UA/Star Alliance: 2016 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
Oct 10, 2016, 12:36 pm
#106
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: UA, Hilton
Posts: 2
Looking for a mileage run from Denver
Departure Airport: DEN
Miles Needed:23,500
Required Spend or Budget: under $1k
Available Travel Dates: 3 or 4-day weekends 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Prefer UNited but whatever will give full PQM
First time posting here, but I have been a lurker for a couple of years.
I will get platinum, by the end of this month. Not sure what Nov brings for work travel, but I figure somewhere around 3k miles. If I am going to go for 1K I'll need 22k-25k miles. I am looking at DEN to PEK for $621 just about every weekend. I have a China visa due to PEK mileage run last year. I will also be in LA 10/27 so see a few options from LA that w/e that look interesting like Taiwan, but no more miles (can shave one day though and only need to spend one night, while PEK requires about 48 hours on the ground for the good fares). Hopefully wherever I go has Radisson, Hilton or Marriott nearby since I have points on all of them.
I don't know ITA well enough to figure out how to add stops to bring the miles up from 16,600k in just a DEN PEK trip through ORD.
Any help would be appreciated.
Miles Needed:23,500
Required Spend or Budget: under $1k
Available Travel Dates: 3 or 4-day weekends 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Prefer UNited but whatever will give full PQM
First time posting here, but I have been a lurker for a couple of years.
I will get platinum, by the end of this month. Not sure what Nov brings for work travel, but I figure somewhere around 3k miles. If I am going to go for 1K I'll need 22k-25k miles. I am looking at DEN to PEK for $621 just about every weekend. I have a China visa due to PEK mileage run last year. I will also be in LA 10/27 so see a few options from LA that w/e that look interesting like Taiwan, but no more miles (can shave one day though and only need to spend one night, while PEK requires about 48 hours on the ground for the good fares). Hopefully wherever I go has Radisson, Hilton or Marriott nearby since I have points on all of them.
I don't know ITA well enough to figure out how to add stops to bring the miles up from 16,600k in just a DEN PEK trip through ORD.
Any help would be appreciated.
Oct 10, 2016, 1:03 pm
#107
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
Programs: UA Silver, AA Platinum, AS & DL GM Marriott TE, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,582
Welcome to Flyertalk spon^
You are looking for a lot of miles for a very low price this time of year. I'd lock down on of those PEK fares ASAP.
As for ITA try using UA+ as the advanced routing code and see what comes back. I haven't look at that particular fare but it will take a big bite out of what you need, and there are some good SJU fares that could help you round of the rest.
You are looking for a lot of miles for a very low price this time of year. I'd lock down on of those PEK fares ASAP.
As for ITA try using UA+ as the advanced routing code and see what comes back. I haven't look at that particular fare but it will take a big bite out of what you need, and there are some good SJU fares that could help you round of the rest.
Oct 12, 2016, 3:21 pm
#108
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 1,178
Departure Airport: DEN
Miles Needed:23,500
Required Spend or Budget: under $1k
Available Travel Dates: 3 or 4-day weekends 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Prefer UNited but whatever will give full PQM
First time posting here, but I have been a lurker for a couple of years.
I will get platinum, by the end of this month. Not sure what Nov brings for work travel, but I figure somewhere around 3k miles. If I am going to go for 1K I'll need 22k-25k miles. I am looking at DEN to PEK for $621 just about every weekend. I have a China visa due to PEK mileage run last year. I will also be in LA 10/27 so see a few options from LA that w/e that look interesting like Taiwan, but no more miles (can shave one day though and only need to spend one night, while PEK requires about 48 hours on the ground for the good fares). Hopefully wherever I go has Radisson, Hilton or Marriott nearby since I have points on all of them.
I don't know ITA well enough to figure out how to add stops to bring the miles up from 16,600k in just a DEN PEK trip through ORD.
Any help would be appreciated.
Miles Needed:23,500
Required Spend or Budget: under $1k
Available Travel Dates: 3 or 4-day weekends 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: Prefer UNited but whatever will give full PQM
First time posting here, but I have been a lurker for a couple of years.
I will get platinum, by the end of this month. Not sure what Nov brings for work travel, but I figure somewhere around 3k miles. If I am going to go for 1K I'll need 22k-25k miles. I am looking at DEN to PEK for $621 just about every weekend. I have a China visa due to PEK mileage run last year. I will also be in LA 10/27 so see a few options from LA that w/e that look interesting like Taiwan, but no more miles (can shave one day though and only need to spend one night, while PEK requires about 48 hours on the ground for the good fares). Hopefully wherever I go has Radisson, Hilton or Marriott nearby since I have points on all of them.
I don't know ITA well enough to figure out how to add stops to bring the miles up from 16,600k in just a DEN PEK trip through ORD.
Any help would be appreciated.
On the DEN-PEK r/t route, you can earn a few more miles if you depart ex-COS and/or route through ORD/IAD/EWR.
If you have extra time, you can consider nesting trips eg. DEN-PEK-ORD-PEK-DEN. PEK-ORD r/t can be purchased for as low as $500.
