Ever Take A Flight Just To Get The Miles?

ORD747CLE · Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:15 am

Just like the topic says, have you ever taken a flight just to get the miles?

Sometimes I'll choose a longer route to get more flight miles, what about you?

Ord747Cle

KaiGywer · Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:18 am

Ord747Cle, yeah. I once flew TRF-AMS-DTW-MSP instead of TRF-AMS-MSP. Both for more miles, but also to try KLM MD11 instead of NW DC10

cs03 · Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:20 am

NW Used to fly from ALB to NYC in the 1990 s, and as a NW FFP member, I flew ALB/DTW/LGA for the miles! A long trip, but many more miles than the ALB/LGA 126!!

jcooke · Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:31 am

You bet. Flying BUF-IAD-PHL-BWI-PIT-IAD-BUF with a 90 min turnaround @ BWI.

Can't beat flying that on a $78+ fare. Thats the shortest route on the fare routings, too.

-JC

toltommy · Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:35 am

When CO still flew from CAK, I used to connect thru CLE all the time. Extra 500 miles, and an extra segment both ways. Made it easy to maintain elite status, back when CO elite status meant something!

warren747sp · Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:00 am

Once flew on CO EWR-YYZ cleared immgration and customs turned around and flow the same plane back to Newark. Just needed that little bit more for a free ticket.

JFernandez · Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:46 pm

I routinely hop about just to get extra AA segments.

TriStar500 · Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:47 pm

Yes, from time to time. Smile

One of these trips is coming up in May: DUS-FCO-VCE-MXP-DUS with AZ: 4000 more miles for my Frequence Plus account for just 129 Euro.

I am also doing these tours out of enthusiasm - in the above mentioned case, it will be my first flights on AZ and my first visits to FCO, VCE and MXP.

AMS · Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:49 pm

I flew LH Between AMS-FRA-ATH in able to become Star Alliance Gold

N1641 · Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:57 pm

Ha! Cs03, I cant believe you flew all the way to DTW, only someone who came to this message board would choose the half a day flight over the 30 minute one! thats awesome.

VSlover · Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:20 am

of course-

But I did it for tier points, not miles--mid dec 2003, VS 010 JFK-LHR leaving on Friday night, arrive Saturday morning, return on Sunday VS 003 LHR-JFK

I booked in Premium Economy to get the 6 more tier points to bump me to gold club status before the year ended (for me it was the Monday after I got back)--bonus was being upgraded both ways to Upper Class, and getting a date with a F/A.

So yeah, for the tier points, and the date. HAHA.

ssides · Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:51 am

If I've got a chance at achieving elite status, sure -- but I won't go out of my way for an extra 200 or 300 miles, it's just not worth it.

Most airlines have a minimum 500-mile segment that makes it worth your while to take short connecting flights. For example, I live in AUS and fly to DCA often. AUS to DFW will give me 500 miles, and DFW-DCA will give me 1192 for a total of 1692. Flying a longer routing through ORD will give me 973 for AUS-ORD, and 612 for ORD-DCA, for a total of 1585. Of course, this could differ depending on the city pair, but I try not to worry about it too much.

AIR MALTA · Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:27 am

In the times of Swissair, I used to fly TUN-ZRH-GVA-ZRH-TUN and not the direct TUN-GVA-TUN, to get more miles and also to fly more aircraft. The prices were the same. Last October, I have been to Vienna and I chose TUN-MXP-VIE-MXP-TUN with AZ instead of TUN-VIE-TUN with TU to get more miles.

Lt-AWACS · Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:40 am

A few times I would fly out of EFD up to IAH in Houston to get the 500 extra miles, plus it was free. Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Sadly it is going away.

Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns,
Capt-AWACS, Yankee Air Pirate

Lan_Fanatic · Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:49 am

Only once.
I flew SCL-MDZ and stayed 3 days in Mendoza for avoiding my LanPass kilometres to expire.(Well, it also gave me some extra 1600 kms.)

Lear777 · Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:11 am

I'm with you AWACS...I've done the EFD run for extra miles several times. I will miss it...

Although in retrospect my fingers still hurt from gripping the armrests on a particularly bumpy EMB-120 ride into IAH. Why fly above a storm when you can fly through it?

