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canyonwalker

Mileage Run - How I'll Stay 1K!

Nov 15, 2011 17:37

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... )

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canyonwalker November 17 2011, 16:52:02 UTC

Just in case anyone's reading this (sh'yeah, right) or cares about the cost-benefit analysis (ditto) I realized I made a mistake in it. The gratuitous flying earns me 40,000 redeemable miles (it's double the actual flight miles), which I estimate are worth easily $650, not $350. So I'm looking at closer to $3000 of benefits, as opposed to $2500, for this wild hare of an idea.