Anyone achieve 1K on segments?
Nov 4, 2008, 6:22 am
#106
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: ORD, MBS
Programs: UA Plat., 1.52 MM
Posts: 2,053
Nov 4, 2008, 6:26 am
#107
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: ORD, MBS
Programs: UA Plat., 1.52 MM
Posts: 2,053
I am a segments addict. Been like that for over 9 years. Will close this year with 101 segments.
Nov 4, 2008, 8:03 am
#108
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Silver, National Executive Elite
Posts: 141
I first made 1K via segments 5 years ago and will be forced to go that way this year. Given reduced travel this will probably be my last year, so nice bookends there, I guess. Frankly I'm getting tired of MSN-ORD; MKE-ORD; SEA-GEG; SEA-PDX; PDX-EUG; PDX-RDM; PDX-MFR. Loss of 500 EQM for short routes killed me, so I added a bunch of segments where I would normally have driven. Now with retroactive addition of those miles I would have made 1K without the segments!
Nov 4, 2008, 8:26 am
#109
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Programs: UA 2P / Starwood Gold / Hilton Silver / Marriott Silver
Posts: 52
Currently at 120 segments and counting... Thank you god for the return of the 500-mile minimums! (The irony is that those will only cover the new additional mileage needed to redeem!) Genius United! HAHAHA!
Nov 4, 2008, 10:38 am
#110
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
Programs: AA, UA, WN, HH, Marriott
Posts: 7,290
I have a friend who flies roundtrip from MRY (Monterey) to CLD (Carlsbad) every two weeks. The routing requires a change in LAX. That's 4 segments every two weeks - 26 x 4 = 104 segments. Even with 500 miles/segment, it's only 2000 x 26 = 52,000 base miles. A couple of times when she was short, she just did 3 legs each direction - MRY/SFO/LAX/CLD - same fare.
Nov 4, 2008, 10:57 am
#111
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: LAS
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Southwest A-List Preferred
Posts: 2,846
definitely not a record....we all bow before Kiwi Flyer - 400+ segments last year...just absurd.