My first mileage run
I’m bound and determined to finally tip over the edge to be a 1K with United. Since this time of the year is typically cheaper than many other parts I figured now is the time to try to get some extra miles under my belt.
I’ve finally RSS’d the Mileage Run Deals forum of Flyertalk and I saw a United mileage run that included CLT. It was originating in ATL and ending in BUR so I played around a little and found out the fare was valid originating in CLT also. I tried last night and couldn’t get the trip to ticket. I decided to look again today and finally got a routing to work so I managed to get almost 7,000 miles for just over $250.00. I didn’t check for the fare on the following weekend because I’m not mean enough to mileage run on Valentine’s day, but I did check the next weekend and the fare for the same trip was $450.00 so I’ll wait a bit.
It’s odd though, yesterday I was having problems with the ticket actually pricing out when I tried to purchase it. Today cheapfares.com kept telling me my credit card wasn’t valid. I try to purchase all my airfare on my Citi Premier Pass because I get Thank You Points for the miles I fly also. With 2 tickets to MEL on that card coming up in March and then adding this ticket I was going to have tons of Thank You Points, but I booked with my Hilton American Express instead.
So now I will hopefully be around 40,000 miles by April. I keep hoping for a Double Elite Qualifying Miles promotion so I can actually take advantage of it.
The first one is always the toughest. Congratulations. You won’t regret it.
Yeah. Finishing the year around 80,000 just really hurts because I’m so far over requalifying for 1P, but so far from 1K. I probably have little chance for an unlimited automatic upgrade unless I can make 1K. It really pushed me over the edge being just below the threshold for my e500 to clear the other day.
Taking the plunge! I have yet to do a mileage run. Thanks to the double DEQM UA had last year, I made 1K for the first tim ever. I am loving it. This year if they do not run two DEQMs, I may finally have to do a mileage run to retain 1K. All the best to you on yours.
Hi Grace, I have just added your blog to my Google reader feeds and so far I am very impressed. I love being a 1K and have already done 2 mileage runs (MR) this year – congrats on your first run! My fiancé has gotten the bug and although he travels zero miles for work, he has completed 5 MR this year already – so crazy!