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Multiple Marathon Monday – Jumping the Ocean

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Written by Charlie

Welcome to a new series – Multiple Marathon MondayThis series is intended to help the current and potential marathon maniacs out there in the planning and traveling of your series of marathons. Thanks for reading and good luck!

Multiple Marathon Monday – Jumping the Ocean

This Monday’s Multiple Marathon edition will not be for everyone but was an interesting idea I thought of when writing up the Flying Blue Promo post from last week. I am sure there are a number of you that are running the Chicago Marathon on October 13th. If you live in the Chicago area, this would be even more useful for you.

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If you are signed up for the Chicago marathon, I assume this is your race of intent. This would be the race that you have planned for and spent your training on. Now, let’s assume you do fantastic (like I am sure you will!) – how do you celebrate? Or what if you have a bad race day – how do you get redemption? Head to Frankfurt two weeks later for the Frankfurt marathon!

If you are near Chicago, you are in a perfect situation to take advantage of the Flying Blue promo. Remember, these promo awards cannot be booked until after August 27th, but after that time, you will be able to book an award economy ticket on KLM or Air France for 25,000 miles round-trip (from Chicago). The fuel surcharges will be 50 euro each way plus taxes, so you should be able to book the ticket for 25,000 miles and around $150.

So, you run the Chicago marathon and less than two weeks later, hop on over to Germany on the cheap to run one of the major European marathons. This will give you another continent and another country for less than the bonus of a credit card application. Not too bad. To check which of those cards will give you those miles, check out this Flying Blue Promo post. At this time, there is great availability for those flights (remember, these will drop to 12,500 miles each way after August 27th.

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Summary:

So, what do you think? Are you up for an October double? This could be one of the cheapest ways for you to experience a marathon on two continents in the same month. If I was in Chicago, I would definitely consider this race pattern.

 

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About the author

Charlie

Charlie has been an avid traveler and runner for many years. He has run in marathons around the world for less than it would cost to travel to the next town - all as a result of collecting and using miles and points. Over the years, he has flown hundreds of thousands of miles and collected millions of miles and points.
Now he uses this experience and knowledge to help others through Running with Miles.