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AA/One World: 2017-2018 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
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Requesters and responders, please read this wiki before posting.
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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:
  1. do a search on your departure airport(s) to see if there's a MR already posted that might fit your need
  2. if you don't find what you need, post your request using the standardized format shown below in this wiki
  3. 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
  4. 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
For each response:
  1. quote the original request
  2. include the route cities, price, airline, cabin/class, EQMs/EQDs, and dates for the solution(s) found
  3. 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.

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Old Nov 15, 2018, 11:44 am
  #1801  
 
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 73
Let's give this a shot.

I need 15,500 EQM to achieve EP. My preference is a TPA departure, but can also do MCO or MIA. Any dates/nights/cities/countries are good except last week of December. Overwhelmingly prefer business or first. Would like to be below $2K, and obviously the lower the better.

I found a $350 flight from TPA-CLT-SEA, but I'd have to do that twice in coach and I'd rather swallow razors, LOL.

And if there's a link/tutorial on how to search this yourself efficiently (I use Google Flights) please direct me that way.
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Old Nov 15, 2018, 1:57 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1
Looking for some different options to earn Gold Status on American Airlines for 2019. Not sure if a Gold Challenge makes sense at this point in time, but am open to suggestions that are cheaper than the AA Boost offer of $715.

This is where I'm currently at:
EQDs: 2505 / 3000
Miles (EQMs) 18,972 / 25,000
Segments (EQSs) 14 / 30

I have a planned trip from PHX to PHL in DEC that will put me very close on EQDs & about 1900 miles away on EQMs.

Departure Airport: PHX
Miles Needed: 1900
Required Spend or Budget: as cheap as possible
Available Travel Dates: flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares okay:
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Old Nov 15, 2018, 3:18 pm
  #1803  
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by MannyCPA
Let's give this a shot.

I need 15,500 EQM to achieve EP. My preference is a TPA departure, but can also do MCO or MIA. Any dates/nights/cities/countries are good except last week of December. Overwhelmingly prefer business or first. Would like to be below $2K, and obviously the lower the better.

I found a $350 flight from TPA-CLT-SEA, but I'd have to do that twice in coach and I'd rather swallow razors, LOL.

And if there's a link/tutorial on how to search this yourself efficiently (I use Google Flights) please direct me that way.
TPA-CLT-SEA RT is less than 5,600 miles; seems like you'd need three of those to get 15,500 EQM.

If you want to do it in Biz, that's still 7750 physical miles. Doing it in one flight still means international (or ANC/HNL/...). International (or ...) Biz for under $2k is extremely unlikely IMHO. Or you might be able to cobble together something with a lot of zig-zagging within the US.

On the other hand, two Biz trips to LAX are $1050-1066 each with an overnight in LA.

A single PE trip to BKK would also suffice, with plenty of choices well under $2k.
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Old Nov 15, 2018, 3:45 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by CubsFanRS23
First time poster here, too.

Departure Airport(s): PHL (could potentially do another airport)
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 14,950 EQM to EXP
EQDs Needed: none
Max Budget: <$1,500 ideally
Available Travel Dates: Any in Dec, must return by Dec 22/23
Max # Travel Nights: 1-2
AA only, or Partners Okay: AA or Partners (prefer AA for upgrades, but not mandatory)
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
Welcome to FlyerTalk. (A Cubs fan in Philly? Must be interesting.)

That's a very tall order. You'll probably need 2 trips.
PHL-LAX RT in Biz is $1100 for 9.6k EQM. EWR-CLT-SBN-DFW-EWR in Biz on Dec 7 is $527 (I swear I'm not making this up) for 6.2 EQM.

JFK-MAD-ATH RT in PE is $1722 and earns 15.2k EQM. But that's more than 2 total nights.
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Old Nov 15, 2018, 4:01 pm
  #1805  
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by ts42
Looking for some different options to earn Gold Status on American Airlines for 2019. Not sure if a Gold Challenge makes sense at this point in time, but am open to suggestions that are cheaper than the AA Boost offer of $715.

This is where I'm currently at:
EQDs: 2505 / 3000
Miles (EQMs) 18,972 / 25,000
Segments (EQSs) 14 / 30

I have a planned trip from PHX to PHL in DEC that will put me very close on EQDs & about 1900 miles away on EQMs.

Departure Airport: PHX
Miles Needed: 1900
Required Spend or Budget: as cheap as possible
Available Travel Dates: flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares okay:
Well, DFW is not quite far enough, but ORD/PDX/SEA are. Hand that to GF, and it spits out PHX-ORD RT for $232. Available on multiple dates; be sure to switch from BE to Economy.

