I have a confession to make. I travel a lot (my fiancé lives in Houston, and I live in Boston). I also like to travel. As a result, I have low-tier Medallion frequent flier status on Delta. There is an established ritual/rite of passage within the frequent flyer community known as a "mileage run" - basically, you buy a low fare to fly several thousand miles for the sole purpose of acquiring SkyMiles to earn or keep elite status. If you have ever been to FlyerTalk.com, there are dozens of fora devoted to such endeavors.
Why does this matter?
Because I am crazy enough to actually be mileage running this weekend.
My itinerary?
Boston, MA to Detroit, MI
Detroit, MI to Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT to Oakland, CA
Oakland, CA to Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA to Detroit, MI (redeye)
Detroit, MI to Boston, MA
All in all, I will fly 5800 miles in about 25 hours. This includes about one- to two-hour layovers at each airport. I have SkyClub access courtesy of my credit card, and I got upgraded to first class on both of the legs through Oakland, so I plan to spend most of the trip stitching and sipping cocktails (even if I have to pay for a few in the air). :) Not a bad way to kill a Saturday, eh?
If anyone wants to follow along on my Twitter (@LesBtchMoreStch), I will tweet updates and/or pics from every stop. Look for #TransConStitchAThon hash tags! I will also have a post-trip debriefing blog entry on Monday. I may make a quick blog update en route, too. I am really excited! I realize some of you may think I'm crazy, but I have been looking forward to this ever since I bought the tickets in August.
Oh, and because it's been awhile since I posted a freebie, here is a free cross stitch banana pattern for you Internetters.
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| Free banana cross stitch pattern. For personal use only. (c) Erin E. Turowski, 2012. |
Wish me luck! This is my first mileage run, so hopefully I am back to normal on Monday.
See you soon, readers,
-Erin
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