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Old Dec 31, 2018, 11:01 pm
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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. Otherwise, you may have to take advantage of TWOV (visa on arrival). Its information can be found: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china/708095-china-24-72-144-hour-transit-without-visa-twov-rules-master-thread.html

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.)
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Old Dec 25, 2019, 8:36 am
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UA:$430 EWR-RSW (via ORD) or $473 EWR-TPA nonstop
Originally Posted by akuchinad
Departure Airport: EWR
Miles Needed: 1900
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): lowest possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/30/19 day trip
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay:
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No

I have flights booked on UA in 2020. Should I just use the Premium Accelerator on one of those flights instead? Looks like it’s $625 for 5000 award and PQM. Thanks in advance!
Flying is not too much cheaper. What I found:

UA:$430 EWR-RSW ~2900PQM
Mon 30 Dec EWR-ORD-RSW-EWR
(2h20m in RSW)
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/w7AUC

UA:$436 EWR-MCO 2662PQM
Mon 30 Dec EWR-ORD-MCO-EWR
(5h55m in MCO)
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/5h1aJ

UA:$473 EWR-TPA nonstop 1996PQM
Mon 30 Dec EWR-TPA-EWR
(1h00m in TPA)
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/mHEDB

The last one is definitely the fastest.


UPDATE: a faster, cheaper one just popped up:

UA:$391 EWR-PBI nonstop 2048PQM
Mon 30 Dec EWR-PBI-EWR
(1h02m in PBI)
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/Yocht
Last edited by wh6cto; Dec 25, 2019 at 12:02 pm Reason: Added $391 EWR-PBI
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Old Dec 25, 2019, 5:27 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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need 10k miles and $5k PQD spend on UA - suggestions?
I am way behind this year in UA and next year is a ton of International, so I need to finish with 1K. Based in DEN and willing to buy miles with PA but will need a bis flight or two to get the $5K spend. Only want to do domestic right now due to a family health issue and don't want to be too far away. willing to buy full fare max $$. What suggestion might there be to start travel by the 27th and finish by the 31st?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
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Old Dec 25, 2019, 5:33 pm
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Originally Posted by nwhsd
I am way behind this year in UA and next year is a ton of International, so I need to finish with 1K. Based in DEN and willing to buy miles with PA but will need a bis flight or two to get the $5K spend. Only want to do domestic right now due to a family health issue and don't want to be too far away. willing to buy full fare max $$. What suggestion might there be to start travel by the 27th and finish by the 31st?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
This could actually be very difficult to do this domestically in one trip. To spend 5k even on full fare domestically is nearly impossible. However you could try to go to new York and route through sfo ( not sure if this is even a legal routing) those full fare J tickets can be very expensive though not sure if they are 5k expensive. I would try going into United and plugging in the J fare class specifically to get the most expensive tickets.
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Old Dec 26, 2019, 12:34 am
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Originally Posted by nwhsd
I am way behind this year in UA and next year is a ton of International, so I need to finish with 1K. Based in DEN and willing to buy miles with PA but will need a bis flight or two to get the $5K spend. Only want to do domestic right now due to a family health issue and don't want to be too far away. willing to buy full fare max $$. What suggestion might there be to start travel by the 27th and finish by the 31st?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
I see DEN-HNL (or OGG) nonstop in First is around 2700PQD. So one option is to do something like that twice.

Another option may be to book "unrestricted" on the United site or specify class=J, to see what price it gives you. I suspect it will be higher than the above.

In any case, book something with lay-flat. And you should naturally get well over 10kPQM by the time you spend $5K, no need for Premier Accelerator.
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Old Dec 26, 2019, 11:41 am
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: BOM
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Departure Airport: EWR preferred - I land in to EWR from LAX at 7am on 31 Dec and can fly out 8am onwards.
Miles Needed: 4600 PQM
Required Spend: PQD doesnt matter, preferably want to spend under $600
Available Travel Dates: 31 Dec

Any same day returns under 600$ out of EWR on 31st that folks have found? Can use my expiring pluspoints to upgrade one of the flights too.
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Old Dec 26, 2019, 11:54 am
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UA:$5827.70 DEN-SFO-EWR-DEN in First 13804PQM 5393PQD
Originally Posted by nwhsd
I am way behind this year in UA and next year is a ton of International, so I need to finish with 1K. Based in DEN and willing to buy miles with PA but will need a bis flight or two to get the $5K spend. Only want to do domestic right now due to a family health issue and don't want to be too far away. willing to buy full fare max $$. What suggestion might there be to start travel by the 27th and finish by the 31st?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Ok, I think I got this to work...use the following search link:

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fli...&taxng=1&idx=1

Select the following flights
  1. Sun 29 Dec 4:15pm UA735 DEN-SFO = "Requested Fare Class $7209"
  2. Sun 29 Dec 9:00pm UA349 SFO-EWR = "Requested Fare Class $3702"
  3. Mon 30 Dec 7:30am UA282 EWR-DEN = "Business/First (lowest) $5828"

Total $5827.70 13804PQM 5393PQD

Interestingly the last segment is C-fare...if you do J-fare then it's too low at only $3700.

