{"id":3561,"date":"2013-03-13T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2013-03-06T20:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T03:43:49","slug":"trip-report-the-comfy-run-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3561","title":{"rendered":"Trip Report: The Comfy Run – Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/a>
\nSeattle to San Francisco<\/a>
\nAloft San Francisco Airport<\/a>
\nSan Francisco to Atlanta<\/a>
\nAtlanta to Newark<\/a>
\nFairfield Inn & Suites Newark<\/a>
\nNewark to Minneapolis<\/a>
\nMinneapolis to San Francisco<\/a>
\nSan Francisco to Seattle<\/a>
\nConclusion<\/a><\/p>\n

This trip though seemingly was meant to be a comfortable one, by the end of Sunday night I was about ready to murder people. I was tired, cranky and bored and I just wanted to get home and sleep. Totally different to how I ended my Dallas run, and it was in economy!<\/p>\n

I got a lot out of this trip, I have worked down my processes on booking\/organising these runs. I have helped develop my choices and rules in regards to hotel stays etc. I even decided I need to get my butt back to Atlanta. But the main thing I got out of this run was the points.<\/p>\n

Lets break it down. My United flights were credited to Aegean and got me the following:<\/p>\n

SEA-SFO – 500 Points
\nSFO-SEA – 500 Points
\nTotal – 1000 Points<\/p>\n

Not much, but its better than nothing.<\/p>\n

My Delta flights though… they earned big time:<\/p>\n

SFO-ATL – 3209 Points & 80 Status Credits
\nATL-EWR – 1118 Points & 40 Status Credits
\nEWR-MSP – 1512 Points & 60 Status Credits
\nMSP-SFO – 2384 Points & 80 Status Credits
\nTotal – 8223 points & 260 Status Credits<\/p>\n

That is well over the half of the 400 Status credits I need to requalify for the year. I am well and truly requalified now for 2013 and the awesome thing is I am stretching towards platinum. The only thing this trip did not get me was my minimum 4 segments with VA. This has been covered by my trip home in April. <\/p>\n

Looking back at what I actually did and the reviews, I will have to say that Delta Skyclubs are far superior compared to United Clubs, that my experience comparing say premium check in and services between Delta & United is pretty much on par with each other (though the Delta Phone App still has a bit of work to go compared to United in keeping boarding passes active) and there is no real winner here. Onboard services looking at the two. I would say United is better for hot drinks with the bigger cups, Delta better for cold drinks and the free snacks (Untied gives you nothing). First class, well I only did Delta on this but compared to United. I would go with Delta.<\/p>\n

The trip overall was a major success but I know a few things I will be doing in the future with these kinds of runs:<\/p>\n

1. No layover Greater than 2 hours if possible
\n2. Try to pick hotels that are either close to food or have a restaurant on site
\n3. If less than 6 hours at a hotel, cheap and comfortable is ok.
\n4. Try to get back home at least before 10pm so I can get some sleeep!
\n5. Steer clear of the Trail mix and Chocolate coated pretzels<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Comfy Run<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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