With DQEM, is a 38,000-mile AA MR from LBB possible?
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With DQEM, is a 38,000-mile AA MR from LBB possible?
The wife has been thinking about trying to hit EXP. After all the DQEM bonuses for recent flights have posted she should be around 62,000 for the year. Is it possible to hit EXP with only one MR starting and ending in LBB at a reasonable (obviously debatable) fare, using a weekend in November?
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Gonna be real tough if you truly can only travel on a Saturday and Sunday.... you cannot even do Australia or Asia with that restriction.
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I should have clarified that part of Friday or part of Monday could also be considered.
After I posted, I saw a similar thread, so apologies for the doubling up. However, not being in one of the easily accessible hubs (being in the boonies in LBB) changes things just a bit.
After I posted, I saw a similar thread, so apologies for the doubling up. However, not being in one of the easily accessible hubs (being in the boonies in LBB) changes things just a bit.
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possible? yes. cost effective? likely not.
you could send her to DEL, detouring to W. Coast on the way back. that would not be cost effective, though, and doing MR's through DEL are rigorous.
you could send her to DEL, detouring to W. Coast on the way back. that would not be cost effective, though, and doing MR's through DEL are rigorous.
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The wife has been thinking about trying to hit EXP. After all the DQEM bonuses for recent flights have posted she should be around 62,000 for the year. Is it possible to hit EXP with only one MR starting and ending in LBB at a reasonable (obviously debatable) fare, using a weekend in November?
As noted by benzguy80, if price is no object, LBB-DFW-ORD-DEL-ORD-DFW-LBB is I think the longest single destination on AA metal (without monkeying about with the routing to hit every intermediate airport possible), but it's something on the order of $2600 r/t, and totals 17,572 EQM's before doubling (so 35,144 after doubling).
Good luck.
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Oh, and as a side note ... I booked my MR to FRA for the weekend before Thanksgiving (departing Fri afternoon, getting back Sunday), for about $820ai ... and having checked a bit thereafter, the fares have only gone up marginally. Keep in mind that the AA metal part of the previous reply (in reference to DEL as a destination) is important, as according to the AA email, the DEQM promo only applies to flights on AA metal, and doesn't apply to codeshare/OW partners.
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Oh, and as a side note ... I booked my MR to FRA for the weekend before Thanksgiving (departing Fri afternoon, getting back Sunday), for about $820ai ... and having checked a bit thereafter, the fares have only gone up marginally. Keep in mind that the AA metal part of the previous reply (in reference to DEL as a destination) is important, as according to the AA email, the DEQM promo only applies to flights on AA metal, and doesn't apply to codeshare/OW partners.
Thanks for the input.
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Good luck with this, I'm going to make EXP, travelling to LBB, from Scotland. I'm at 68,600 EQM's and can do it with Two, TALT flights from ABZ to Lubbock, one in the Double Elite period,- Next Week, ABZ,LHR,BOS,DFW,LBB and one outside it, my Christmas trip.
One of the problems this year, my wife and I have found, (she lives in LBB, me in Scotland) is that it's costing me less to fly ABZ(Aberdeen) to LBB, than her from LBB to ABZ. So that's a slight problem for you. You could do two TALT flights, DUB or FRA, will avoid the expensive UK taxes. Sadly not much I can do about that, except defect to KLM, which I don't want to do. (Not that I have anything agains Memphis)
Sorry to ramble on, maybe, I'll bump into you in Lubbock Airport!!!!
Cheers Larry.
One of the problems this year, my wife and I have found, (she lives in LBB, me in Scotland) is that it's costing me less to fly ABZ(Aberdeen) to LBB, than her from LBB to ABZ. So that's a slight problem for you. You could do two TALT flights, DUB or FRA, will avoid the expensive UK taxes. Sadly not much I can do about that, except defect to KLM, which I don't want to do. (Not that I have anything agains Memphis)
Sorry to ramble on, maybe, I'll bump into you in Lubbock Airport!!!!
Cheers Larry.
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The wife has been thinking about trying to hit EXP. After all the DQEM bonuses for recent flights have posted she should be around 62,000 for the year. Is it possible to hit EXP with only one MR starting and ending in LBB at a reasonable (obviously debatable) fare, using a weekend in November?
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She has 62,000 in the bag, so that leaves 38,000 to get, which if done before DEQM runs out on the 15th Dec, leaves 19,000 to actually fly. Given say an average speed of 450mph, this will take, not including ground time,42 hours, though your conclusion is nigh on right, probably difficult to do in a weekend, but not totally impossible.
Cheers Larry.
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I'm not sure of your maths there Giggy,
She has 62,000 in the bag, so that leaves 38,000 to get, which if done before DEQM runs out on the 15th Dec, leaves 19,000 to actually fly. Given say an average speed of 450mph, this will take, not including ground time,42 hours, though your conclusion is nigh on right, probably difficult to do in a weekend, but not totally impossible.
Cheers Larry.
She has 62,000 in the bag, so that leaves 38,000 to get, which if done before DEQM runs out on the 15th Dec, leaves 19,000 to actually fly. Given say an average speed of 450mph, this will take, not including ground time,42 hours, though your conclusion is nigh on right, probably difficult to do in a weekend, but not totally impossible.
Cheers Larry.
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I just did something very similar this weekend, dept on Firday at noon and returned at 3pm Monday, dfw-nrt-sin-nrt-dfw.I was on the ground in sin for 29 hours. I booked this in early Oct for $912. I earned, 25708 on AA(double) and 6648 on JL code share. That is 32356, you could maybe find a route that gives you a few more miles and then take a day trip on another weekend.
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A friend of mine came to visit on a segment/mileage run from AUS to LBB last weekend, and I jokingly posted in response to him over on the AA forum that it would likely be the only time on this forum that "mileage run" and "LBB" appear in the same sentence. I see now that I'll have to eat those words.
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A friend of mine came to visit on a segment/mileage run from AUS to LBB last weekend, and I jokingly posted in response to him over on the AA forum that it would likely be the only time on this forum that "mileage run" and "LBB" appear in the same sentence. I see now that I'll have to eat those words.