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AA/One World: 2017-2018 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
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In order to organize Mileage/Status/Challenge Run threads, the Moderators have decided to create a consolidated thread. This is the thread for American Airlines.
For each request:
- do a search on your departure airport(s) to see if there's a MR already posted that might fit your need
- if you don't find what you need, post your request using the standardized format shown below in this wiki
- it's nice form to acknowledge the responder with a post indicating whether the assistance worked for you or not. This helps everyone learn about successful runs
- if several days have gone by and you have not received a reply, bump up your original post with a (gentle) re-ask. It might be your post was missed in the fray
- quote the original request
- include the route cities, price, airline, cabin/class, EQMs/EQDs, and dates for the solution(s) found
- whenever possible, include a link to the solution as found on Google Flights, or attach as screen print of the solution if from another source
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For each request, use this format as shown. A glossary follows to clarify each entry.
Departure Airport(s):
EQMs or EQSs Needed:
EQDs Needed:
Max Budget:
Available Travel Dates:
Max # Travel Nights:
AA only, or Partners Okay:
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N):
If there is additional information you'd like to share that is pertinent to your request, feel free to add it after this standardized request format.
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GLOSSARY:
Departure Airport(s): list the airport codes of any airports you can depart from, identifying preferred airports if any
EQMs or EQSs Needed: the number of each/either that you need to reach status. Please be as precise as possible, as some MRs can be within a few of your goal.
EQDs Needed: the number that you need to reach status. Please be as precise as possible, as some MRs can be within a few of your goal.
Max Budget: the maximum amount you're willing to spend to reach status. Less is always preferable, but a max is an important factor. Please make this a realistic number for your goal.
Available Travel Dates: list the range of dates you're available. The more you list, the better your chances of getting a good MR.
Max # Travel Nights: the maximum number of nights you're willing to be away. The nights might be at the destination or at a layover city. If cannot be gone overnight at all, list 0 or "day run only". Again, please make this realistic for your goal.
AA only, or Partners Okay: if you want to only AA-coded flights (e.g. for upgrades, etc), then list "AA only". If you are okay with flying on partners (especially useful for EQD runs), then list "either".
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): if you have a Chinese visa that will be valid at the time of the MR, then list "Y". Many good MRs have destinations in China, but you need a visa for those destinations.
(Note: Added this info from the OP to wiki for greater visibility to posters.)
AA/One World: 2017-2018 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
#1561
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: VA
Programs: AA EXP, DL Gold, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Wyndham Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 293
#1562
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: MIA
Posts: 498
This is tricky. A HKG RT is almost enough miles and only costs $1200 in Econ on AA. So two of them would just about do it for EQM; same for a single Business trip, which would cost way over $2500.
But obviously this would be way short on EQD. The way to get EQD much higher than spend is to fly on a partner. But then the EQM is lower unless you're flying PE: MIA-EWR-HKG-SIN-LAX-MIA for $1803 is PE CX on the international segments (18,419 miles) and Econ AA on the domestic (3,427 miles); that should do it for EQD but be about 7,000 short on EQM.
A simple LHR RT is over 8,800 miles, and available on AA for $723.
Done, for $2526. Close enough?
But obviously this would be way short on EQD. The way to get EQD much higher than spend is to fly on a partner. But then the EQM is lower unless you're flying PE: MIA-EWR-HKG-SIN-LAX-MIA for $1803 is PE CX on the international segments (18,419 miles) and Econ AA on the domestic (3,427 miles); that should do it for EQD but be about 7,000 short on EQM.
A simple LHR RT is over 8,800 miles, and available on AA for $723.
Done, for $2526. Close enough?
#1563
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
You said you needed 38k EQM. The 1k EQM (assuming you have status) earned on a tacked-on MIA-MCO round trip still leaves you just over another 1k to earn with the remaining $100 or so.
#1565
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: OW Emerald
Posts: 1,452
Departure Airport(s): DFW, SYD, MEL, HKG, or most of Europe
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: $5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open
Max # Travel Nights: Open
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Way short on EQD this year due to shifting flying to DL, but maybe still enough AA BIS to justify a run.
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: $5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open
Max # Travel Nights: Open
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Way short on EQD this year due to shifting flying to DL, but maybe still enough AA BIS to justify a run.
#1566
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 12
Hi all gurus,
Looking for some advice/help. I am hoping to retain EP but has only started travelling SFO-PHL. I figured I have a total of 14 weeks of SFO-PHL travel which gets me to about 70K miles. I will be short of EQMs and EQDs which I calculated to be about 4.5k short. I will likely need to make a run or two to make up the difference to get me over the EP line
Departure Airport(s): SFO, SJC
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 30K
EQDs Needed: ~$4.5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open, preferable Fri,Sat,Sun
Max # Travel Nights: 3
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Looking for some advice/help. I am hoping to retain EP but has only started travelling SFO-PHL. I figured I have a total of 14 weeks of SFO-PHL travel which gets me to about 70K miles. I will be short of EQMs and EQDs which I calculated to be about 4.5k short. I will likely need to make a run or two to make up the difference to get me over the EP line
Departure Airport(s): SFO, SJC
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 30K
EQDs Needed: ~$4.5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open, preferable Fri,Sat,Sun
Max # Travel Nights: 3
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
#1567
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
Hi all gurus,
Looking for some advice/help. I am hoping to retain EP but has only started travelling SFO-PHL. I figured I have a total of 14 weeks of SFO-PHL travel which gets me to about 70K miles. I will be short of EQMs and EQDs which I calculated to be about 4.5k short. I will likely need to make a run or two to make up the difference to get me over the EP line
Departure Airport(s): SFO, SJC
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 30K
EQDs Needed: ~$4.5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open, preferable Fri,Sat,Sun
Max # Travel Nights: 3
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Looking for some advice/help. I am hoping to retain EP but has only started travelling SFO-PHL. I figured I have a total of 14 weeks of SFO-PHL travel which gets me to about 70K miles. I will be short of EQMs and EQDs which I calculated to be about 4.5k short. I will likely need to make a run or two to make up the difference to get me over the EP line
Departure Airport(s): SFO, SJC
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 30K
EQDs Needed: ~$4.5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open, preferable Fri,Sat,Sun
Max # Travel Nights: 3
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
#1568
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
Departure Airport(s): DFW, SYD, MEL, HKG, or most of Europe
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: $5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open
Max # Travel Nights: Open
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Way short on EQD this year due to shifting flying to DL, but maybe still enough AA BIS to justify a run.
