Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26402553-20160103232528/@comment-31777021-20160105185908

Yeah, but it takes 2-3 months if you don't buy any fuel. The 30 million thing was only for outright purchasing the XFA-27 and then upgrading it to 7, so if you already have it it should just be ~25 million.

My trick for getting enough credits was to just stock up a good amount of fuel (35-60) and a few Merc. contracts, and then burn it all once there's a tournament with prizes I like and could reasonably get (basically anywhere that's not above top 1,000)