Years ago I blogged about going on my first Mileage Run. What's a Mileage Run? It's a term used among frequent flyers online to describe a trip taken purely for obtaining the points and status awarded in an airline's frequent flyer program. This weekend we're going on a trip to Los Angeles that started as an MR.

I note this trip started as an MR  ( Read more... )

Being a frequent traveler who knows how to work the loyalty points systems is great for earnings lots of points to spend for travel later. But there's a conundrum in when to use all those points! First there's the difficulty of finding good redemption opportunities. Then there's the fact that when you redeem airline/hotel points directly for ( Read more... )

This evening Merhawk and I are at the airport waiting to board a flight to San Diego for the weekend. After the " River in the Sky" soaking us for the past few days and screwing up plans it'll be nice to have a break where it's-- hopefully-- dry and sunny ( Read more... )

I finished my first Mileage Run. (See my previous post if you don't know what I'm talking about.) It was 22 hours of Not Particularly Fun but it didn't totally suck.
The Trip Out
An amusing thing happened at the start of this trip. While were were boarding in San Francisco and I was already seated on the aircraft, two now-former colleagues (from the ( Read more... )

In frequent flyer circles there's a concept known as the Mileage Run. It's a trip that's taken purely for accumulating airline miles. A mileage runner gets on and airplane, flies somewhere, turns around, and comes back home. There's no sightseeing, no visiting friends, and (ideally) no staying overnight as that increases the cost- unless you're ( Read more... )