Back when I was in a booking frenzy a bit over a month ago, I wanted to be sure I booked something for Memorial Day weekend, since it's usually a bump fest. While it's not my favorite routing, I managed to book TPA-IAD-SFO-LAX-SAN for Saturday, then get on the SAN-ORD redeye, followed by ORD-SYR-IAD-TPA on…
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What's your method for finding mileage runs?
I'd like to do one during the DEQM promo (I know, I'm a bit late to be thinking about this), but since I work fulltime I only have weekends available and I haven't had much luck finding great fares.
Best fare I've found is $2k to SIN (~41k EQM with bonus), but I'd prefer something a bit cheaper (obviously with less miles... only need ~25k to secure 1P).
Have you seen my post about how to construct mileage runs?
https://onemileatatime.com/how-i-construct-mileage-runs/
Nope, I just started reading a few days ago.
I'm an "ITA software ninja" if you ask my friends and coworkers, so I have no problem 'optimizing' the routing, my problem is finding the destination. I haven't had much luck with Travelocity Dreammaps (site is often broken, doesn't let me limit the airline choice, doesn't let me limit the time range), but the FareCompare tool someone linked to looks great.
Starting in the middle of the country adds to the complexity, since nothing domestic is far away.
Lucky, have a good time tjis weekend! I'm heading tomorrow on a DCA-MSP-SFO (8 hours on the ground) - DTW-DCA (all on NW). It'll be my first red-eye in a LONG time so we'll see how much I enjoyed the MR come Monday morning, ha. I'm hoping for some irreg. ops too. Enjoy!