What is Mileage Run?
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A mileage run is a trip for the sole purpose of earning frequent-flier miles; a trip to absolutely anywhere at all assuming that the fare is cheap enough so that the miles balance out the cost.
Samir Bhatnagar is about 3,000 miles short of platinum status in the Northwest Airlines WorldPerks program, and he's willing to go to great lengths to attain elite status for 2006; He searches the Internet for a cheap fare to Europe, Las Vegas or the West Coast and he will most likely take a mileage run before year's end.
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