Here's what some educational deviants do with their time when not in college.
Today, I flew to Los Angeles, Chicago, and back to San Francisco.
Why, you ask?
I don't quite have an airplane fetish. But almost. I flew to Chicago for an hour today for the sole purpose of gaining miles.
You see, I had 33,789 miles on American Airlines. Those miles are of almost no use to me since I now fly exclusively on United since I will be hitting 1K (the top-tier stats) later this year. Being 1K on United means free international upgrades, free checked bags, free lounge access, and countless other perks.
Now on American 40,000 is enough for a free ticket to Europe -- and that's actually useful. Last week I saw that American was running a double mileage promo from San Francisco and Los Angeles to Chicago. So that means the 1857 miles between O'hare and SFO and LAX will be doubled.
Let's do the math:
((1857 + 1912) * 2) + 377 + 33789 = over 40,000 = free ticket to europe.
For the flight to Chicago I paid $136.79.
Not bad for a free ticket to Europe, eh?
If you want to take a dive down the rabbit hole of mileage running, check out FlyerTalk.com.
