Mileage run

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A mileage run is a paid/revenue airline trip designed solely for gaining maximum frequent flyer miles and/or points for no other reason than to gain the miles and/or points.^[1]

Sometimes, a frequent flyer will embark on a mileage run for the purpose of boosting their frequent flyer account balance. For example, if a person is trying to raise their frequent flyer balance to a certain level in order to redeem an award ticket, they may "take a mileage run" in order to boost their account balance. This scenario is particularly useful if the traveler has already achieved some sort of elite status as they will be earning bonus miles on top of their actual flight miles, and consequently they will reach their goal much sooner.^[1]

Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, suspicion levels with air travel have been higher. As such, individuals that are travelling on itineraries with multiple stops, and short time in between the outbound and return segment, can be considered suspicious at times by airline personnel who encounter these iteneraries. Similarly, travelers on international mileage runs can raise suspicions of immigration officials, since they have a short stay at the country they travel to and no official destination, other than the airport terminal.