<strong>The art of the mileage run:</strong> Want to score free business class upgrades? A great way to elevate your status is to do a mileage run.
The art of the mileage run: Want to score free business class upgrades? A great way to elevate your status is to do a mileage run.
<strong>What is it?:</strong> A mileage run is a quick trip, taken with the main purpose of flying enough miles and spending enough money to qualify for elite status with an airline.
What is it?: A mileage run is a quick trip, taken with the main purpose of flying enough miles and spending enough money to qualify for elite status with an airline.
<strong>Understand how many miles you need: </strong>Want to reach top-tier status with your preferred airline? Know how many miles you'll need to fly and dollars you'll need to spend to achieve that. Then look at a calendar and figure out how many miles and dollars short you're going to be.
Understand how many miles you need: Want to reach top-tier status with your preferred airline? Know how many miles you'll need to fly and dollars you'll need to spend to achieve that. Then look at a calendar and figure out how many miles and dollars short you're going to be.
<strong>Pick the right flights: </strong>This is not a vacation. You're looking for the fastest routing with just enough miles flown and just enough dollars spent to get the job done. Be open-minded about where the journey will take you.
Pick the right flights: This is not a vacation. You're looking for the fastest routing with just enough miles flown and just enough dollars spent to get the job done. Be open-minded about where the journey will take you.
<strong>Choose the right airline: </strong>Just because you're trying for top-tier status with one airline does not mean you need to fly on that airline to secure it. In fact, in many cases, it means you shouldn't.
Choose the right airline: Just because you're trying for top-tier status with one airline does not mean you need to fly on that airline to secure it. In fact, in many cases, it means you shouldn't.
<strong>Enjoy your flights: </strong>If you've done this right, there's a good chance you'll be in a business class seat. So enjoy the early boarding, the meal and maybe even the lie-flat seat you'll be in for the next five to six to 12 hours.
Enjoy your flights: If you've done this right, there's a good chance you'll be in a business class seat. So enjoy the early boarding, the meal and maybe even the lie-flat seat you'll be in for the next five to six to 12 hours.
<strong>Enjoy your benefits: </strong>Now that you've got that status, enjoy the fact that the airline will work harder to keep you happy. You'll enjoy better seats, shorter lines and most importantly: upgrades.
Enjoy your benefits: Now that you've got that status, enjoy the fact that the airline will work harder to keep you happy. You'll enjoy better seats, shorter lines and most importantly: upgrades.