MR to 200,000 BIS Miles in 2018?
Oct 20, 2018, 4:16 pm
#16
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NYC area; although I have positioned elsewhere on good deals, including outside the US.
Schedule isn't too bad. Most travels are on weekends and some INTL trips may stretch to three to four days, especially to/from Asia (but in essence a weekend trip - Thursday departure, Friday arrival due to time zones, on the ground Saturday and Sunday, and leave on Monday morning and get back home with only two days of PTO taken).
Anyway, I have booked two R/T weekend trips to SF (my second home, almost), on back-to-back weekends good for 10,344 miles to get me over 200K. Combined price was $250 (used an soon-to-expire and almost forgotten credit on one ticket). Have a few hours on the ground in SF each time, so plan to take advantage of the spare time.
Schedule isn't too bad. Most travels are on weekends and some INTL trips may stretch to three to four days, especially to/from Asia (but in essence a weekend trip - Thursday departure, Friday arrival due to time zones, on the ground Saturday and Sunday, and leave on Monday morning and get back home with only two days of PTO taken).
Anyway, I have booked two R/T weekend trips to SF (my second home, almost), on back-to-back weekends good for 10,344 miles to get me over 200K. Combined price was $250 (used an soon-to-expire and almost forgotten credit on one ticket). Have a few hours on the ground in SF each time, so plan to take advantage of the spare time.
Oct 20, 2018, 4:28 pm
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Oct 20, 2018, 4:39 pm
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Oct 20, 2018, 4:42 pm
#20
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i do plenty of mileage run. 200K of them every year for last many years. max out at 350k in 2014.
however, i didnt fly for no reason. keep status, earning a good amount of RDM, for example.
example, did a trip for 3600 USD in J class 60K flown miles [all flat bed] allow me to position to the right place at the right time, and earned almost 250k RDM.
i dont particularly aim a round amount base 10 as a goal itself.
if the 10k can accure additional benefits like keep exec plat (for swu) or ua 1k GPU. sure.
for no reason just to fly when it is costing money (and flying big 3 and crediting on big 3 will never get good RDM under dollar based earning
however, i didnt fly for no reason. keep status, earning a good amount of RDM, for example.
example, did a trip for 3600 USD in J class 60K flown miles [all flat bed] allow me to position to the right place at the right time, and earned almost 250k RDM.
i dont particularly aim a round amount base 10 as a goal itself.
if the 10k can accure additional benefits like keep exec plat (for swu) or ua 1k GPU. sure.
for no reason just to fly when it is costing money (and flying big 3 and crediting on big 3 will never get good RDM under dollar based earning
Oct 20, 2018, 6:06 pm
#21
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Come on, this is FT. As if we need a reason to fly 
As said, SF is kind like my second home. I am having dinner with some friends on those two weekends, so it would be good to catch up with them. That is part of the value proposition for me.
Despite the fact these two tickets do nothing for this year's status earning, one allows me to get a head start in 2019, and the other is basically free money.
And I didn't spend nearly the level of dollar requirement for status earning.
As said, SF is kind like my second home. I am having dinner with some friends on those two weekends, so it would be good to catch up with them. That is part of the value proposition for me.
Despite the fact these two tickets do nothing for this year's status earning, one allows me to get a head start in 2019, and the other is basically free money.
And I didn't spend nearly the level of dollar requirement for status earning.
Last edited by Repooc17; Oct 20, 2018 at 6:12 pm
Oct 21, 2018, 12:45 am
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Oct 21, 2018, 1:38 pm
#24
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if you are want to fly to visit your friend, then what is the point of making 200K? it is just you want to travel, right? what is the entire point of the post?
assuming that you fly delta, the RDM is meaningless since it is so little
the EQM is meaningless since it seems that you need EQD for higher status (in fact, it is wasteful to spend the money this year since there is no EQD for rollover..
i am all for mileage running.
for delta. back in 2014, i spent 1200 USD to obtain delta diamond and earned almost 300k delta RDM.
assuming that you fly delta, the RDM is meaningless since it is so little
the EQM is meaningless since it seems that you need EQD for higher status (in fact, it is wasteful to spend the money this year since there is no EQD for rollover..
i am all for mileage running.
for delta. back in 2014, i spent 1200 USD to obtain delta diamond and earned almost 300k delta RDM.
Last edited by pbd456; Oct 21, 2018 at 1:54 pm
Oct 22, 2018, 7:32 am
#25
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NYC area; although I have positioned elsewhere on good deals, including outside the US.
Schedule isn't too bad. Most travels are on weekends and some INTL trips may stretch to three to four days, especially to/from Asia (but in essence a weekend trip - Thursday departure, Friday arrival due to time zones, on the ground Saturday and Sunday, and leave on Monday morning and get back home with only two days of PTO taken).
Anyway, I have booked two R/T weekend trips to SF (my second home, almost), on back-to-back weekends good for 10,344 miles to get me over 200K. Combined price was $250 (used an soon-to-expire and almost forgotten credit on one ticket). Have a few hours on the ground in SF each time, so plan to take advantage of the spare time.
Schedule isn't too bad. Most travels are on weekends and some INTL trips may stretch to three to four days, especially to/from Asia (but in essence a weekend trip - Thursday departure, Friday arrival due to time zones, on the ground Saturday and Sunday, and leave on Monday morning and get back home with only two days of PTO taken).
Anyway, I have booked two R/T weekend trips to SF (my second home, almost), on back-to-back weekends good for 10,344 miles to get me over 200K. Combined price was $250 (used an soon-to-expire and almost forgotten credit on one ticket). Have a few hours on the ground in SF each time, so plan to take advantage of the spare time.
Nov 4, 2018, 3:51 pm
#27
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if you are want to fly to visit your friend, then what is the point of making 200K? it is just you want to travel, right? what is the entire point of the post?
assuming that you fly delta, the RDM is meaningless since it is so little
the EQM is meaningless since it seems that you need EQD for higher status (in fact, it is wasteful to spend the money this year since there is no EQD for rollover..
i am all for mileage running.
for delta. back in 2014, i spent 1200 USD to obtain delta diamond and earned almost 300k delta RDM.
assuming that you fly delta, the RDM is meaningless since it is so little
the EQM is meaningless since it seems that you need EQD for higher status (in fact, it is wasteful to spend the money this year since there is no EQD for rollover..
i am all for mileage running.
for delta. back in 2014, i spent 1200 USD to obtain delta diamond and earned almost 300k delta RDM.
The other factor is lifetime miles.
and not traveling this month for the first time in the year, but will do a bunch of train rides (Amtrak) and road trip by car.Will complete 200k in BIS next month.
Onward!