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UA - need 40k miles by eoy, Help

Old Dec 17, 2008, 10:11 am
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UA - need 40k miles by eoy, Help

Out of Chicago, need 40k miles by eoy. Any suggestions!!
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Old Dec 17, 2008, 10:41 am
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40K WOW!

Welcome to FT!

Best suggestion I have if you can move QUICK! ORD-HNL $342 R/T w/coupon readily available on CC. That puts 9K each flight. No advance purchase, leave today if you want and no min stay, so same day (1hr) turns.
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Old Dec 17, 2008, 11:11 am
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LH F

ORD-FRA-SIN-FRA-SIN

good luck
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Old Dec 17, 2008, 11:30 am
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hmmm..you could hope you'll travel more next year?

or buy a premium ticket somewhere like SYD or SIN.
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Old Dec 17, 2008, 2:06 pm
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Do your MRs early next year - you'll still keep status (if you have it) until the end of February and you'll have a much better chance at catching some good fares (think Europe in Jan/Feb). You get status early in 2009 and it'll last until 2/2011.
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 8:15 pm
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Originally Posted by fzwinter
Do your MRs early next year - you'll still keep status (if you have it) until the end of February and you'll have a much better chance at catching some good fares (think Europe in Jan/Feb). You get status early in 2009 and it'll last until 2/2011.
UA status will now valid 'till end of Jan, not Feb.
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Old Dec 18, 2008, 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by mjcasta
Welcome to FT!

Best suggestion I have if you can move QUICK! ORD-HNL $342 R/T w/coupon readily available on CC. That puts 9K each flight. No advance purchase, leave today if you want and no min stay, so same day (1hr) turns.
This is the poster's first post on Flyer Talk. S/he doesn't have access to CC (Coupon Connection) for 3 months or something like that.

I agree with another poster - try to do mileage runs next January or early February. But that might mean needing a lot more miles than 40K to maintain a higher status that you only need 40K if taken through EOY. I am doing this variation myself but I booked it months ago and doing a lot of flying the first 11 days of January.

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Old Dec 19, 2008, 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by fzwinter
Do your MRs early next year - you'll still keep status (if you have it) until the end of February and you'll have a much better chance at catching some good fares (think Europe in Jan/Feb). You get status early in 2009 and it'll last until 2/2011.
FZ speaks the truth.

If you need 40K in two weeks, just go for 50K in eight and a half!
I did this last year, using cheap HKG and FRA fares to get up to 1P by 2/28.

I have been a whole lot more relaxed this December than in the past...!
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Old Dec 20, 2008, 5:59 am
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I'd love to know the end result as my guess is that you had to have 40k you didn't end up pulling the trigger. Just too late in the game. Good luck.
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Old Dec 20, 2008, 6:50 am
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I believe SeattleFred did something like 48K in the last two weeks of December last year.

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Old Dec 22, 2008, 3:29 pm
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My gosh....I've never seen a "need" for that many miles in such a short time!

Maybe OP need 4K miles by eoy?
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Old Dec 22, 2008, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by chicvoyager
Out of Chicago, need 40k miles by eoy. Any suggestions!!
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