Well, despite the pending tropical storm and travel waivers, I just booked a mileage run for this coming weekend, only three days out! I love the L fare from TPA-SEA that UA publishes, given that it only has a three day advance purchase requirement. That’s great since UA seems to open up a bunch of L inventory three days out. Right now I’m booked TPA-IAD-DEN-SFO-SEA-IAD-TPA, which is just over 7,000 elite qualifying miles, with a fare of $255 (before vouchers).
Most importantly, and the real reason I’m so desperate for a mileage run is that I’m just short of 280,000 United miles, which I really need in order to secure two first class award tickets to Egypt for my mom and brother for November. They’re excited about the prospect of such a trip and I’d really like to make it happen.
Also, I just got my “Glenn’s Gotta Go” wristband in the mail today, so I get to try that out!
I’ll provide some live updates as it promises to be an adventurous weekend with all of the weather issues.
How did you get one of those wristbands? I want one!
True, but I'm flying through IAD and it looks like we'll have thunderstorms and high winds. Of course anything can change, so we'll see. While I might not directly have problems, I can imagine it'll be chaos with people rerouting from the hubs along with many cancellations.
Don't see you getting the weather this weekend in TPA, we'll see it in MLB or they'll see it in SAV.