The First Rule of Mileage Runs

I was on a mileage run, less than 100 miles on a regional prop. The round trip used the same plane and crew. There was one class of service, with premier seating, and no beverage service.

Onboard and before the plane pushed back, a person in the premier seating started explaining a "mileage run" to the flight attendant. While she didn't care, the premier mileage runner was excitedly telling her how he would achieve 50,000 mile status. Another person spoke up and said he was running for 100,000 mile status. Another person and myself said we were both doing mileage runs. All people in premier seating did the round trip flight.

Flight attendants don't care about mileage runs. In general, it is better to say nothing to the crew about a mileage run, rather than potentially stir up problems. There is always someone bigger (the 100,000 miler) faster and better.

Asia to mainland USA

Good economy-class fares from Asia to destinations in mainland USA on Delta and United Airlines.

Expedia is showing ICN-AUS on Delta at $548.40.
    Fri, Feb 6 Departure to Austin
    5:45pm
    32h 53m, 2 stops
    SEA, ATL
    Arrives Sat, Feb 7
    From Seoul (ICN) to Seattle (SEA)
    From Seattle (SEA) to Atlanta (ATL)
    From Atlanta (ATL) to Austin (AUS)
    Sat, Feb 7 Return to Seoul
    35h 0m, 3 stops
    SLC, LAX, SEA
    Arrives Mon, Feb 9
    Overnight arrives on Mon, Feb 9
    From Seattle (SEA) to Seoul (ICN)


OneTravel is showing ICN-AUS on United Airlines for $549.90.
    Seoul Incheon (ICN)
    San Francisco (SFO)
    06:10pm - Feb 05, Thu
    11:30am - Feb 05, Thu
    United Airlines Flight 892 744
    San Francisco (SFO)
    Austin Bergstrom (AUS)
    03:04pm - Feb 05, Thu
    08:32pm - Feb 05, Thu
    United Airlines Flight 6347 E75

    Austin Bergstrom (AUS)
    San Francisco (SFO)
    07:55am - Feb 10, Tue
    10:04am - Feb 10, Tue
    United Airlines Flight 1292 738
    San Francisco (SFO)
    Seoul Incheon (ICN)
    10:55am - Feb 10, Tue
    04:15pm - Feb 11, Wed
    United Airlines Flight 893 744

United Airlines Cabin Maintenance

On a January 2015 flight to Houston IAH, the overhead bin trim was broken.  Flight attendant said the maintenance request had been put in earlier in the day.  This was on row 1, BusinessFirst.

 

For the evening meal, the selection was hamburger.  There were really no other choices for United's BusinessFirst customers.  The flight attendant provided an extra sugar-filled fruit pack.



Is there any wonder why United Airlines was ranked last in the 2014 Airline Scorecard?





A couple days later in United's Economy Plus seating on a 737-800, this seatback could have used a quick wipe-down to clean off the grime and dried beverage spills.