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  • Planning my US trips for next year. This start Jan 18 and returns jan 28.

    LGW - LAX - LAS - NYC - LAX - BRS

    $908 all in.

    17774 EQM miles on Skyteam flights.

    make 5.6 cents per EQM or 2.5 cents per award mile (with the bonus kicking in)

    Sorry for the long title but tried to be descriptive.

    Cheers
    /E


  • You might consider LHR-JFK for 1/18-1/28 with AZ for $401 all in and then contruct a MR around that (enough time for 2 transcons :p :D :cool: )


  • Don't know about fares from Europe, but I usually try to be at least around 3 cents per EQM for MRs. Lower for redeemable miles.

    That said, that's a lot of EQMs for not a lot of flights, and you have to consider convenience.


  • If you need to fly to these destinations, it's probably not bad. However, as a pure MR, it doesn't seem so hot. Too bad you didn't get in on the $110+ tax NW flights to Europe. You could have sandwiched one or two of those in your trip and made out like a bandit.


    Yes I do need to fly to those destinations. There are a total of ten segments in there (LAX - LAS via SLC. LAS - NYC via something and NYC back to LAX via something. LGW - LAX via something and LAX back to BRS via EWR)


    Hmmmm. NW NY - Europe for what???? Could extend and squeeze in.


  • Planning my US trips for next year. This start Jan 18 and returns jan 28.

    LGW - LAX - LAS - NYC - LAX - BRS

    $908 all in.

    17774 EQM miles on Skyteam flights.

    make 5.6 cents per EQM or 2.5 cents per award mile (with the bonus kicking in)

    Sorry for the long title but tried to be descriptive.

    Cheers
    /E

    Sounds a little on the expensive side. Mid January is low season and I just booked some travel to the east coast for $490 all in on ST. If you can add a cheap $200 transcon you might get down to $700. However, given your date/destination constraints, it might be tough to actually construct this trip. I guess you are flying NW for the upgrades? How do you get from 5.6 down to 2.5 with the bonus? Am I missing out on a FB promotion?
    PS: I hope you will make your 40k miles by the end of February :)


  • i'd guess it is NOT a good deal unless you are going there anyway.

    I just flew from iad to sacramento and got like 6,500 eqm miles for $200. going iad-sfo-smh-sfo-sea-iad.

    the problem is the taxes going overseas makes u.s. runs worth more, unless there are additional bonuses or you go farther


  • Hmmmm. NW NY - Europe for what???? Could extend and squeeze in.

    If you watch the mileage run forums, you'll come up with some interesting stuff. Back in early September, NW (mistakenly, I think), offered flights from a few cities (SEA and SFO, and maybe another one or two) for *just* the fuel surcharge of $100-$110, plus tax. So all in flights to many European cities were in the low $200 range with tax.

    I flew SEA-AMS-SVO for about $210, all in. As always, you've got to jump on these deals when you see them, as they usually evaporate pretty quick. I think it lasted for a day or two.


  • I'd say it's a pretty good deal if you have to fly to those destinations anyway.


  • $908 all in.

    17774 EQM miles on Skyteam flights.

    make 5.6 cents per EQM or 2.5 cents per award mile (with the bonus kicking in)

    How about 5.1 cents per EQM? (90800/17774). Yes, I'm getting picky here, but it's about a 10% difference, which is significant.

    Enjoy your flights!


  • Sounds a little on the expensive side. Mid January is low season and I just booked some travel to the east coast for $490 all in on ST. If you can add a cheap $200 transcon you might get down to $700. However, given your date/destination constraints, it might be tough to actually construct this trip. I guess you are flying NW for the upgrades? How do you get from 5.6 down to 2.5 with the bonus? Am I missing out on a FB promotion?
    PS: I hope you will make your 40k miles by the end of February :)

    Isn't there a 75% bonus for GE or did I get that wrong?

    I've got a question - where do you find those cheap AZ flights?

    /E


  • emma,
    did you sign on for the skyteam promotion?
    2000 for each transatlantic segment

    http://www.skyteam.com/EN/FFPpromotion_page.jsp


  • Have you tried splitting it out into separate tickets? LGW-NYC is probably cheap and transcontinental can be had for around $200. That way you can pick and choose airlines/times.

    I also know DL can be pretty good cheap with a multistop trip. That may be worth a try.

    Are there still USA passes available? Buy one TATL flight and add the rest with coupons.


  • how many eqm's would you get on a B fare :)


  • If you need to fly to these destinations, it's probably not bad. However, as a pure MR, it doesn't seem so hot. Too bad you didn't get in on the $110+ tax NW flights to Europe. You could have sandwiched one or two of those in your trip and made out like a bandit.







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