I write this inflight on a Delta redeye from SNA to ATL, as today's flights turned into complete chaos when a surprise snow storm hit Seattle Sunday afternoon while Daniel and I were taking our mileage run.  We pulled out from the gate and then as we were about to taxi to the runway, they closed the runway because the conditions had deteriorated to the point where the runways were dangerous, and needed to be plowed.  So we returned to the gate, the delay grew until the point where ...

Well what started out to be a simple mileage run from London to Denver on UNITED, turned out to be a bit more exciting. I booked the following flights:

LHR-ORD-DEN

with a return

DEN-EWR-LHR

I was using two systemwide upgrades to confirm all the flight including the CO flights, I was looking forward to checking out the CO Business First product.

Then the forecast was not looking good to fly thru New York, so I called UNITED and got rerouted via ORD on ...

 As everyone here at upgrd.com knows, Priority Club is one of the most generous hotel loyalty programs, with all of their great promotions that are stackable.  Of course right now everyone is in the middle of enjoying their Sweet Dilemma promotion, but they have also launched a Black Friday promotion, exclusively through twitter.  For each stay that includes a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night stay, you receive $50 credit that can be used on any airline.  The only catches ...

Doing my regular checking of avaition blogs, I found a link to this contest.  I don't think anybody here would complain about a free mileage/segment run. And for those charitably minded, they are also donating 5 miles for each entry.  While not a lot, it does build up when you figure out the number of people registering.

So, what sort of run would you construct if you won the contest? 

Last month, Delta introduced the following promotion for flights originiating and terminating in the following cities: Raleigh-Durham (RDU), St. Louis (STL), Pittsburgh (PIT), Nashville (BNA)

5,000 bonus miles plus double MQMs when you fly to Delta hub cities—Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York/JFK and Salt Lake City 10,000 bonus miles plus double MQMs for flights to all other cities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the ...

Another great deal for all you Star Alliance mileage runners and those wishing to visit St. Louis from Los Angeles or LAX from STL.

United is offering Los Angeles - St. Louis r/ts from the end of August through December for $160 round-trip including taxes. Depart on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday. Same day turns are available. Book at united.com.

The best same-day routing I found was LAX-DEN-STL-SFO-LAX. If you're willing to overnight in STL, you can route through DFW and ORD (LAX-DFW-ORD-STL-ORD-DFW-LAX) for even more miles. That itinerary would earn 5,074 base miles. 

As always with these cheap fares, book now if you are interested.