I need to spend 1783.00 on Delta to get to gold
Oct 10, 2015, 3:01 pm
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I need to spend 1783.00 on Delta to get to gold
I need to maximize my remaining balance. I'm 10K away from gold. I can easily hit the 10K for a lot less than spending 1783.00. I just want to maximize the MQM's.
I Fly out of DTW and FNT 90% of the time I could fly out of ORD if necessary.
Any routes international or domestic from the end of 22 of October to Dec 31st will work...
I know DTW is always a challenge that's why I need some help...
Thanks
I Fly out of DTW and FNT 90% of the time I could fly out of ORD if necessary.
Any routes international or domestic from the end of 22 of October to Dec 31st will work...
I know DTW is always a challenge that's why I need some help...
Thanks
Oct 12, 2015, 1:37 am
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Fly this twice:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-9-cpm-26.html
? (not sure how much it is out of DTW/ORD though, sorry)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-9-cpm-26.html
? (not sure how much it is out of DTW/ORD though, sorry)
Oct 12, 2015, 10:57 am
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Fly this twice:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-9-cpm-26.html
? (not sure how much it is out of DTW/ORD though, sorry)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-9-cpm-26.html
? (not sure how much it is out of DTW/ORD though, sorry)
I haven't found anything better...
Oct 12, 2015, 11:08 am
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Oct 12, 2015, 11:47 am
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Unless flying out of not-LAX increases the cost so much, that I dont know.
Oct 12, 2015, 9:27 pm
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I have been dealing with this issue. I might have to one way it to lax with another airline..
Oct 13, 2015, 10:21 pm
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WAS-JNB is around $750 right now. It's a lot cheaper to position to BWI/DCA/IAD than to LAX from DTW. Plus you can do hidden city routing through DTW on the return so you only need a one-way ticket to WAS. WN is having a $49 fare sale right now on one-way flights from DTW to BWI. You can use MARC/Metro trains to get from BWI to DCA if you want to originate from DCA instead of BWI.
Oct 13, 2015, 10:48 pm
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Though the bigger question I'd be asking... is a year of Gold really worth $1,783 to you? To each his own, but I really don't consider Gold benefits to be worth anywhere near that amount when you're talking about pure out-of-pocket spend solely for the purpose of obtaining status.
Oct 13, 2015, 11:42 pm
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ITA finds ORD-ATL-NRT-SIN-NRT-ATL-ORD ~21k MQM for $985 on 12/1 and about $100 more on 12/8, although it's being really twitchy for me when clicking on individual itinerary details (I got it to come up once; most of the time it errors out quickly and says "Session not found" and goes back to the search screen)
Oct 14, 2015, 10:32 pm
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USA to Santiago (Chile) RT in D1 has been pricing around $1700 according to a thread in the Premium Fare Deals sub forum. These are Z fares that earn 150% MQMs.
Unfortunately the Thanksgiving/Christmas business class sale fares (for example, USA-EU RT) are generally significantly over $1700 this year.
BTW, I assume that the OP can't get the MQD waiver from DL AmEx spend, which would also generate some MQMs and RDMs.
Unfortunately the Thanksgiving/Christmas business class sale fares (for example, USA-EU RT) are generally significantly over $1700 this year.
BTW, I assume that the OP can't get the MQD waiver from DL AmEx spend, which would also generate some MQMs and RDMs.
Oct 15, 2015, 10:08 am
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I'm in a similar boat on UA, and here's what I would do if I were you. Book a couple full fare Y ticket DTW-MSP around the busy holiday travel period - there's a better chance of getting bumped and getting a voucher to help offset the cost. Worst case - you fly, and get the spend. Best case? Some $$$ back, and the money spent, and it's only a short trip (as compared to the Asia runs).
