Dec 31, 2018, 11:01 pm
Last edit by: Kmxu
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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.)
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.)
UA/Star Alliance: 2019 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
May 10, 2019, 10:11 pm
#121
Join Date: May 2017
Location: SIN
Programs: AS MVPG75k, AA Plat
Posts: 741
May 12, 2019, 5:47 pm
#122
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: UA
Posts: 7
Trying to reach 1MM from Texas
Departure Airport: IAH, AUS, DFW
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
May 12, 2019, 8:05 pm
#123
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
Departure Airport: IAH, AUS, DFW
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
David
May 13, 2019, 1:20 am
#124
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: The place where it gets so hot in the summer some planes can't take off.
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium, WoH Globalist, National EE, United Platinum
Posts: 1,446
Hopefully it's ok to post this type of questions here.
I just booked a PHX->HKG PE ticket for later this year. I was going to take advantage of fairly low fare I found, but realized I need another $4600 PQD to renew Platinum and decided to buy PE for extra PQM and the PQD. I believe I'm earning roughly 20-25% few PQM/$ than if I had flown Economy.
Do most people do as many cheap MR even at Y PQM earning to achieve maximum PQM/PQD earning ratio or does flying to China every other weekend take a lot out of you and you buy higher fare even though it earns less per $? My main goal is to get to 1MM ASAP so I can worry less about renewing status every year.
I just booked a PHX->HKG PE ticket for later this year. I was going to take advantage of fairly low fare I found, but realized I need another $4600 PQD to renew Platinum and decided to buy PE for extra PQM and the PQD. I believe I'm earning roughly 20-25% few PQM/$ than if I had flown Economy.
Do most people do as many cheap MR even at Y PQM earning to achieve maximum PQM/PQD earning ratio or does flying to China every other weekend take a lot out of you and you buy higher fare even though it earns less per $? My main goal is to get to 1MM ASAP so I can worry less about renewing status every year.
May 13, 2019, 8:36 am
#125
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: YYZ
Programs: A3*G AC*nobody TK*nobody
Posts: 1,967
"For passengers with Go Light tickets there is a fee for adding a checked-in baggage. The same rule will now also apply for all EuroBonus members, while SAS is removing the baggage benefit for EuroBonus Silver, Gold, Diamond, and Star Alliance Gold members, while traveling in Go Light. The change concerns all Go Light tickets with departures from the 7th of May 2018. "
https://www.flysas.com/gb-en/eurobon...light-baggage/
Humm... so I guess I will have to rethink this plan or really travel light.... My planning maybe back to square one....
May 15, 2019, 7:16 am
#126
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Hopefully it's ok to post this type of questions here.
I just booked a PHX->HKG PE ticket for later this year. I was going to take advantage of fairly low fare I found, but realized I need another $4600 PQD to renew Platinum and decided to buy PE for extra PQM and the PQD. I believe I'm earning roughly 20-25% few PQM/$ than if I had flown Economy.
Do most people do as many cheap MR even at Y PQM earning to achieve maximum PQM/PQD earning ratio or does flying to China every other weekend take a lot out of you and you buy higher fare even though it earns less per $? My main goal is to get to 1MM ASAP so I can worry less about renewing status every year.
I just booked a PHX->HKG PE ticket for later this year. I was going to take advantage of fairly low fare I found, but realized I need another $4600 PQD to renew Platinum and decided to buy PE for extra PQM and the PQD. I believe I'm earning roughly 20-25% few PQM/$ than if I had flown Economy.
Do most people do as many cheap MR even at Y PQM earning to achieve maximum PQM/PQD earning ratio or does flying to China every other weekend take a lot out of you and you buy higher fare even though it earns less per $? My main goal is to get to 1MM ASAP so I can worry less about renewing status every year.
My choice is to buy the lowest (typically to PVG from IAD for less than $400 and 17K PQM) fare and accumulate a lot of BIS miles.
Good luck!
