My first mileage run is all over and done with. O how I wish it could keep going (kind of). It was so good getting to be back up in the Air, watching the world from inside the tube, seeing new airports, new aircraft, relaxing, chilling, catching up on life. Watching it all happen around me. These are the parts of the mileage run that are fun and so great. Now it’s back to life on the ground, back to work. But isn’t that what the real life is about.

Now lets look at some of the stats. From this trip I got 2 new aircraft & 3 new airports. So that was awesome. I got a good 25% of my requalifiction done in one trip. 115 status credits out of it! That is not bad at all. Considering I get 30 points for a round trip to LAX (and have two of them on the books already, I am almost half way to requal).

I flew 5062 miles in 2 days but due to only getting partial credit out of some of the fares (thanks for being stingy Virgin/Delta) i only earned 3798 points. But this wasn’t about the points, it was all about the status credits.

One thing that I did get out of it was just how dumb the tight connections can be in the USA in winter. Snow == BAD! I will definately avoid the tight connections in MSP in the future. 90 mins+ at least in winter. That is my new rule!

At least now though I can look forward to my next run in March… this one will be interesting 2 new airports to come 😉

Dallas Mileage Run