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any thoughts on IAH
Hi there- I'm new to flyer talk, this is my first post after being a reader for a while:) I will be just under 5k short of gold on CO and I really wanna hit it as I've never been elite before let alone gold. I haven't seen too much in regards to deals on CO from IAH but maybe I just do not know ow to look. I was wondering if any of you could help me out. Weekends work best throwing in a Friday or monday if needed. and I'd like to try and keep it under $400 if possible.
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Originally Posted by aisleseatpls
(Post 10666936)
Hi there- I'm new to flyer talk, this is my first post after being a reader for a while:) I will be just under 5k short of gold on CO and I really wanna hit it as I've never been elite before let alone gold. I haven't seen too much in regards to deals on CO from IAH but maybe I just do not know ow to look. I was wondering if any of you could help me out. Weekends work best throwing in a Friday or monday if needed. and I'd like to try and keep it under $400 if possible.
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NWA runs out of NYC
Got 30k on NWA with 13k more booked. I'll have 1-2 more trips to germany - any thoughts on how to maximize and possible requal for platinum? Gold on skyteam is crap compared to united (no lounge access etc).
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Originally Posted by mjo768
(Post 10667305)
Got 30k on NWA with 13k more booked. I'll have 1-2 more trips to germany - any thoughts on how to maximize and possible requal for platinum? Gold on skyteam is crap compared to united (no lounge access etc).
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Hello! I am trying to get to Gold status with NW. NW or DL would be great. Here is my info:
1. No. of miles/segments that you have at present: 44,207/37 2. How many more miles/segments will it take to reach your goal: 5793/23 3. Where are you are based: MSP 4. Whether or not there is some place specific that you would really like to go: LAS, SJU, MIA, SFO, LAX 5. Dates you are available to travel are must a must - in both directions, please! Flexible, prefer to leave on a Thurs. or Fri. with a 1 night stay. 6. Also, it would help if you mentioned the budget, please! Trying to keep it under $500. Thank you for your help! |
Originally Posted by Barnacle
(Post 10668041)
Hello! I am trying to get to Gold status with NW. NW or DL would be great. Here is my info:
1. No. of miles/segments that you have at present: 44,207/37 2. How many more miles/segments will it take to reach your goal: 5793/23 3. Where are you are based: MSP 4. Whether or not there is some place specific that you would really like to go: LAS, SJU, MIA, SFO, LAX 5. Dates you are available to travel are must a must - in both directions, please! Flexible, prefer to leave on a Thurs. or Fri. with a 1 night stay. 6. Also, it would help if you mentioned the budget, please! Trying to keep it under $500. Thank you for your help! |
Originally Posted by joelfreak
(Post 10648610)
Can someone help me with finding a MR on UA this weekend? I normally use the Efares, but they decided to not publish a list of them this week. I am sure I can use ITA to say something like "find me all UA fares to anywhere in the US or EU that end up costing me less than $400/person and generate at least 4500 miles" And then give it a couple days to play with. I normally do MR's with a day or 2's 'rest' in the middle, as my SO hates same day turnarounds. I figgured out of course how to get ITA to give me fares 300 miles from X, but I am in no way a power ITA user, and would appreciate the help.
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Originally Posted by dc_newbie
(Post 10663934)
Hi - I need to do a 7700 mile run to make Gold on UA. Any suggestions? Have to do this in November.
