These super cheap $70 DFW-ORD fares have been popping up lately and while availability is somewhat limited, you can find scatter dates every other week during April and May.
Bookable on Google Flights or directly on AA.com
Category: Mileage Runs
Wide Open: LOT/Swiss Chicago to Zurich~$1900 R/T in Business Class
A great business class deal on the LOT Polish 787 Dreamliner in Business Class. Wide open dates in Spring-Summer 2016.
Nearly all dates are operated by LOT and connecting on to Swiss in Warsaw.
Bookable on LOT’s own website via Google Flights.
Happy New Year 2016!
Happy New Year my fellow travel addicts!
2015 was a great year of travel for me and I have so many great adventures to look back on! I got to try many new airline products and added several new destinations to my travel journal. New countries this year for me included Hong Kong, Macau, (if you want to be technical, special regions of China) Taiwan, Monaco, Japan, and Indonesia. Some of this journey was solo for work, some of it with friends and family.
Exploring France with some of my favorite people!
Posing with the ladies of Cathay Pacific
Indonesia Bound
Exploring Verdon Gorge in Provence
Taipei fun with Chris!
Airline firsts for me in 2016 included Air France, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, and Virgin America. I racked up 134,825 miles in 2015!
I am still planning to be AAdvantage and OneWorld loyal in 2016. While we saw lots of disappointing changes to American’s AAdvantage program in the last few months, I’m still content with American especially with their continued fleet renewal and pure convenience being based in Dallas.
First time in Monaco
My First Virgin America Flight
AirFrance Business Class
Cathay Pacific “The Bridge” Lounge at HKG
My Ride: JAL 777-300ER
2016 is already looking exciting with a few new destinations already on the agenda with Maui, Hawaii; Park City, Utah; and Budapest, Hungary to start! I’m also looking forward to my first British Airways flight and my first time back in Utah in over 10 years! If 2016 is half as fun as 2015, I have a lot to look forward to. I hope you’ll continue to follow me on Avion Addiction in 2016. I look forward to sharing my story as well as the ways you too can travel well for less!
You can always keep up with on Twitter (@benjaminj84/@avionaddiction) as well as Instagram (@benjaminj84/@avionaddiction).
Around the World from DFW – Jan/Feb 2016 for only $1456!
Around the world for only $1288 + $168? Leaving from D/FW on Jan 20, 2016 in the sample below, you can visit Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt for one great price! Operated by a mixture of Untied and Lufthansa flights. NOTE: You will need to purchase a positioning flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong as I cannot get it to price that segment for anywhere close to the same price. I found the sample below for only $168.
So all in your’re looking at $1456 to travel all the way around the globe. Not bad!
I know it’s a lot of economy miles flown but Lufthansa economy isn’t exactly torture. Dates are somewhat flexible in Jan/Feb 2016. Play around in Google Flights to find the best itinerary to suit your own dates.
One Day Adventures: Philadelphia & Eastern State Penitentiary
Like many of you fellow travel geeks, I enjoy traveling as much as I can squeeze into my wild schedule. Some of my friends call me crazy but I enjoy little one day trips. They aren’t quite mileage runs because I do actually have plans when I arrive rather than just hopping around airports. I’m starting a new post series called “One Day Adventures” documenting these little one-day getaways. My latest One Day Adventure was a Saturday visit to Philadelphia.
Getting around Philadelphia is pretty easy; it’s a very walkable city. For my One Day Adventure, the Independence Pass is the best option at $12. It includes unlimited rides on the SEPTA rail, subway, trolley, and bus system. This includes the regional rail to/from the airport and the PHLASH tourist attraction bus. The weather was quite cool but pleasant as the day warmed up. Living in Dallas, I’m used to the weather being quite warm already by April.
Eastern State Penitentiary was the primary destination during our short visit. We had lunch at Marathon in Rittenhouse Square and then hopped on the Phlash bus. I’d seen all the cool photos online and you might remember the seeing the dilapidated prison in the film 12 Monkeys. The eerinees of Eastern State is not exaggerated. It’s a fascinating look at prison technology for days past. I was intriguqed to learn that the prison operated from 1829 all the way to 1971. At $14 per adult, it’s a visit well spent. You can easily spend hours here wandering the eerie hallways, listening to the audio tour and chatting with the floating guide staff.
