MR from SFO needed on United
Dec 9, 2002, 3:56 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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MR from SFO needed on United
Oh Gawd!! I'm going to be losing my Premier Exec status this year... it's been so bad, I haven't even met Premier status!! ARGH
It's aweful after 9 years in a row as a 1P...
I have 18577 flight miles logged this year, so I need to pick up about 6500 more miles.
Anyone have any suggestions on a cheap mileage run from SFO/OAK/SJC on United??
It's aweful after 9 years in a row as a 1P...
I have 18577 flight miles logged this year, so I need to pick up about 6500 more miles.
Anyone have any suggestions on a cheap mileage run from SFO/OAK/SJC on United??
Dec 9, 2002, 6:28 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: SFO
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Good luck. At this late date it's very difficult to find inexpensive fares + meet advance purchase requirements + locate available seats in the appropriate booking class. You will need to be incredibly flexible.
You could book 25,000 miles of travel in January-February, which would (presumably) give you uninterrupted Premier status through Feb. 2005. Four 6250-mile runs aren't unreasonable. Note that you are only 1423 miles away from earning four more 500-mile upgrades, so a little three-segment Christmas Day run might still be advantageous.
You could book 25,000 miles of travel in January-February, which would (presumably) give you uninterrupted Premier status through Feb. 2005. Four 6250-mile runs aren't unreasonable. Note that you are only 1423 miles away from earning four more 500-mile upgrades, so a little three-segment Christmas Day run might still be advantageous.
Dec 9, 2002, 6:46 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by EPS:
You could book 25,000 miles of travel in January-February, which would (presumably) give you uninterrupted Premier status through Feb. 2005. Four 6250-mile runs aren't unreasonable. Note that you are only 1423 miles away from earning four more 500-mile upgrades, so a little three-segment Christmas Day run might still be advantageous.</font>
You could book 25,000 miles of travel in January-February, which would (presumably) give you uninterrupted Premier status through Feb. 2005. Four 6250-mile runs aren't unreasonable. Note that you are only 1423 miles away from earning four more 500-mile upgrades, so a little three-segment Christmas Day run might still be advantageous.</font>
If you could get yourself to Vegas cheaply (JetBlue perhaps from Oakland?), you could then book a $252 T fare to New York with a few stops each way. The LAS T fares have no advance nor min stay requirements but availability may be gone already.
Dec 10, 2002, 10:40 am
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: SFO
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The last E-Fares for a while are available. Technically, they're not Mileage Runs, but you could snag a Saturday red-eye and return Monday with a one-night hotel stay?
- SFO-BWI 4914 status miles $258.00 (5.25˘/status mile)
- SJC-ORD 3658 status miles $200.00 (5.47˘/status mile)
- SFO-BOS 5408 status miles $296.50 (5.48˘/status mile)
- SFO-ORD 3692 status miles $210.00 (5.69˘/status mile)
- SFO-JFK 5172 status miles $296.50 (5.73˘/status mile)
- SFO-IAD 4838 status miles $298.00 (6.16˘/status mile)
- SFO-EWR 5130 status miles $316.50 (6.17˘/status mile)