Sentences with phrase «flying mileage runs»

He was thinking of flying mileage runs to get those miles.

Not exact matches

Given that I often write about mileage runs (flying for the purpose of accumulating airline miles), people seem to assume that's the best place to get started.

They used some «mattress runs» (the hotel equivalent of a mileage run where a traveler is flying just to earn points / miles) to earn 2 free nights anywhere after staying 4 nights at any IHG property.

We fly around in circles all over the country and even abroad just to gain miles and elite status which, I have come to despise after years worth of mileage running.

I earn at least 10,000 miles on every mileage run, so booking these awards for her was a drop in the bucket, just as I'm happy to book awards for Megan's mother to fly out and help us plan our wedding (a similarly high - cost, low - miles fare).

Since airlines have largely adjusted the way they award miles (based upon price of the ticket versus distance flown), mileage runs have lost much of their appeal.

A typical mileage run is where you buy a very cheap ticket (or 4, back to back to back to back) and fly the flight earning miles along the way.

Also, say goodbye to the traditional mileage run, «as there's no reason to fly longer distances to earn more miles unless you're trying to earn Medallion status and the perks it offers.»

Sometimes, a person on a mileage run will fly to a destination (oftentimes via a circuitous route to get more miles while underway) and turn around and fly home without even visiting the destination city.

Alaska Airlines is running a promotion where you can earn double miles SEA - LHR when you fly on British Airways and credit the miles to your Alaska Mileage Plan account.

Earlier this year I flew SEA - IAD on Alaska, where I got upgraded to First, and immediately got back on the plane and flew back (similar to my first mileage run last year).

In April I will be doing a mileage run to Hong Kong; flying SEA - DFW - HKG and back in a weekend on American Airlines in Economy.

«I started mileage running,» he tells us, «basically flying for the sole purpose of earning miles, which I know is not a normal activity for 14 - year - olds.»

I mentioned yesterday that on a legacy airline like United I could take a spare $ 400, fly two mileage runs, earn a bunch of elite qualifying miles, and also earn enough redeemable miles for a $ 500 domestic ticket.

The only problem, the cheap mileage run is dead for Alaska Airline Frequent Flyers because Alaska Airline doesn't fly longhaul to Asia, Europe, South America, and beyond.

Great for Positioning Flights: Sometimes the hardest part of getting to the jumping - off point for an amazing award itinerary or a mileage run that will help you rack up the miles for elite status (or an award) quickly like the current one from Los Angeles to Singapore (LAX - SIN) is getting to the actual gateway you have to fly out of.

-LSB-...] fact, I use these cards to maintain high level elite status with Delta without flying (see «Mileage running, from home «-RRB-.

Turow writes that on Dec. 8, he went on a mileage run (flying from «O'Hare to La Guardia at 7:40 a.m., Central time.

You would think that between his writing career (eight books and counting) and his legal career (which he has maintained as a partner at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal) that Turow would be quite busy — too busy, at least, to spend an entire day flying around the country on a 5,400 mile «mileage run» to keep his Executive Platinum status on American Airlines intact.