thu, Aug 22 United 280 Dep: 9:15PM Arr: 11:20PM 4h 5m Airbus A320 Economy (N) Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $236.40 Total cost for 1 passenger $236.40 |
For those looking for same day turns, you can have them via ORD on Saturdays. Although the total mileage is slightly less, if you are Premier you get the 500 mile minimums from ORD to MKE (67 flight miles), which brings total CPM down to about 4.4.
Flight from: San Francisco, CA (SFO) to Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Depart: 7:52 a.m., Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Arrive: 2:05 p.m. Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Flight Number: UA288 Distance: 1,846 miles Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 Fare Class: United Economy (N) Meal: Meals for Purchase No Special Meal Offered. Flight from: Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) to Milwaukee, WI (MKE) Depart: 3:03 p.m., Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Arrive: 3:48 p.m. Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Flight Number: UA5298 Distance: 67 miles Aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet 200 Fare Class: United Economy (N) Meal: None Flight from: Milwaukee, WI (MKE) to Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) Depart: 4:18 p.m., Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Arrive: 5:05 p.m. Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Flight Number: UA5298 Distance: 67 miles Aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet 200 Fare Class: United Economy (N) Meal: None Flight from: Chicago, IL (ORD - O'Hare) to San Francisco, CA (SFO) Depart: 7:15 p.m., Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Arrive: 9:40 p.m. Sat., Sep. 14, 2013 Flight Number: UA500 Distance: 1,846 miles Aircraft: Boeing 777-200 Fare Class: United Economy (N) Meal: Meals for Purchase No Special Meal Offered. $208 all in |
SFO-MKE 4.5cpm via flightdeal
Nice find I missed this the last time around a couple months ago. I wish you could route through ewr though.
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Originally Posted by gunney07
(Post 21069774)
Nice find I missed this the last time around a couple months ago. I wish you could route through ewr though.
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I hope DL matches this fare - missed out on the MKE-LAX beauty :X
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oh please oh please oh please let this fare still be available after i leave the toilet ... there's been a huge drought of UA ex-SFO fares so far this year!! :mad::mad::mad:
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Originally Posted by maradori
(Post 21070914)
oh please oh please oh please let this fare still be available after i leave the toilet ... there's been a huge drought of UA ex-SFO fares so far this year!! :mad::mad::mad:
I have a SFO-EWR-SFO fare that cost me 3.86cpm. SFO-IAH-EWR-SFO 3.53cpm SFO-IAH-DEN-GRR-CLE-IAH-SFO 3.45cpm And I had SFO-CLT-CLE-CLT-SFO for 2.98cpm on US. That being said, I'm about ready to book if I can earn 14k miles on any *A airlines in August :p |
3.4cpm itin on 'illegal routing'…?
I'm looking into booking one of these (my first-ever MR!), and came across a strange issue. I hunted around and found the below itin on ITA that, after the 500 mile min for MKE-ORD, would net ~6400 miles at $217, or 3.4cpm (not bad for a noob :D).
http://f.cl.ly/items/1U3G2410211o280...24.08%20PM.png Needless to say, entering it on Hipmunk and United resulted in errors and "no results matching my search" messages. Perplexed, I called the Premier Priority Line (:eek::confused: I know this is looked down upon) and asked them to price the flight for me (after I told them I was visiting MKE for a meeting :p). She entered the flight numbers and, to my surprise, said it would cost $211. What made this better was her reaction ("So, it'll be $211…whaaa?! 211?! Ya, 211…wow."). Anyway, I wanted to check with my gf to see if she wanted in on the MR, so I HUCB a few hours later. Upon calling back, I was told that the flight was an 'illegal routing' because it went east to IAH, then west to DEN and then east again to ORD, and going 'back and forth' is not allowed. I've never heard of an illegal routing and, more strangely, had one rep price out a fare and another basically tell me no. A few questions:
Luke |
Originally Posted by LukeRB
(Post 21071263)
A few questions:
Luke
Now, when I enter your exact itinerary, it's coming up as $284, so that fare on that day may be gone. I'm seeing GAG14KS. What were you seeing? NAK21CS or NAP21CS? I had a problem booking something similar on Air Canada (a routing like that for a flight I needed to take). The first agent booked it, and when I called back because I was having problems upgrading it, I got a "talking to" about this being "abuse" and "roundabout routings are not allowed" but that they would honour it "this time". Anyway, my strategy if you really find a bad agent is to ask them to look up the routing rules for the exact fare you're looking at on ITA. For example, if it's NAK21CS, the routing rules are:
Originally Posted by ExpertFlyer
V FARE BASIS BK FARE TRAVEL-TICKET AP MINMAX RTG
1A NAK21CS N X 84.00 E20AU R18DE 21/1 -/ - 828 PASSENGER TYPE-ADT AUTO PRICE-YES FROM-SFO TO-MKE CXR-UA TVL-27AUG13 RULE-6SP1 DFR/11 FARE BASIS-NAK21CS SPECIAL FARE DIS-N VENDOR-ATP FARE TYPE-SIP OW-INSTANT PURCHASE USD 78.14 0828 E20AUG13 D18DEC13 FC-NAK21CS FN-9X SYSTEM DATES - CREATED 09JUL13/1236 EXPIRES INFINITY PUBLISHED RTG SFO-MKE/UA828 /TAR-DRG1 EF-09JUL13 DIS-INDEF 1. SFO-SFO/LAX/HOU/DEN-HOU/DEN/CLE/CHI-MKE 2. SFO-HOU/DEN/CLE/CHI-MKE That means you can do SFO-HOU-DEN-MKE. It's perfectly valid. If this were still available, I'd consider booking one. I'm really trying not to take any time off work for a pure MR though :p |
Booked on 9/14 MR SFO-IAH-MKE-ORD-SFO; Possible meetup?
I just booked SFO-IAH-MKE-ORD-SFO on 9/14 (4965 miles with 500 mile min for $206, or 4.15cpm). Anyone else on that itin or doing a 9/14 run?
On a separate note, will anyone be in the following airports at the specified times and (a) willing to guest me at a club/lounge and/or (b) interested in grabbing coffee or a beer to talk travel? IAH 1200-1300 MKE 1540-1715 ORD 1805-1915 Also, thanks to the OP, Bacopa, for reposting the MR on FT! Cheers, Luke |
I have a 9/13-9/14 SFO-LAX-ORD-MKE-IAH-SFO, but I am only planned to be at IAH from 1035-1132 on 9/14.
Sorry. |
I'll be doing SFO-ORD on the 14th on UA1233.This was a great MR to link me in between a LHR-GIG run (stopover at ORD on the way back) and the SFO-SJO MR published on here.
All told, 52,000 PQM's in 15 days, mostly in BF or F with a 3 days break in Rio (a place I would never have considered before seeing the LIS-GIG run published on here) and 4 days in LAS to finish off. Great way to spend 14 rest days off work. |
Meetup in ORD?
Originally Posted by Richym99
(Post 21093741)
I'll be doing SFO-ORD on the 14th on UA1233.This was a great MR to link me in between a LHR-GIG run (stopover at ORD on the way back) and the SFO-SJO MR published on here.
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LukeRB.
Sadly it looks like I'll be heading for the gate just as you arrive. I'm booked on 928 to LHR at 1845. |
Anyone doing this run 9/14?
I'm doing this run 9/14 SFO-IAH-MKE-ORD-SFO; Anyone else doing the run that day as well? If so, reply here or shoot me a PM.
Cheers, Luke |
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