Otherwise, your best bet would be to do a pair of transcons. You would have to at least go to TUS or RNO, so the entire Pacific coast is yours to try (SAN, LAX, SFO, PDX, SEA). |
Here is our info:
1. No. of miles/segments that you have at present: 29,278 EQM, 19 segments 2. How many more miles/segments will it take to reach your goal: 20,000 and change 3. Where are you are based: ORD, but we could fly from MKE if that helps 4. Whether or not there is some place specific that you would really like to go: HNL/OGG/LIH, anywhere in Europe -- PRG, CDG, FRA esp. but beggars can't be choosers! 5. Dates you are available to travel are a must - in both directions, please! Any weekend (incl. Fri/Mon.) between November 8 and December 31, including Thanksgiving 6. Also, it would help if you mentioned the budget, please! If any miracle worker can do this for less than $1,000/each, I'd be amazed. |
Hi All,
Would like to re-qualify for NW Plat this year because of some serious NW travel scheduled for next year and the lower chances for Golds to get upgrades now that DL has reciprocity on upgrades. Here is my info: 1. No. of miles/segments that you have at present: 63,890 EQM, 49 segs 2. How many more miles/segments will it take to reach your goal: 11,110 3. Where are you are based: DTW, but could fly from FNT/LAN if that helps 4. Whether or not there is some place specific that you would really like to go: Doesn't matter, but would prefer same day turnarounds and flights that I have good upgrade chances on! :) 5. Dates you are available to travel are a must - in both directions, please! Any weekend (incl. Fri/Mon.) between November 14 and December 31, including Thanksgiving 6. Also, it would help if you mentioned the budget, please! As cheap as possible of course, but I'm realistic in how much it takes to make 11,110 miles. Thanks for any help! Smitty |
shooting for UA premier exec -- need 1k miles
Hello all -- First off, thanks for lots of tips over the years. I have long been a lurker.
The Dubai leg of a ORD-FRA-JNB-CPT-DXB trip got cancelled on me, and I had to get back home via a non-Star Alliance carrier. Arrgh. So, I need approx 1000 miles to get premier exec status on UA MP. Shouldn't be too hard, I hope. Looking for low CPM and fast out-and-back, though I will take a non-bargain basement CPM in favor of easier scheduling. (Leaving Mrs. Chipat alone with twin toddlers requires some negotiation.) Flying out of ORD, dates are flexible, weekdays mildly preferable, would really like a same-day turnaround. thanks in advance for any ideas |
Originally Posted by dsolomon
(Post 10632329)
Well, actually it's only costing me about $10k since my existing ticket is already $2k... ;)
The money is actually not an issue.. but still a valid point - $10k is $10k. The only reason I'm thinking of this crazy move is that I know this is the last year I could possibly make ExecPlat - my travel in 2009 won't be close enough to even try. The advantages that are worthwhile for me are: 1. First class lounge access on international business itineraries 2. The notable skill of the ExecPlat desk when I call [they really are great] 3. Free upgrades domestic/caribbean (remember I live in Caribbean) 4. The value of the 8 additional eVIPs - hard to quantify, but $10k/8=$1250 per evip - I think that's a conservative value if you consider what you get for upgrading international economy to business (esp now that there are copays). The other reason, being honest with myself, is just the 'fun' of doing a crazy back to back Delhi flight - I *love* long flights - the longer the better; I get lots of work done, I can sleep (and with that routing I would basically get 2 nights sleep: Sunday and Monday night), etc. Hope that conveys why I'm even thinking of this... PS: if you decide to do this, I'll accept all remaining eVIPs since you wont really be flying anyways hehe |
Im new - need help getting ExPlat on AA
I need 10 segments or 25,000 miles on AA to reach Executive Platinum. I fly out of DFW. I think segments is going to be easier / cheaper but welcome advice from those more experienced than me. Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by ninja138
(Post 10670138)
Uhhh... you are going to need to give us more information, like where you are departing from and how short in mileage you are.
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Originally Posted by joelfreak
(Post 10680133)
I thought I had said, departing from NYC (LGA or JFK, not EWR if I could help it), and 4500 miles.
JFK-SFO for 5158 miles at $295, Nov. 8-10 or LGA-SFO via DEN or ORD for ~4800-5000 miles at $320, Nov. 8-9. LGA-SMF via DEN/ORD for ~5000 miles at $316, Nov. 8-10. LGA-SNA via DEN for 4918 miles at $326, Nov. 8-10. Take your pick. I assumed no USAir. I also saw LGA-ONT too, but figured the above gave you enough to choose from. All UA metal, all bookable at .bomb. |
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