Oct 12, 2016, 3:43 pm
#109
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: UA
Posts: 7
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
Oct 12, 2016, 5:06 pm
#110
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...1-06;a=UA;eo=e
Oct 12, 2016, 5:48 pm
#111
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: United MileagePlus
Posts: 33
Another first time poster / lurker for a while. This would be my first ever mileage run.
Departure Airport: PIT
Miles Needed: 21,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: < $1,500
Available Travel Dates: Weekends from now until end of Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: prefer United but open
Departure Airport: PIT
Miles Needed: 21,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: < $1,500
Available Travel Dates: Weekends from now until end of Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: prefer United but open
Oct 12, 2016, 6:16 pm
#112
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
PIT-EWR-BOS-EWR-PIT is $148 on 12/4, 2000 miles with 500 mile minimum.
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...H805;a=UA;eo=e
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...3442;a=UA;eo=e
Oct 12, 2016, 9:32 pm
#113
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: UA, Hilton
Posts: 2
Thanks zoqfotpik! I didn't even think of COS start. That adds 1k and only $4 to the fare!
I should have mentioned the DEN-PEK trips are either through ORD or SFO. I was planning ORD due to the extra miles. Using Google flights I don't see that I can route through EWR or IAH before hitting SFO or ORD, but maybe in ITA I could somehow make the routing longer? The problem with all the easy tools is that they are not optimized for many hops, but for the common traveler with minimal hops.
Appreciate the advice so far and any more to help me get more hops per trip.
I should have mentioned the DEN-PEK trips are either through ORD or SFO. I was planning ORD due to the extra miles. Using Google flights I don't see that I can route through EWR or IAH before hitting SFO or ORD, but maybe in ITA I could somehow make the routing longer? The problem with all the easy tools is that they are not optimized for many hops, but for the common traveler with minimal hops.
Appreciate the advice so far and any more to help me get more hops per trip.
Oct 13, 2016, 4:10 am
#114
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 2,494
Thanks zoqfotpik! I didn't even think of COS start. That adds 1k and only $4 to the fare!
I should have mentioned the DEN-PEK trips are either through ORD or SFO. I was planning ORD due to the extra miles. Using Google flights I don't see that I can route through EWR or IAH before hitting SFO or ORD, but maybe in ITA I could somehow make the routing longer? The problem with all the easy tools is that they are not optimized for many hops, but for the common traveler with minimal hops.
Appreciate the advice so far and any more to help me get more hops per trip.
I should have mentioned the DEN-PEK trips are either through ORD or SFO. I was planning ORD due to the extra miles. Using Google flights I don't see that I can route through EWR or IAH before hitting SFO or ORD, but maybe in ITA I could somehow make the routing longer? The problem with all the easy tools is that they are not optimized for many hops, but for the common traveler with minimal hops.
Appreciate the advice so far and any more to help me get more hops per trip.
Oct 13, 2016, 8:02 am
#115
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: UA
Posts: 7
thank you jbeckett
IAH to HKG is around $650, 16000+ miles, available almost every day.
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...1-06;a=UA;eo=e
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...1-06;a=UA;eo=e
Thank you.
any trips domestically where i could take 2 or 3 trips?
Last edited by Pat89339; Oct 13, 2016 at 8:16 am Reason: Clarification for thread topic.
Oct 13, 2016, 10:09 am
#116
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: UA Silver Marriott Platinum
Posts: 2
Need 17000 PQM
Departure Airport:LAX
Miles Needed: 17,000 for Gold
Required Spend:< $2,300
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: United full PQM
Miles Needed: 17,000 for Gold
Required Spend:< $2,300
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: United full PQM
Last edited by element9523; Oct 13, 2016 at 10:18 am
Oct 13, 2016, 10:11 am
#117
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
Miles Needed: 15,000 for Gold
Required Spend or Budget: Met spend with cc; budget < $800
Available Travel Dates: Now - Dec
Required Metal or Codeshares okay: not sure what this is. sorry, new to this. Looking to see how I can get a lot of miles on maybe a few flights, leaving from Houston, tx
Thank you!
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...AH0UA1984;a=UA
https://www.google.com/flights/?f=0#...AH0UA6171;a=UA
Oct 13, 2016, 10:13 am
#118
Join Date: Mar 2009
Programs: Hilton credit card Diamond, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,653
Oct 13, 2016, 10:51 am
#120
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1
Please help! Need 13,022 miles for status
Hi everyone,
I had two scheduled business trips cancelled this year, and now scrambling to keep my status! Any help anyone could offer would be so great! Thank you!!!
Departure Airport:HNL
Miles Needed:13,022
Required Spend or Budget:$800 but flexible
Available Travel Dates: flexible but Thursday-Monday preferred. Can't travel over thanksgiving or Christmas.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay:united PQM
I had two scheduled business trips cancelled this year, and now scrambling to keep my status! Any help anyone could offer would be so great! Thank you!!!
Departure Airport:HNL
Miles Needed:13,022
Required Spend or Budget:$800 but flexible
Available Travel Dates: flexible but Thursday-Monday preferred. Can't travel over thanksgiving or Christmas.
Required Metal or Codeshares okay:united PQM