Dec 27, 2016, 5:57 pm
Last edit by: Pat89339
For each request, please include the following information:
Departure Airport:
Miles Needed:
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value):
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay:
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)?
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A NEW THREAD.
There are many good fares to China (PEK or PVG). If you have a Chinese visa, these options will be provided.
If your requested PQM is in a few thousand, please give a more accurate amount. You will get fewer options with a roundup number (eg, 5000 instead of 4830; IAD-SFO nonstop will work for the latter.)
Departure Airport:
Miles Needed:
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value):
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay:
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)?
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A NEW THREAD.
There are many good fares to China (PEK or PVG). If you have a Chinese visa, these options will be provided.
If your requested PQM is in a few thousand, please give a more accurate amount. You will get fewer options with a roundup number (eg, 5000 instead of 4830; IAD-SFO nonstop will work for the latter.)
UA/Star Alliance: 2017-2018 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
Sep 1, 2018, 9:15 am
#1741
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Well, if I assume that you can use all 6 Global Premier Upgrade Certificates next year, each of them costs ~$600. If you are able to milk out all other 1K benefits (e.g., receive lots of Complimentary Premier Upgrades by traveling on days with few business travelers, etc.), it may be worth doing this. This is just my two cents.
Sep 4, 2018, 12:20 pm
#1743
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: SMF
Programs: United
Posts: 4
Mileage Run Oct-Dec
Departure Airport: SFO or SMF
Miles Needed: 15,000 to get me to 1K
Required Spend or Budget: $3000 required PQD
Available Travel Dates: Oct-Dec 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Miles Needed: 15,000 to get me to 1K
Required Spend or Budget: $3000 required PQD
Available Travel Dates: Oct-Dec 2018
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Sep 4, 2018, 12:49 pm
#1744
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: 1K
Posts: 220
Hmm, I can find some DEN - TPE trips that would get you 14k for $692, and one DEN - SJU trip that would get you 6400 for $390. Both on weekends. SJU is $280 on weekdays. I'm sure others can find better results.
DEN - TPE
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...121*.USD.69121
DEN - SJU
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...980*.USD.38980
DEN - TPE
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...121*.USD.69121
DEN - SJU
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...980*.USD.38980
Sep 4, 2018, 6:54 pm
#1745
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Programs: DL Diamond, IHG Platinum, Marriott Platinum Elite
Posts: 204
Sep 5, 2018, 11:43 am
#1746
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Sfo-tpe, hkg, sin, pek
If I were you, I would take 5-6 such trips to get to 150K PQM (6 GPUs and 8 RPUs) while reaching $12K PQD.
Good luck.
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...041*.USD.49041
Last edited by Kmxu; Sep 5, 2018 at 11:44 am Reason: corrected PQM for SFO-HKG
Sep 5, 2018, 12:03 pm
#1747
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K 0.7MM (trying to get to 1MM!)
Posts: 1,272
If you do not mind driving to SFO, there are many choices to Asian cities with a price of $500-600 per round trip. For example, SFO-TPE (12,910 PQM) for $528, SFO-HKG (13,728 PQM) for $521, and SFO-SIN (16,888 PQM) for $582, SMF-PEK (~14000 PQM)), $491, but you need a visa to China ($140 for 10-yrs).
If I were you, I would take 5-6 such trips to get to 150K PQM (6 GPUs and 8 RPUs) while reaching $12K PQD.
Good luck.
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...041*.USD.49041
If I were you, I would take 5-6 such trips to get to 150K PQM (6 GPUs and 8 RPUs) while reaching $12K PQD.
Good luck.
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...041*.USD.49041
Sep 5, 2018, 12:13 pm
#1748
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: kden
Posts: 18
- Originally Posted by justdorkin View Post
18 DECEMBER
LHR-SIN-KUL
return 23 DECEMBER
KUL-SIN-KUL
3 out of the 4 legs are Singapore air and the other is silk
GBP 899 .91
Thanks for this, really helpful! Do you mean return 23 DECEMBER KUL-SIN-LHR for the return leg?
Last edited by justdorkin; Sep 5, 2018 at 12:18 pm
Sep 5, 2018, 1:25 pm
#1749
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K 0.7MM (trying to get to 1MM!)
Posts: 1,272
I think the confusion was over the fact that your return trip mentioned KUL-SIN-KUL rather than KUL-SIN-LHR. 
Sep 5, 2018, 1:29 pm
#1750
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 2
UA MR needed
So I used to always do a SFO/HKG/GUM/HNL/SFO MR or two a year to maintain my platinum status... now it appears UA has caught on to this route and has quintupled the prices for no stopover days.
I need about 40k miles to round out my year... anyone have any suggested routes for maximizing PQM miles without spending gobs tons of time in the air?
Details:
Departure Airport: SFO
Miles Needed: 40k or so
Budget: $2,000 USD
I need about 40k miles to round out my year... anyone have any suggested routes for maximizing PQM miles without spending gobs tons of time in the air?