May 15, 2019, 7:49 am
#127
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: The place where it gets so hot in the summer some planes can't take off.
Programs: Marriott LT Titanium, WoH Globalist, National EE, United Platinum
Posts: 1,446
Your goal is to achieve 1M BIS miles. Neither PQM nor PQD is relevant to your goal. With this said, the Basic Economy (BE) fare may enter your thought process because 1) BE fare earns 100% BIS miles, 2) you can do a round-trip from morning to evening, which is not taxing compared to an international trip with jet lags. One or two international vacations may be also helpful.
My choice is to buy the lowest (typically to PVG from IAD for less than $400 and 17K PQM) fare and accumulate a lot of BIS miles.
Good luck!
May 15, 2019, 11:53 am
#128
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Dfw-sfo-sin-kul, $714
Departure Airport: IAH, AUS, DFW
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
Miles Needed: as many as possible, trying to get to 1MM status in the next year, 100K to go
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): <1000
Available Travel Dates: around Sept 26 - Oct 1
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA metal
Route(s) You've Already Searched: multiple, either I’m not doing this right or there is not a lot right now out of Texas airports
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
i keep trying to do google flights but I don’t come up with anything as good as you guys do. Do you do this as a multiple city trip and guess on itineraries or just search IAH to Asia, or IAH to Europe, etc?
https://www.google.com/flights#flt=D...83*2.USD.71473
Last edited by Kmxu; May 15, 2019 at 12:05 pm Reason: add Google Flight link
May 16, 2019, 11:36 am
#129
Join Date: May 2019
Location: YVR, TPA, RDU
Programs: UA
Posts: 1
Home Airports: YVR, TPA, RDU (US passport)
Miles Needed: 75K to get to Premier 1K
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Budget - up to $4k if necessary
Available Travel Dates: Flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA or *A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Some of the China routes
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Looking for some lucrative mileage runs to interesting places in Europe (Spain, Greece or maybe Scandinavia?), Asia and Oceania, preferably with a few days or more to explore. I need to get about ~75k PQM on top of my 2019 business travel (which has been unusually light so far this year) to get to 1K. Right now I'm Platinum (from 2018 travel).
I'm getting better at using Google Flights (slightly modifying itineraries put together by others), but I tend to turn good deals into mediocre ones, and I can't ever seem to put together the amazing multi-city itineraries the way some of you guys can. My schedule is highly flexible.
Miles Needed: 75K to get to Premier 1K
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Budget - up to $4k if necessary
Available Travel Dates: Flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA or *A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Some of the China routes
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Looking for some lucrative mileage runs to interesting places in Europe (Spain, Greece or maybe Scandinavia?), Asia and Oceania, preferably with a few days or more to explore. I need to get about ~75k PQM on top of my 2019 business travel (which has been unusually light so far this year) to get to 1K. Right now I'm Platinum (from 2018 travel).
I'm getting better at using Google Flights (slightly modifying itineraries put together by others), but I tend to turn good deals into mediocre ones, and I can't ever seem to put together the amazing multi-city itineraries the way some of you guys can. My schedule is highly flexible.
Last edited by Edward Russell McAllister; May 16, 2019 at 1:29 pm
May 16, 2019, 11:55 am
#130
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
Programs: AC*SE100K, wood level status in various other programs
Posts: 6,232
75K miles for $3K is really tough even with a good J deal.
May 16, 2019, 2:43 pm
#131
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Home Airports: YVR, TPA, RDU (US passport)
Miles Needed: 75K to get to Premier 1K
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Budget - up to $4k if necessary
Available Travel Dates: Flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA or *A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Some of the China routes
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Looking for some lucrative mileage runs to interesting places in Europe (Spain, Greece or maybe Scandinavia?), Asia and Oceania, preferably with a few days or more to explore. I need to get about ~75k PQM on top of my 2019 business travel (which has been unusually light so far this year) to get to 1K. Right now I'm Platinum (from 2018 travel).
