Making final mileage runs

chrisinhouston · 12-18-2012, 08:59 AM

Seems a bit strange to be back up in the air flying after completing 9366 miles from Melbourne to Houston on Saturday and but here we go again. It's also weird enough that the while the trip started at noon and ended at 8pm it lasted 26 hours due to flying easterly over the international date line.

My wife needed 300 miles to reach the 100,000 mile mark to put her in what United calls 1K status and I needed 800 miles to make 75,000 or Platinum so we booked flights to Austin. We flew together yesterday and I fly solo today. Funny to get off of a jet, wait 30 minutes to reboard and fly back home.

In frequent flyer terms this is what is known as a mileage run. No more flying for awhile after today!

12-18-2012, 08:59 AM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Making final mileage runs Seems a bit strange to be back up in the air flying after completing 9366 miles from Melbourne to Houston on Saturday and but here we go again. It's also weird enough that the while the trip started at noon and ended at 8pm it lasted 26 hours due to flying easterly over the international date line. My wife needed 300 miles to reach the 100,000 mile mark to put her in what United calls 1K status and I needed 800 miles to make 75,000 or Platinum so we booked flights to Austin. We flew together yesterday and I fly solo today. Funny to get off of a jet, wait 30 minutes to reboard and fly back home. In frequent flyer terms this is what is known as a mileage run. No more flying for awhile after today!

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