Call me gun shy, but I wouldn't book on the same carrier I'm throwing away subsequent legs. That's just a red flag that it's intentional.

I realize it was a typo, but I dream that I can fly one day on UA between ORD and YTZ! (CO once announced EWR-YTZ service but it never came to fruition)

To get status, you need the miles and the money. You can meet the money by either charging $25,000 on the credit card or the required amount of money on flights (for silver it is $3000). With the card you can get a free checked bag and more access to flights when book with miles.

If you have an out of the country address for your MileagePlus account, the PQDs are waived.

UA is removing Dash 8 from its fleet (believe some will remain), and those are the only birds that can land and take off at Billy Bishop (OK, not only ones, but no large jets). Runway extension requests have been turned down up till now.

And new UA does not like to fly to secondary airports.

One of the reasons why Southwest is making a killing at DAL is that they leased UA's two gates (for an obscene amount of money) and are keeping planes full. Only Virgin seems to be in UA's shoes, as they have the only other (2) gates and can't seem to make it work either.

From PHX-Shenzen/Beijing?

I am afraid that you cannot find a good fare for this itinerary. Shenzhen is too close to HKG (a short ferry ride), which is one of the stops for this great deal. You may want to think of positioning to certain cities (a separate reservation). You may want to play with some google links on this thread, for example, post #88 (BTV, BOS and BDL, all for $282). If your goal is mileage run, the stopover cities in China do not matter. You will be better off by stopping at HGH and PVG, instead of Shenzhen and Beijing. Good luck.

Combined Status Run & Mini Vacation
 

Thanks to all of the FTers that shared Google Flights!

I was able to find ORD-HKG-HGH-ORD-YUL over the Thanksgiving holiday for $313. Over 17k BIS miles (1.8 cents per mile.)

This very low $/mile is also great for someone who is close to 1M or 2M.

these (flights ex-BDL/PVD, with an EWR return) are perfect for me, except that i'd like to fly in oct/nov of this year.

i'm more than willing to do the legwork (i've already started); but i'll ask for one hint - do i have to 'click through' all of the segments on google flights to for it to calculate the lower price, or will the initial price quoted be accurate? i know sometimes there's a discrepancy. thanks!

EDIT: google flights was essentially 100% at giving an accurate initial quote. no need to click through all of the segments.

ended up routing BOS-LAX-SFO-HKG-HGH-SFO-IAD-YUL in october for $282ai (1.47cpm). unreal. thanks!

EDIT 2: if you're truly sick, you can route this via HNL and GUM for >20k PQM after 500mi minimums (20551mi @1.37cpm): https://goo.gl/flights/4HXL

maybe hope for a misconnect and some beach time?

First off. Awesome find!!

I booked ORD-HKG-HGH-YVR for 331 for MLK weekend. I'm actually taking my 13 year old daughter on her first milage run!

Does anyone know what happens if the flight goes wait listed after being booked? The HKG-HGH is operated by Dragon Air and allows me to book it but the premier desk says I've been wait listed for it.

Any tips on what I need to do?

Thanks all

Such a great find and fare. We over here in europe can only dream of something like this :(
Anyone got such a good fare in early september or august? May be even worth flying to the US for it.
Are these <1h connections even possible to make it?

Mileage runners are not sick, we are adventurous.:D.

been trying to find some dates in the first 2 weeks of october, but i must be doing something wrong since its all coming up as over 1k

Can someone give me a hand?
Looking for EWR to HKG (stop 3-4days) then routing back through EWR, which then i will skip the last leg

I don't believe the fare rules allow for a stopover in HKG. See the rules in post 58 of this thread.