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stlgph
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 04:40:04 am
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Location: St. Louis, MO
Any preference on mileage run routes on particular carriers out of IND?
Indy
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 02:21:10 pm
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Provided you are talking about what I'm thinking about which is taking flights just for miles I'm looking at MCI & MCO or TPA by Dec 15th. Got a deal from NW where if I take two more trips in the 3 months I'll get an automatic Silver Elite upgrade for next season which is like March 1 - Feb 28 of 2007. The rates to those cities are good. I had looked at things like flights to SEA where you'd like 4 or 5 different airports total. The flight was under $300 and you'd get quite a few miles and segments.
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 03:55:49 am
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plan something in advance, show me the times and a price tag and i'll consider coming to Indy to play across the country.
Indy
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 01:51:04 pm
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One of my favorite routes is IND-MSP-BOI-SEA-DTW-IND for $261 . Its really a day trip. 25 hours to be exact . Thats a boat load of miles and 5 different airport and 4191 flight miles. Usually FF miles are awarded a bit higher than the real flight miles. At least thats what NW does. Plus I have the 3 month silver elite card that will get a 50% mileage bonus as well. Nice way to add over 6,000 miles to the account.
btw if you have a NW FF account try getting your upgrade at http://www.nwa.com/offers/elitefly2
Let me know if it works for you.
stlgph
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:39:21 am
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and you find this where?
i just got quoted $800
Indy
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 11:28:19 am
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I got that on nwa.com . I picked November 12th because October is a bad month for me with the wife going on a trip and me having the party here. November 12th being a saturday is probably the best bet for me.
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Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 07:36:21 pm
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tell me what to type in. i want to see that one.
check this one out from STL.
Carrier Flight
Number Departing Arriving Aircraft
Type
City Date & Time City Date & Time
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES 7112 STL St Louis 10/11/2005 07:25 AM MEM Memphis 10/11/2005 08:37 AM D93
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST 4228 MEM Memphis 10/11/2005 10:25 AM ATL Atlanta 10/11/2005 12:41 PM CRJ
DELTA AIR LINES
805 ATL Atlanta 10/11/2005 01:25 PM LIT Little Rock 10/11/2005 01:57 PM M80
DELTA AIR LINES
1841 LIT Little Rock 10/11/2005 02:45 PM ATL Atlanta 10/11/2005 05:20 PM M80
DELTA AIR LINES
176 ATL Atlanta 10/11/2005 06:10 PM CVG Cincinnati 10/11/2005 07:41 PM 763
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY COMAIR 4953 CVG Cincinnati 10/11/2005 09:05 PM STL St Louis 10/11/2005 09:26 PM CR7
Average Fare per Person - 84.49000000000001 USD
Passenger Type Used in Pricing Fare per Person Additional Taxes and Fees per Person Total Price
1 Adult
84.49000000000001 USD
47.20000000000001 USD
131.69 USD
Total Price 131.69 USD
Indy
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 08:10:37 pm
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I like the run you came up with. Thats all one ticket right? BTW on mine I did the run from IND to BOI. It wasn't STL to BOI.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 01:49:08 am
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thanks. there is another option. this one runs you through Cincinnati twice instead of Atlanta twice. the one through Atlanta can be challenging with having to switch concourses, etc., but it could be fun. plus you know my thoughts on CRJ's.
Average Fare Per Person - 84.49 USD
Fare Alert: Nonrefundable fare. Change fee associated with fare.
Carrier Flight
# Departing Arriving Aircraft
Type Cabin
Base Miles Meals Travel Time
City Date & Time City Date & Time
1 hr
12 min
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES 7112 STL
St Louis 10/11/2005 07:25 AM MEM
Memphis 10/11/2005 08:37 AM D93 Economy
N/A
3 hr
52 min
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY COMAIR 5818 MEM
Memphis 10/11/2005 10:20 AM CVG
Cincinnati 10/11/2005 12:52 PM CRJ Economy
N/A
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY COMAIR 5202 CVG
Cincinnati 10/11/2005 01:30 PM LIT
Little Rock 10/11/2005 02:12 PM CRJ Economy
N/A
6 hr
41 min
DELTA AIR LINES
1841 LIT
Little Rock 10/11/2005 02:45 PM ATL
Atlanta 10/11/2005 05:20 PM M80 Economy
N/A
DELTA AIR LINES
176 ATL
Atlanta 10/11/2005 06:10 PM CVG
Cincinnati 10/11/2005 07:41 PM 763 Economy
N/A
DELTA AIR LINES
OPERATED BY COMAIR 4953 CVG
Cincinnati 10/11/2005 09:05 PM STL
St Louis 10/11/2005 09:26 PM CR7 Economy
N/A
Indy
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:23:58 am
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I about spit my drink out on this one...
Itinerary 1 Lowest fare based on the options you selected. Price per passenger: $1,104.79 (USD) Select
Carrier
Flight # Cabin &
Class Departs Arrives Stops View
Seats
From Time/Date To Time/Date
Delta 5221 * Coach (Q) STL 7:35am
11 Oct 2005 CVG 9:48am
11 Oct 2005 0 View Seats
*Operated by Delta Codeshare Partner. Click flight number to view flight details.
Delta 5197 * Coach (Q) CVG 11:05am
11 Oct 2005 IND 10:57am
11 Oct 2005 0 View Seats
*Operated by Delta Codeshare Partner. Click flight number to view flight details.
Delta 5197 * Coach (Q) IND 11:17am
11 Oct 2005 CVG 1:05pm
11 Oct 2005 0 View Seats
*Operated by Delta Codeshare Partner. Click flight number to view flight details.
Delta 5770 * Coach (Q) CVG 1:40pm
11 Oct 2005 STL 2:01pm
11 Oct 2005 0 View Seats
*Operated by Delta Codeshare Partner. Click flight number to view flight details.
stlgph
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 02:34:41 pm
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Location: St. Louis, MO
i looked at something like that, too.
a mileage run i found interesting starting in STL was STL to ORD to IND to IAD to ORD (on the 777) and then back to STL. all on United, clocking in in the mid $250's. included the ER, 737, E70, and 737 on the way home.
i'm kinda itching to get back to the IND airport just to see Air Tran and what Northwest looks like there and no ATA, etc.