Jan 2, 2022, 2:01 am
Last edit by: Pat89339
For each request, please include the following information. For UA, choose PQF, PQP or BIS (for MM runners): Deleted the China visa question.
Departure Airport:
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed:
Maximum Budget:
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay:
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A NEW THREAD.
Please post the exact amount of miles needed. 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 (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed:
Maximum Budget:
Available Travel Dates:
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay:
Route(s) You've Already Searched:
For each response. Please quote the original request. DO NOT START A NEW THREAD.
Please post the exact amount of miles needed. 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: 2022 Consolidated Mileage/Status/Challenge Runs help needed
Jun 3, 2022, 9:18 pm
#77
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Jun 19, 2022, 4:26 am
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Location: YVR ✈ SYD
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Departure Airport: YVR (can reposition anywhere on Western Seaboard)
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: 1450 SQD
Maximum Budget: Not much more than 1450+taxes, or half of that if flying to Europe because of AC Promo
Available Travel Dates: very flexible after 22 Sept, quicker turnarounds are better
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Must be AC metal to earn SQD
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Searched common routes West to East
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Need 1450 SQD to hit SE for next year, looking to maximize SQM. Sadly has to be AC or AC operated to accrue SQD. All suggestions welcome.
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: 1450 SQD
Maximum Budget: Not much more than 1450+taxes, or half of that if flying to Europe because of AC Promo
Available Travel Dates: very flexible after 22 Sept, quicker turnarounds are better
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Must be AC metal to earn SQD
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Searched common routes West to East
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Need 1450 SQD to hit SE for next year, looking to maximize SQM. Sadly has to be AC or AC operated to accrue SQD. All suggestions welcome.
Jun 23, 2022, 10:41 pm
#80
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Departure Airport: YVR (can reposition anywhere on Western Seaboard)
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: 1450 SQD
Maximum Budget: Not much more than 1450+taxes, or half of that if flying to Europe because of AC Promo
Available Travel Dates: very flexible after 22 Sept, quicker turnarounds are better
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Must be AC metal to earn SQD
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Searched common routes West to East
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Need 1450 SQD to hit SE for next year, looking to maximize SQM. Sadly has to be AC or AC operated to accrue SQD. All suggestions welcome.
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: 1450 SQD
Maximum Budget: Not much more than 1450+taxes, or half of that if flying to Europe because of AC Promo
Available Travel Dates: very flexible after 22 Sept, quicker turnarounds are better
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: Must be AC metal to earn SQD
Route(s) You've Already Searched: Searched common routes West to East
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Need 1450 SQD to hit SE for next year, looking to maximize SQM. Sadly has to be AC or AC operated to accrue SQD. All suggestions welcome.
David
Jun 26, 2022, 9:33 am
#81
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 98
Departure Airport: YVR
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: Looking for the lowest CPM and prefer long-haul
Maximum Budget: cheaper is better but will up fare for right flight/long flights
Available Travel Dates: Any time from Tuesday to Friday between now and the end of the year
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: codeshare OK
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I suck and have not done much research
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: Looking for the lowest CPM and prefer long-haul
Maximum Budget: cheaper is better but will up fare for right flight/long flights
Available Travel Dates: Any time from Tuesday to Friday between now and the end of the year
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: codeshare OK
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I suck and have not done much research
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Jun 26, 2022, 7:56 pm
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Departure Airport: YVR
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: Looking for the lowest CPM and prefer long-haul
Maximum Budget: cheaper is better but will up fare for right flight/long flights
Available Travel Dates: Any time from Tuesday to Friday between now and the end of the year
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: codeshare OK
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I suck and have not done much research
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: Looking for the lowest CPM and prefer long-haul
Maximum Budget: cheaper is better but will up fare for right flight/long flights
Available Travel Dates: Any time from Tuesday to Friday between now and the end of the year
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: codeshare OK
Route(s) You've Already Searched: I suck and have not done much research
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? Yes
David
Jun 27, 2022, 10:00 pm
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Jun 29, 2022, 5:55 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 2
Help with segment run ideas out of IAH for PQFs
Hello all - first time poster here. Hopefully I'm in the right place.
I'm currently MileagePlus Platinum and figured this is the time to go for 1K with the reduced requirements. I have personal and business MP Club cards with good spend (and thus PQP bonuses) so I'm not really worried about PQPs. It's the PQFs that will be challenging. Outside of some already planned trips I'll probably need 20 PQFs before end of year.
I've spent an *unhealthy* amount of time toying with routes using the multi-city search and really don't know what airports I should be looking at to optimize routes for max segments out of Houston at a reasonable budget. Ideally this could be done in 4-5 same-day trips but open to 1-2 overnighters (at around $50-60 per segment). Just looking for some direction on a few good routes out of IAH with a decent bang for buck and/or some tips on how to search efficiently and effectively.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: PQFs; 20 across 4-5 trips
Maximum Budget: Is $200-300 unrealistic for a 4-segment route?
Available Travel Dates: Wide open, preferably same-day routes
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: I believe codeshares should be ok
Route(s) You've Already Searched: IAH to East and West coast (EWR, ORD, CLE, IAD, SFO, LAS, LAX...)
