Maximum SC's using YUP's

[harvyk]

Hi all

If you had 1 week in the US where you could take as many flights (from \ to anywhere in the US, starting \ ending at LAX) as possible in order to earn maximum number of SC's (thus making SG \ WP from PS) where would you go, what flights would you use and how much would it cost (estimate).

Think early October this year for timings.

 

[samh004]

You might find some are unwilling to disclose the best runs on a public forum for fear of them disappearing

 

[serfty]

1.4K SC's can easily be earned in a week - you'd even have time to "smell the roses" here and there.

e.g. LAX-ORD-MIA-SKB rt earns 640 sc's and costs USD1220.

 

[QF WP]

You might find some are unwilling to disclose the best runs on a public forum for fear of them disappearing

Not here, we're generally a friendly lot...just see serfty's post above

Certain routes get tightened (the popular ones where they recognise they are selling a lot of these fares?), but there are always others that probably turn up as being cheap...

 

[Foreigner]

1.4K SC's can easily be earned in a week - you'd even have time to "smell the roses" here and there.

e.g. LAX-ORD-MIA-SB rt earns 640 sc's and costs USD1220.

SB?

Any suggestions out of LAS? I would be there for a week in Dec.

 

[serfty]

SB? ...

Oops - that's SKB !

 

[JohnK]

You might find some are unwilling to disclose the best runs on a public forum for fear of them disappearing

Now who would do such a thing? :shock:

Not here, we're generally a friendly lot...just see serfty's post above

That is but one example.

 

[samh004]

1.4K SC's can easily be earned in a week - you'd even have time to "smell the roses" here and there.

e.g. LAX-ORD-MIA-SKB rt earns 640 sc's and costs USD1220.

Wow, if I were able to get myself to LAX on a cheap ticket in Jan I could be Plat before I got home, but alas, I’m going to be happy with SG.

Not here, we're generally a friendly lot...just see serfty's post above

I guess there are enough that it’s not a problem, but I’ll bet the best kept secrets are secret for a reason

 

[JohnK]

I guess there are enough that it’s not a problem, but I’ll bet the best kept secrets are secret for a reason

Don't see anyone discussing the special CX airfares anymore. Probably because they are not so special now.

 

[samh004]

Don't see anyone discussing the special CX airfares anymore. Probably because they are not so special now.

There was a thread last week about them, or in relation to them, and how they couldn’t get a deal anymore as they all seemed a lot higher for some odd reason

 

[JohnK]

There was a thread last week about them, or in relation to them, and how they couldn’t get a deal anymore as they all seemed a lot higher for some odd reason

I wonder why? And the silly part about it all is the people that continue to discuss them have never ever used them or intended to use them. I am stuck in TPE end of this year and at the moment the airfares are over 25% more expensive than they were recently.

YUPs and KUPs are great if you can get to the USA but I bet you that the best ones are kept a secret for a reason.

And yes I know this is a frequent flyer forum and the right thing to do is to share advice but advice is useless if the deals no longer exist....

 

[ozmille]

Hi,

How can you calculate the SC's you earn for a YUP/KUP trip? I tried the AA website but no luck there. Are the KUP fares automatic upgrade as well or is that a different fare?

Cheers,

Mille

 

[moa999]

How can you calculate the SC's you earn for a YUP/KUP trip? I tried the AA website but no luck there. Are the KUP fares automatic upgrade as well or is that a different fare?

Both auto-upgrades just booked out of different economy classes (K or Y). The Y is obviously more flexible if you have to change the flight.

For SCs, I use Mileage Monkey - plug the routing into the oneworld explorer validator and tick ignore errors. QF SCs shown down the bottom.
MileageMonkey 0.95022

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Why would CX sell dirt cheap seats if the flights are full most of the time? There is still some very good deals, the ex-TPE flights are cheaper when purchased on the weekend, and for flights very close to the departure date. you can still get some good deals, chill out!

 

[ozmille]

Both auto-upgrades just booked out of different economy classes (K or Y). The Y is obviously more flexible if you have to change the flight.

For SCs, I use Mileage Monkey - plug the routing into the oneworld explorer validator and tick ignore errors. QF SCs shown down the bottom.
MileageMonkey 0.95022

Am I reading the Mileage Monkey correctly when I look at sfo-lax-las-dfw-rdu-mia-bgi? Does this mean that a AUD1575 (KUP fare booked in A and I class) ticket gives me 1280 SC's?:shock:

Mille

 

[drewbles]

Am I reading the Mileage Monkey correctly when I look at sfo-lax-las-dfw-rdu-mia-bgi? Does this mean that a AUD1575 (KUP fare booked in A and I class) ticket gives me 1280 SC's?:shock:

Mille

You'd be looking at 60+60+90+90+90+80 for a total of 470 SC's for that routing. Double for return.

You'd be better off looking at say SFO-LAX-LAS-DFW-ORD-JFK-MIA-BGI instead. This will net you 560 each way instead of the 470. Not sure of pricing though.

 

[serfty]

Am I reading the Mileage Monkey correctly when I look at sfo-lax-las-dfw-rdu-mia-bgi? Does this mean that a AUD1575 (KUP fare booked in A and I class) ticket gives me 1280 SC's?:shock:

You will need to differentiate between the First class and Business class segments.

i.e If sfo-lax-las-dfw-rdu-mia is in First and mia-bgi is in business then do them separately and add the SC's tallies together.

so, in this case the "first" segments earn 390 SC's and the "biz" earns 80 giving a total of 470.

 

[ozmille]

You'd be looking at 60+60+90+90+90+80 for a total of 470 SC's for that routing. Double for return.

You'd be better off looking at say SFO-LAX-LAS-DFW-ORD-JFK-MIA-BGI instead. This will net you 560 each way instead of the 470. Not sure of pricing though.

I knew it was to good to be true. Still 940SC's and a couple of places I have never been too are not too bad for 1600 dollars.

 

[ozmille]

You will need to differentiate between the First class and Business class segments.

i.e If sfo-lax-las-dfw-rdu-mia is in First and mia-bgi is in business then do them separately and add the SC's tallies together.

so, in this case the "first" segments earn 390 SC's and the "biz" earns 80 giving a total of 470.

Would anybody know of similar possibilities to do trips like this? I am looking at Feb next year.

 

[drewbles]

Would anybody know of similar possibilities to do trips like this? I am looking at Feb next year.

Do a search for YUP/KUP fares as well as throwing in some of the examples in this thread.

YUP/KUP fares are available all the time, but they do vary per route and time of year, but the best way is to look around on aa.com (and search here )