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Mileage running is really not a sport for your average traveler. Doing a mileage run without “status” is an even more arduous task, since you have to put up with a host of crappy things in chasing your miles, that your “status” would help you to avoid: Terrible seats or no prior seat selection : Using a site like SeatGuru …

There are many ways to get from point A to point B. Tonight’s trip is not about the shortest duration. The decision to fly from Chicago to Denver, then to Los Angeles, then back to Chicago and finally to Atlanta, in one night was made when I realized that flying without “elite” status was just too much to bear. So …