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
I'm currently MileagePlus Platinum and figured this is the time to go for 1K with the reduced requirements. I have personal and business MP Club cards with good spend (and thus PQP bonuses) so I'm not really worried about PQPs. It's the PQFs that will be challenging. Outside of some already planned trips I'll probably need 20 PQFs before end of year.
I've spent an *unhealthy* amount of time toying with routes using the multi-city search and really don't know what airports I should be looking at to optimize routes for max segments out of Houston at a reasonable budget. Ideally this could be done in 4-5 same-day trips but open to 1-2 overnighters (at around $50-60 per segment). Just looking for some direction on a few good routes out of IAH with a decent bang for buck and/or some tips on how to search efficiently and effectively.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: PQFs; 20 across 4-5 trips
Maximum Budget: Is $200-300 unrealistic for a 4-segment route?
Available Travel Dates: Wide open, preferably same-day routes
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: I believe codeshares should be ok
Route(s) You've Already Searched: IAH to East and West coast (EWR, ORD, CLE, IAD, SFO, LAS, LAX...)
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Jun 30, 2022, 11:22 pm
#86
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: HPN, LAX, HNL, or somewhere in between
Programs: UA 1K, JetBlue Mosaic
Posts: 435
I'm moving back to NY in a few months and have started looking at East coast segment runs.
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
Jun 30, 2022, 11:51 pm
#87
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I'm moving back to NY in a few months and have started looking at East coast segment runs.
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
David
Jul 1, 2022, 12:21 am
#88
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Hello all - first time poster here. Hopefully I'm in the right place.
I'm currently MileagePlus Platinum and figured this is the time to go for 1K with the reduced requirements. I have personal and business MP Club cards with good spend (and thus PQP bonuses) so I'm not really worried about PQPs. It's the PQFs that will be challenging. Outside of some already planned trips I'll probably need 20 PQFs before end of year.
I've spent an *unhealthy* amount of time toying with routes using the multi-city search and really don't know what airports I should be looking at to optimize routes for max segments out of Houston at a reasonable budget. Ideally this could be done in 4-5 same-day trips but open to 1-2 overnighters (at around $50-60 per segment). Just looking for some direction on a few good routes out of IAH with a decent bang for buck and/or some tips on how to search efficiently and effectively.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: PQFs; 20 across 4-5 trips
Maximum Budget: Is $200-300 unrealistic for a 4-segment route?
Available Travel Dates: Wide open, preferably same-day routes
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: I believe codeshares should be ok
Route(s) You've Already Searched: IAH to East and West coast (EWR, ORD, CLE, IAD, SFO, LAS, LAX...)
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
I'm currently MileagePlus Platinum and figured this is the time to go for 1K with the reduced requirements. I have personal and business MP Club cards with good spend (and thus PQP bonuses) so I'm not really worried about PQPs. It's the PQFs that will be challenging. Outside of some already planned trips I'll probably need 20 PQFs before end of year.
I've spent an *unhealthy* amount of time toying with routes using the multi-city search and really don't know what airports I should be looking at to optimize routes for max segments out of Houston at a reasonable budget. Ideally this could be done in 4-5 same-day trips but open to 1-2 overnighters (at around $50-60 per segment). Just looking for some direction on a few good routes out of IAH with a decent bang for buck and/or some tips on how to search efficiently and effectively.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Departure Airport: IAH
Miles (PQF/PQP/BIS, choose one) Needed: PQFs; 20 across 4-5 trips
Maximum Budget: Is $200-300 unrealistic for a 4-segment route?
Available Travel Dates: Wide open, preferably same-day routes
Required Metal or Codeshares Okay: I believe codeshares should be ok
Route(s) You've Already Searched: IAH to East and West coast (EWR, ORD, CLE, IAD, SFO, LAS, LAX...)
Do you have a Chinese Visa (Yes/No)? No
Well, if you want to rinse and repeat a few times, IAH-DFW has sufficient flights that you could do 4 in a day.
Another option is to re-position from IAH to SFO or LAX and then do some SFO-LAX/LAX-SFO turns. Or, even cheaper, re-position via IAH-LAS.
There are also some interesting days this summer where SAN-SFO-LAS and/or SNA-SFO-LAS (and reversing them as well) are cheap thrills.
Also, if you can look a little further out past August, you might find more of the above options that are more flexible and affordable (less expensive) than dealing with UA trying to jack up summer fares.
Good luck!
David
Last edited by DELee; Jul 1, 2022 at 12:26 am
Jul 1, 2022, 12:34 am
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I'm moving back to NY in a few months and have started looking at East coast segment runs.
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
David
Jul 1, 2022, 1:14 pm
#90
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Location: ORF, RIC
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One vs. two reservations
The fare for a single reservation with 8 PQFs is higher than for two separate reservations with 4 PQFs each, $596 vs. $233 + $233 = $466 for the same set of flights. But you will be fully protected with a single reservation if there are irregular operations. Because the flights will be in September, there will be some schedule changes. This is another consideration.
Good luck.
Good luck.
I'm moving back to NY in a few months and have started looking at East coast segment runs.
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?
Following Kmxu's advice, I started looking at ultra short haul around DC and NY. Was able to get 8 segments between LGA and ROC though IAD to show up on Google Flights for $596 on 9/10:
https://www.google.com/travel/flight...cSoAyQTkNrXr7A
However, the clickthrough to united.com isn't working and I also can't get this to price on the United site to attempt to use my Break from Business discount. Any tips here?