Sorry it's around $400 over target, but it's pretty fast and doesn't take you too far from home. Good luck!
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Old Dec 27, 2019, 10:50 am
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Join Date: Dec 2019
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Exclamation Need 7k miles
Departure Airport: CLT
Miles Needed: 7k
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Already have enough PQD, so preferably as low as possible. Max budget 1k, would like under $500 if possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31 (would like a "there and back")
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
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Old Dec 27, 2019, 1:07 pm
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Posts: 171
Thank you so much!! #booked

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Old Dec 27, 2019, 2:31 pm
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UA:$1067 CLE-SJU in First 8042PQM
Originally Posted by anm712
Departure Airport: CLT
Miles Needed: 7k
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Already have enough PQD, so preferably as low as possible. Max budget 1k, would like under $500 if possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31 (would like a "there and back")
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Having a really hard time coming in under $1k, since the 1x distance pretty mandates Hawaii, which is way over budget. So all I can come up with is:

UA:$1067 CLE-SJU in First 8042PQM
Mon 30 Dec CLE-ORD-SJU
(0h55m in SJU)
Tue 31 Dec SJU-ORD-CLE
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/1bC11

First segment is Econ. Other routings may be available for more mileage, not that you need it.
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Old Dec 27, 2019, 3:15 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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$162 PQD needed
Departure Airport: SFO or thereabouts
Miles Needed: 0 (this is a PQD run)
Required Spend: $162
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: SFO / SJC - west coast
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No

I made a dumb mistake earlier this year and booked SFO-AES through a travel agent. I got the miles but not the PQD, so now I'm $162 short. I'm seeing some things in the $350 range for a same-day mileage run. Are there better options?
Last edited by nadyne; Dec 27, 2019 at 11:31 pm Reason: AES not ALE
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Old Dec 27, 2019, 6:19 pm
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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UA:$258 SFO-DEN in BasicEcon 220PQD
Originally Posted by nadyne
Departure Airport: SFO or thereabouts
Miles Needed: 0 (this is a PQD run)
Required Spend: $162
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: SFO / SJC - west coast
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No

I made a dumb mistake earlier this year and booked SFO-ALE through a travel agent. I got the miles but not the PQD, so now I'm $162 short. I'm seeing some things in the $350 range for a same-day mileage run. Are there better options?
Ouch! Best I have been able to find is:

UA:$258 SFO-DEN in BasicEcon 220PQD
Tue 31 Dec SFO-DEN-SFO
(1h04m in DEN)
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/XAets

Alternatively, is there a way to do SMF-SFO via public transportation? If so:

UA:$212 SFO-SMF one-way 184PQD
Tue 31 Dec SFO-SMF
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/ozkqs
(Unfortunately, the BE fare is only 155PQD.)
Last edited by wh6cto; Dec 27, 2019 at 6:59 pm Reason: Corrected to SFO-DEN (was DEN-SFO).
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Old Dec 27, 2019, 10:57 pm
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Originally Posted by anm712

Departure Airport: CLT
Miles Needed: 7k
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Already have enough PQD, so preferably as low as possible. Max budget 1k, would like under $500 if possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31 (would like a "there and back")
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Originally Posted by wh6cto
Having a really hard time coming in under $1k, since the 1x distance pretty mandates Hawaii, which is way over budget. So all I can come up with is:

UA:$1067 CLE-SJU in First 8042PQM
Mon 30 Dec CLE-ORD-SJU
(0h55m in SJU)
Tue 31 Dec SJU-ORD-CLE
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/1bC11

First segment is Econ. Other routings may be available for more mileage, not that you need it.
OP is out of CLT not CLE.

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Old Dec 28, 2019, 7:28 am
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UA:$877 CLT-ANC 6890PQM or UA:$785 CLT-LIM 7678PQM
Originally Posted by anm712
Departure Airport: CLT
Miles Needed: 7k
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Already have enough PQD, so preferably as low as possible. Max budget 1k, would like under $500 if possible
Available Travel Dates: 12/28 - 12/31 (would like a "there and back")
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: N/A
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Originally Posted by DELee
OP is out of CLT not CLE.

David
David, thanks for catching that!

This one is a immediate turn:

UA:$877 CLT-ANC 6890PQM
Mon 30 Dec CLT-ORD-ANC-ORD
(0h49m in ANC, 1h40m in ORD on the return)
Tue 31 Dec ORD-CLT
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/UHEoK

Longer routing on the return also possible, if you need more.

This one is cheaper, but requires an overnight (which probably means it's not cheaper):

UA:$785 CLT-LIM 7678PQM
Mon 30 Dec CLT-IAH-LIM
(24h00m in LIM)
Tue 31 Dec LIM-IAH-CLT
Link: https://flights.app.goo.gl/gGYCD
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Old Dec 30, 2019, 4:26 pm
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Has PQF completely killed the mileage run?
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Old Dec 31, 2019, 5:25 am
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Originally Posted by Zoltar
Has PQF completely killed the mileage run?
We'll see after midnight....

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