I'm getting better at using Google Flights (slightly modifying itineraries put together by others), but I tend to turn good deals into mediocre ones, and I can't ever seem to put together the amazing multi-city itineraries the way some of you guys can. My schedule is highly flexible.
Miles Needed: 75K to get to Premier 1K
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Budget - up to $4k if necessary
Available Travel Dates: Flexible
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: UA or *A
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Some of the China routes
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Looking for some lucrative mileage runs to interesting places in Europe (Spain, Greece or maybe Scandinavia?), Asia and Oceania, preferably with a few days or more to explore. I need to get about ~75k PQM on top of my 2019 business travel (which has been unusually light so far this year) to get to 1K. Right now I'm Platinum (from 2018 travel).
I'm getting better at using Google Flights (slightly modifying itineraries put together by others), but I tend to turn good deals into mediocre ones, and I can't ever seem to put together the amazing multi-city itineraries the way some of you guys can. My schedule is highly flexible.
Good luck.
https://www.google.com/flights#flt=I...;sd:1;t:f;tt:m
May 17, 2019, 10:38 am
#132
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: 1K
Posts: 220
Departure Airport: DRO (home), DEN, LAX, SFO
Miles Needed: 25K to be safe, but 20+ would help a lot
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Lowest possible with with PZ+1
Available Travel Dates: Oct 20 - Dec 31.
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Yes
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No, but would get one.
Have two paid international C so $15PQD won't be an issue.
Really looking for open PZ on long-haul out of SFO or LAX. I can either reposition, or sometimes the base W is cheaper out of DRO than DEN or West Coast.
Miles Needed: 25K to be safe, but 20+ would help a lot
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Lowest possible with with PZ+1
Available Travel Dates: Oct 20 - Dec 31.
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Yes
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No, but would get one.
Have two paid international C so $15PQD won't be an issue.
Really looking for open PZ on long-haul out of SFO or LAX. I can either reposition, or sometimes the base W is cheaper out of DRO than DEN or West Coast.
May 28, 2019, 10:08 pm
#133
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 59
DTW or nearby departures
Departure Airport: DTW, FNT, YYZ, YXU, YZR
Miles Needed: 13,333 United PQM
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Maximum budget, as low as possible, PQD not an issue.
Available Travel Dates: Between now and September 15th
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: As long as it gives me United PQM
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Tried numerous searches across Europe/Asia but struggling to find something that I would consider a good mileage run value.
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Miles Needed: 13,333 United PQM
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Maximum budget, as low as possible, PQD not an issue.
Available Travel Dates: Between now and September 15th
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: As long as it gives me United PQM
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Tried numerous searches across Europe/Asia but struggling to find something that I would consider a good mileage run value.
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Last edited by ohlradio; May 28, 2019 at 10:53 pm Reason: fixed formatting
May 29, 2019, 4:10 am
#134
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
yyz-SIN for less than $600
Departure Airport: DTW, FNT, YYZ, YXU, YZR
Miles Needed: 13,333 United PQM
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Maximum budget, as low as possible, PQD not an issue.
Available Travel Dates: Between now and September 15th
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: As long as it gives me United PQM
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Tried numerous searches across Europe/Asia but struggling to find something that I would consider a good mileage run value.
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Miles Needed: 13,333 United PQM
Required Spend or Maximum Budget (choose one, and state the value): Maximum budget, as low as possible, PQD not an issue.
Available Travel Dates: Between now and September 15th
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: As long as it gives me United PQM
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Tried numerous searches across Europe/Asia but struggling to find something that I would consider a good mileage run value.
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
May 29, 2019, 5:15 pm
#135
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: PHX
Programs: AA, United
Posts: 21
looking for 25k PQM from PHX.
The less spend the better.
Whatever helps me max out PQM on United I am open to as far as booking options.
Preferably summer or late fall/early winter dates.
The less spend the better.
Whatever helps me max out PQM on United I am open to as far as booking options.
Preferably summer or late fall/early winter dates.