Brian

isitsafenow · Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:21 am

I think it was 88, but NW was having one of those rare double your miles deals for a limited time. So for $112.00 I did LAN-DTW-MDW-DTW-CLE. Next day was CLE-DTW-MDW-DTW-LAN. All flights were on various models of ....you guessed it, the DC 9. The hotel room in CLE was free...friends in low places come in handy. With silver bonus and the double dip, it was good for just over 10,000 miles. At that time NW freebees were bracketed at 20,000 miles.
safe

leviticus · Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:26 am

Ord747cle,

Check out http://www.flyertalk.com
The entire population of the FT community lives in pursuit of collecting miles Laugh out loud

alespesl · Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:20 am

Once I was flying home to Czech Republic from YHZ. I could easily fly YHZ-YUL-PRG on AC+OK.

Instead of that, I did choose routing with AC+OS to get more points with Air Canada Aeroplan. I flew this route: YHZ-YYZ-VIE-PRG and on the way back it was PRG-VIE-LHR-YYZ-YOW-YHZ. Instead of regular 9000 points in economy if I flew first choice, I got more than 15000 in economy on AC+OS. 15k is enough for free short-haul return flight for Air Canada.

Ales

rojo · Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:26 am

I just flew AA EZE-MVD (Montevideo, Uruguay)-EZE to qualify for AA Gold. The best part of this mileage run is getting on a B777 for a 28 minute flight!!!

rsmith6621a · Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:29 am

I once sold a ticket to a couple who were each 3600 mile short of the PREMIER EXECUTIVE status with UAL.........Their routing was JFK/LAS in the morning.......A little bit of lunch and Black Jack.....Then home at 5:00 to YES celebrate New Years in Time Square with Dick Clark that evening.

They told me that being a PE was adicting and once you get the staus its hard to give it up.....

cmckeithen · Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:49 am

Wasting time and money to just get FF miles is VERY stupid. You don't just earn FF miles by flying. There are many other ways to get miles on a daliy/weekly basis.

dontlikeairbus · Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:03 am

I got back to school on Jan 8 this year and since school didn't start till the 12 i booked a flight to Florida for the 9th

I left Boston at 530 am
got to FLL at 1030 and my return flight was at 1130

yeah a part of me did it for the miles, but I really just felt like flying

BMIFlyer · Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:18 am

Hi,

I have just joined up and this is my first post.

I've taken many flights to earn extra miles. As such, i now have Star Alliance 'Gold' Status on the Air Canada 'Aeroplan' scheme.

My next miles collection trip will be:-

Sat 13 March 2004 MAN - IAD (BD701)
Sun 14 March 2004 IAD - MAN (BD702)

Total 7556 miles Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Got a cheap ticket too - £219 inc all taxes (purchased the ticket at flybmi.com)

Thanks

Lee

BGR1962 · Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:31 am

Every year it seems I end up having to take an extra flight just to go from Silver to Gold. But I think its worth it.

B6FA4ever · Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:37 am

i did a trip a cpl years ago visiting some friends in ORD area and VA/DE area. here was my routing:

PSP - LAX - ORD

ORD - IAD

BWI - ORD - LAX - PSP

the PSP-LAX-ORD route could've been PSP-DEN-ORD and the last day of my trips could have been BWI-LAX-PSP

i did it not just cause i love plane spotting at some of our countries awsome airports to do it BUT i was really close to getting a free ticket w/ my mileage plus Laugh out loud

~B6FA4ever

JFernandez · Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:35 am

"Wasting time and money to just get FF miles is VERY stupid. You don't just earn FF miles by flying. There are many other ways to get miles on a daily/weekly basis."

FF Miles in and of itself - yes. Miles or segments to get you to some elite status? Those can be quite valuable.

Plus, some of us are airplane addicts and just want to fly more or hit up one more weird airport we'd never go to otherwise.

BMIFlyer · Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:39 am

Im only really intersted in keeping my 'Elite/Star Alliance Gold' status.

This year im gonna try to qualify for 'Super Elite' status though Smile/happy/getting dizzy

I think its well worth it.

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