As required by all tourists in Philadelphia, we had to stop by the LOVE parking across from City Hall near Suburban Station. As the weather had warmed up, it was quite a popular place to be.
Philadelphia City Hall is a a massive building at the heart of the city center. It’s a magnificent beauty! This was my first time in Philly and I was incredibly impressed with the architectural beauty of the city.
Before we knew it, our short day was over. We hopped on the SEPTA rail back the airport and hung around the terminals at PHL for a bit of planespotting. I love early evening departures as there are so many international departures. Planespotting in Terminal A is great this time of day.
I constantly tell people I hate the term “staycation”. Staying home is boring. I can do that when I come home from a long day at work! All in all, we earned a decent chunk of AAdvantage miles and got to spend a whole day in a new city. Our roundtrip tickets on US Airways were only $100 from DFW to PHL. All in, we spent about $275 for the whole trip. Not bad in my book at all!
Do these type of adventures sound fun to you? Or just crazy? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Or on Twitter @BenjaminJ84 and @AvionAddiction.
DFW to Moscow – Delta – #FlightDeal – Mar 2015 – $731R/T – #SkyTeam
No surprise here with a lot of low fares to Russia from the U.S. lately but not many of them originate in D/FW.
Sample Departure Date: Wed, Mar 11, 2015
Sample Return Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2015
Airline: Delta
Routing: DFW-JFK-SVO-JFK-DFW
Total Roundtrip Fare: $731
DFW to Shanghai, Nonstop! – American Airlines – #FlightDeal or #MileageRun – Jan 2015 – $815 R/T – 5.5 CPM – #OneWorld
Here’s a weekend mileage run to Shanghai in January 2015. It’s a price good price all around. It’s also a nice nonstop flight on American. You’re only in Shanghai for 2 days but be sure to have your Chinese visa in order unless you are going to transit to a 3rd country in that 2 day period. Check Chinese visa rules for your country for details.
Sample Departure Date: Fri, Jan 23, 2015
Sample Return Date: Mon, Jan 26, 2015
Airline: American Airlines
CPM: 5.5 CPM
Total Base Mileage Earned: 14,666
Routing: DFW-PVG-DFW (nonstop)
Total Roundtrip Fare: $815
Cheap! DFW to Doha – British Airways #FlightDeal or #MileageRun – Jan 2015 – $701R/T – 4.3 CPM – #OneWorld
This is a very quick turnaround mileage run from Dallas to Doha, Qatar on British Airways. You can credit to Alaska Airlines’ Mileage Plan or American’s AAdvtange if you are U.S. based. You’re only on the ground in Doha for about 2 hours so a hotel stay is definitely not needed.
Sample Departure Date: Sat, Jam, 24. 2015
Sample Return Date: Sun, Jan 25, 2015 (arrives Mon, Jan 26)
Airline: British Airways
CPM: 4.3 CPM
Total Base Mileage Earned: 15,982
Routing: DFW-LHR-BAH-DOH-BAH-LHR-DFW
Total Roundtrip Fare: $701
Seattle to Baltimore – Delta- #FlightDeal or Weekday #MileageRun – Nov 2014 – $268 R/T – 4.8 CPM – #SkyTeam
Not everyone is able to do weekday mileage runs due to their work schedule, but if you are, here’s an easy one that only eats up one full day since the outbound segment is a redeye. Not much flexibility on dates if you’re seeking the lowest fare possibility.
Sample Departure Date: Tue, Nov 18, 2014
Sample Return Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2014 (redeye, no hotel stay needed)
Airline: Delta
CPM: 4.8 CPM
Total Base Mileage Earned: 5,506 CPM
Routing: SEA-ATL-BWI-ATL-DFW
Total Roundtrip Fare: $268
Austin to LAX – Delta- #FlightDeal or #MileageRun – Nov 2014 – $216 R/T – 3.9 CPM – #SkyTeam
Interested in a quick redeye mileage run on a Friday evening after work? There seems to be a flurry of MRs for Texas folks on Delta this week. Not many dates available with the lowest fare by other dates and/or trip lengths can be had for a bit more. This is a follow up to my Houston to LAX post yesterday.
Sample Departure Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2014
Sample Return Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2014 (redeye, no hotel stay needed)
Airline: Delta
CPM: 3.9 CPM
Total Base Mileage Earned: 5,504 CPM
Routing: AUS-ATL-LAX-ATL-AUS
Total Roundtrip Fare: $216
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