Didn't see anything cheaper for NYC/PHL/MIA
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Old Nov 15, 2018, 5:06 pm
  #1806  
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 4
Help out of LAX

i need a quick 20k EQMs on American for my status by the beginning of January out of LAX. I’m new to this forum. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Departure Airport(s): LAX or SNA
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 20,000 EQM
EQDs Needed: 2400
Max Budget: I’d like to spend as little as possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/6 - 12/9 12/13 - 12/16
Max # Travel Nights:3
AA only, or Partners Okay: prefer AA but I’ll do what it takes
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N) - N
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Old Nov 16, 2018, 8:25 pm
  #1807  
 
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 3
First time poster here and need some help achieving EXP again for 2018. I didn't have as much business travel this year and am struggling here at the end of the year. I realize this is going to be tough, but if all else fails I'll try for Platinum Pro

Departure Airport(s): BOS (could do MHT, but flights are very limited)
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 30,000 EQM
EQDs Needed: 5,000
Max Budget: I’d like to spend as little as possible
Available Travel Dates: now to 12/31/2018
Max # Travel Nights: no limit
AA only, or Partners Okay: prefer AA but I’ll do what it takes
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N) - N
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Old Nov 16, 2018, 9:15 pm
  #1808  
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by TheBodyShop
i need a quick 20k EQMs on American for my status by the beginning of January out of LAX. I’m new to this forum. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

Departure Airport(s): LAX or SNA
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 20,000 EQM
EQDs Needed: 2400
Max Budget: I’d like to spend as little as possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/6 - 12/9 12/13 - 12/16
Max # Travel Nights:3
AA only, or Partners Okay: prefer AA but I’ll do what it takes
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N) - N
LAX-HKG-LAX in CX PE is $1808; 14,520 miles, so 21,780 EQM and 2904 EQD.
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Old Nov 17, 2018, 4:42 pm
  #1809  
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1
Trying to get to EP by 12/31

Departure Airport(s): JFK, LGA, EWR or PHL
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 23,000
EQDs Needed: 0
Max Budget: $1500
Available Travel Dates: Any weekend in Dec, Dec 26-31
Max # Travel Nights: Any
AA only, or Partners Okay: Yes
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
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Old Nov 17, 2018, 5:01 pm
  #1810  
 
Join Date: Dec 2017
Programs: AA
Posts: 7
https://www.google.com/flights#flt=J...03*.USD.157103


or Dec, 6 - 9 works also.

JFK - DFW - NRT - DFW- JFK in PE should net just north of 23, 000
I may be on those dfw- nrt flights

** Error. JFK -dfw and back are in economy so the total EQM is 19,281 not 23k
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Old Nov 17, 2018, 5:42 pm
  #1811  
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Departure Airport(s):LAX, LGB, SNA
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 4800
EQDs Needed: 0
Max Budget: $300 preferably cheaper
Available Travel Dates: Any weekend trip or any same day turn
AA only, or Partners Okay: any, but will very likely be AA anyway
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
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Old Nov 17, 2018, 10:24 pm
  #1812  
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by Kmwon1225
Departure Airport(s): JFK, LGA, EWR or PHL
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 23,000
EQDs Needed: 0
Max Budget: $1500
Available Travel Dates: Any weekend in Dec, Dec 26-31
Max # Travel Nights: Any
AA only, or Partners Okay: Yes
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
23k is enough that flying enough in Econ or PE will take more than 2 days. And you're not going to find a long enough Biz trip for anywhere near $1500.

PHL-LAX-HKG RT in AA PE is $1613, almost 29k EQM. Dec 1-3 (Sat-Mon).

The alternative would be multiple cheap trips in Econ. You should be able to find flights to LAX for under $300, and 5 of those would do the trick.
You can also try to find multi-city routings which would only take 3 or 4 trips, but I haven't been able to find one cheap enough. For example, 4 iterations of PHL-MIA-LAX-PHL would do, but those cost over $500 each.
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Old Nov 17, 2018, 10:31 pm
  #1813  
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TPA
Programs: BA Silver; Hilton Gold; IHG Diamond Ambassador; Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,811
Originally Posted by hiima
Departure Airport(s):LAX, LGB, SNA
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 4800
EQDs Needed: 0
Max Budget: $300 preferably cheaper
Available Travel Dates: Any weekend trip or any same day turn
AA only, or Partners Okay: any, but will very likely be AA anyway
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
NYC is over 4900 and flights are generally under $300 in Dec.
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Old Nov 18, 2018, 1:06 pm
  #1814  
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Programs: AA
Posts: 3
New member here! Coming up painfully short on EQDs.

Departure Airport(s): JFK, LGA, EWR
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: 450
Max Budget: Under the $500+ cost of direct EQD
Available Travel Dates: any
Max # Travel Nights: Overnight is OK
AA only, or Partners Okay: Likely partner
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
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Old Nov 18, 2018, 1:25 pm
  #1815  
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: GNV
Programs: AA EP (life Gold), Global Entry, TSA Pre-Check, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 392
Originally Posted by benharts
New member here! Coming up painfully short on EQDs.

Departure Airport(s): JFK, LGA, EWR
EQMs or EQSs Needed: 0
EQDs Needed: 450
Max Budget: Under the $500+ cost of direct EQD
Available Travel Dates: any
Max # Travel Nights: Overnight is OK
AA only, or Partners Okay: Likely partner
Have Chinese Visa? (Y/N): N
not sure I understand the ask - what is cost of direct EQD?
If you need 450 EQD and are willing to spend $500, almost any domestic flight on AA for ~$500 will do it. Am I missing something?
Likely partner is not accurate for domestic....when can you travel?
If I've understood the ask, you could do, as an example, Dec 8, LGA->JAX return same day for $532.25 which is a $459.30 ticket plus taxes and fees which will get you 459 EQDs.
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