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Do you have to actually take the flight, or is buying the ticket enough?
by redblacktree 12y ago
Do you have to actually take the flight, or is buying the ticket enough?
- rjbrock 12y agoYou have to actually take the flight. Points aren't awarded unless you have checked in and flown
- mherdeg 12y agoModern "mileage runs" require the travel to actually be completed. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, people used to go on "baht runs", buying a cheap Thai Airways airpass that allowed many segments of intra-Thailand travel for a very low price, and earning many "qualifying segments" on TG's partner carriers, allowing people to make top-tier United status for under $1000 (by getting 100+ qualifying segments). There were reports that some people didn't actually fly the trips (e.g. supposedly some people paid locals to board with their boarding passes). These days, like the "pudding guy" and the "buying Treasury bonds with credit cards" and the "dollar coins", are over.
- LandoCalrissian 12y agoI remember reading a story where a guy was paying people in some Asian country to take flights for him so he could get miles. I recall it working out for him.