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: $5K
Max Budget: ~$2K
Available Travel Dates: Open
Max # Travel Nights: Open
AA only, or Partners Okay: Partners OK
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): Y
Way short on EQD this year due to shifting flying to DL, but maybe still enough AA BIS to justify a run.
#1569
Join Date: May 2003
Programs: OW Emerald
Posts: 1,452
Thanks for the reply, I still have another trip to book yet, so the required total may be closer to $4.8K when all is said & done. I'm also looking at $2200 for $4.6K EQD ex-Europe to BKK on a same-day turn.
#1570
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: AA - EXP
Posts: 233
Departure Airport: JFK, SFO, LAX, (ARN, EDI, LHR December only)
Max Budget: 2-3k
Miles Needed: 25k
Required Spend or Budget: 3.25k
Available Travel Dates: Open to do 5-7 day trips in mid Oct, all November / early December
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Don't mind!
I have a upcoming trip (unbooked) where I need to go JFK - ARN, ARN - EDI, EDI - JFK on specific dates in December on the outbound but can be flex on the way back. I also have JFK - LAX trip end of October which I don't have the rtn for so could potentially do a deal out of LAX or SFO.
Curious to know if it's worth chasing or not to keep AA PLT. Next year is a heavy travel year with 3 rtn trips to Europe and 1 return to New Zealand (CX PE) in the first 4 months where I'll hit PLT again quickly. Is it perhaps saving resources to chase executive plat 2019.
Thanks everyone!
Max Budget: 2-3k
Miles Needed: 25k
Required Spend or Budget: 3.25k
Available Travel Dates: Open to do 5-7 day trips in mid Oct, all November / early December
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Don't mind!
I have a upcoming trip (unbooked) where I need to go JFK - ARN, ARN - EDI, EDI - JFK on specific dates in December on the outbound but can be flex on the way back. I also have JFK - LAX trip end of October which I don't have the rtn for so could potentially do a deal out of LAX or SFO.
Curious to know if it's worth chasing or not to keep AA PLT. Next year is a heavy travel year with 3 rtn trips to Europe and 1 return to New Zealand (CX PE) in the first 4 months where I'll hit PLT again quickly. Is it perhaps saving resources to chase executive plat 2019.
Thanks everyone!
#1571
Moderator: American AAdvantage, Travel Safety/Security & Texas, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: AUS / GRK
Programs: AA, HHonors, Hertz
Posts: 13,492
* CX regularly has PE fares from LAX to Australia and NZ for about $2300 (sometimes lower), and a little higher from NYC
* AY (Finnair) regularly has biz fares from JFK (thought HEL) to Asia for about $3k. I flew them to SIN earlier this year and got a boatload of miles and especially EQD (something around $4200)
* AA Vacations has some decent biz fares to Asia, anywhere from $2-3k going from now into next year. Some are from targeted cities, like SAN, LAX, MCO, or RDU. There's an LAX-HKG-BKK fare for about $2900. Just pick the lowest hotel and don't show, it doesn't matter. If you book through the vacations site, make sure the fare code has * after it, and the EQD will be calculated based on distance.
#1572
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: NYC
Programs: AA - EXP
Posts: 233
Thanks so much for the reply.
Those CX fares are a gem and next year I'm taking full advantage.
Curious to know if it's at all possible to net what I need to keep platinum this year with my trip to ARN / EDI from JFK at the end of the year?
Those CX fares are a gem and next year I'm taking full advantage.
Curious to know if it's at all possible to net what I need to keep platinum this year with my trip to ARN / EDI from JFK at the end of the year?
#1573
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: AY+ Plat, Marriott Plat, Hyatt Discoverist
Posts: 2,846
#1574
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: American
Posts: 3
Mileage Run American Airlines
Need a mileage run on AA to get to EP. Prefer business class
Departure Airport(s): MIA
EQMs Needed: 4,000
Max Budget: $800
Available Travel Dates: Oct 5 - 7 or Oct 12 - 14
Max # Travel Nights: 2
AA only
Departure Airport(s): MIA
EQMs Needed: 4,000
Max Budget: $800
Available Travel Dates: Oct 5 - 7 or Oct 12 - 14
Max # Travel Nights: 2
AA only
#1575
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
Hello, Need to maintain EXP. Will be about 20,000 EQM Short:
Departure Airport: DCA/IAD/BWI/PHL
Miles Needed: 20,000 EQM, 2000 EQD
Required Spend or Budget: up to $2000
Available Travel Dates: 2 days
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: AA preferred
Thanks!
Departure Airport: DCA/IAD/BWI/PHL
Miles Needed: 20,000 EQM, 2000 EQD
Required Spend or Budget: up to $2000
Available Travel Dates: 2 days
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: AA preferred
Thanks!