Details:
Departure Airport: SFO
Miles Needed: 40k or so
Budget: $2,000 USD
Sep 5, 2018, 2:39 pm
#1751
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: IAD/DCA/BWI
Programs: Hyatt Globalist (2020:Exp), United Gold
Posts: 1,525
UA:$2661 SFO-KEF in Business 20668PQM 2560PQD **All Lay-flat**
KMXU's suggestion is excellent for maximizing GPU/RPU earnings. But if you're not interested (i.e. lots left over this year), then maybe something along this line:
UA:$2661 SFO-KEF in Business 20668PQM 2560PQD **All Lay-flat**
Fri 21 Sep
UA535 SFO-EWR 1135-2007
UA138 EWR-KEF 2230-0810(+1day)
(2h45m in KEF)
Sat 22 Sep
UA139 KEF-EWR 1155-1405
UA1885 EWR-SFO 1806-2120
Link: https://goo.gl/flights/SyubQ
This is a bit short on PQD, but you can always upfare or look for a more expensive date.
Good luck!
EDIT: Oops, wasn't paying attention to the date. This seasonal route doesn't work so well in Oct. Sorry.
Last edited by wh6cto; Sep 5, 2018 at 2:45 pm Reason: Suggestion is outside requested date window
Sep 5, 2018, 3:01 pm
#1752
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1K 0.7MM (trying to get to 1MM!)
Posts: 1,272
So I used to always do a SFO/HKG/GUM/HNL/SFO MR or two a year to maintain my platinum status... now it appears UA has caught on to this route and has quintupled the prices for no stopover days.
I need about 40k miles to round out my year... anyone have any suggested routes for maximizing PQM miles without spending gobs tons of time in the air?
Details:
Departure Airport: SFO
Miles Needed: 40k or so
Budget: $2,000 USD
I need about 40k miles to round out my year... anyone have any suggested routes for maximizing PQM miles without spending gobs tons of time in the air?
Details:
Departure Airport: SFO
Miles Needed: 40k or so
Budget: $2,000 USD
There are plenty of other similar dates available if you look at the price graph on this page: https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...UA*UA;sd:1;t:f
You could do that route twice for ~$1200 and get 34k PQM, and then make up the remaining 6k PQM doing another route (or back to SIN for a 3rd time and end up with plenty of PQM, and still be under your $2k budget).
Sep 5, 2018, 5:17 pm
#1753
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 2
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No Stopovers, ie: Continuous flying without any layover longer than a plane change or a couple hours. In my previous MR itin, it would be 41 hours from SFO/SFO via all those airports with no more than a 3 hour layover in each place.
No Stopovers, ie: Continuous flying without any layover longer than a plane change or a couple hours. In my previous MR itin, it would be 41 hours from SFO/SFO via all those airports with no more than a 3 hour layover in each place.
Sep 5, 2018, 10:32 pm
#1754
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 233
MR (or just good CPM) between UIO and GIG
Hi all !
To give feedback on my previous posting, which was about getting a good MR between MEX YVR and GIG, in the end I didn’t go to East Asia because the great price of USD 900 meant flying too long in Y. So I opted for two tickets in P for MEX SFO YVR + YVR SFO ORD MIA and then D with AV MIA BOG GIG, which still gave me about 18k miles albeit it cost around USD 2200.
Anyway, here is my next question
Departure Airport: UIO
Arrival airport: GIG or SDU
Miles Needed: Ideally 10500 but less is ok too
Required Spend or Budget: as little as possible
Class: Only C+ on flights longer than three hours, ideally
Available Travel Dates: leave UIO 12 or 13 Sept, arrive RIO by 16 or max 17 Sept
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: any *A ok like AV CM etc
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Things just via BOG and / or PTY
Super thanks !
To give feedback on my previous posting, which was about getting a good MR between MEX YVR and GIG, in the end I didn’t go to East Asia because the great price of USD 900 meant flying too long in Y. So I opted for two tickets in P for MEX SFO YVR + YVR SFO ORD MIA and then D with AV MIA BOG GIG, which still gave me about 18k miles albeit it cost around USD 2200.
Anyway, here is my next question
Departure Airport: UIO
Arrival airport: GIG or SDU
Miles Needed: Ideally 10500 but less is ok too
Required Spend or Budget: as little as possible
Class: Only C+ on flights longer than three hours, ideally
Available Travel Dates: leave UIO 12 or 13 Sept, arrive RIO by 16 or max 17 Sept
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: any *A ok like AV CM etc
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Things just via BOG and / or PTY
Super thanks !
Sep 6, 2018, 3:37 pm
#1755
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 453
Departure Airport: NYC
Miles Needed: Max PQM and mileage accural in Business Class to Vienna or nearby
Required Spend or Budget: $4000 - Business Class or above
Available Travel Dates: Jun 2019 for 14 days or so
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: None
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Miles Needed: Max PQM and mileage accural in Business Class to Vienna or nearby
Required Spend or Budget: $4000 - Business Class or above
Available Travel Dates: Jun 2019 for 14 days or so
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: None
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Last edited by NJSwamplands; Sep 6, 2018 at 6:13 pm