RichG

After a trip to Hawaii in a couple of weeks, I'll be about 8K EQM short of regaining my UA-1P that I lost this year after almost a decade (I'm currrently 2P). This is too close to pass up, and I've come up with a couple of possibilities.

It's very boring, but I could spend a weekend making two round trips NYC-LAX for about $250 each in early December.

Or... I could go NYC-SFO-ORD-LAX-NYC for about $550, spending the night near O'Hare.

There are plenty of places in Europe that would yield 8K EQM either on UA ex-NYC via IAD, or on LH or SK from JFK or EWR. However the fares aren't very good, and all the surcharges and fees that are built-in are far worse than domestic travel.

Also just occurred to me there's always NYC-ORD-LHR, & rtn, but I haven't checked the prices.

Anybody have anything more interesting (&/or cheaper)?

JayhawkCO

I know, I know, no one likes US, but here goes:

LGA-DCA-PHL-MAD-PHL-BOS-LGA on US 11/22-11/23 8135 BIS miles (not sure if the 500-min will be in effect on US flight), $522.20 all in.

Chris

RichG

Thanks, Chris, but you're right about not liking US. I think I prefer my West Coast / Chicago loop-de-loop, and I'll be sitting in UA E+, rather than US E-.

Now I'm working on condensing the itinerary to 4 consecutive flights, to avoid the the stay at O'Hare, since I'll probably be asleep most of each flight anyway.

RichG

JayhawkCO

With this you do get to visit the Envoy lounge in PHL though, arguably the best domestic club in the U.S. I've flown PHL-MAD on US before and it was rather nice. I did get exit rows, which I've had success of getting early with US before.

Chris

RichG

I wound up with LGA-ORD-HNL & return same way, over Dec. 6-7 for $466.40

Similar fares are available on various days in December, via all the standard UA routings, not all flights of course. This comes to 9952 miles; some of the other routings will get you a few miles more. 4.69 cpm... not too bad, without even leaving the country.