Originally Posted by
dartagnan
And yes, $10 or (more likely $20) is dear to me. I'm not made of money. Sadly, however, I'm made of miles. There's a condition where using tickets for flights like this does prove beneficial - when you don't make enough money to use the miles on a trip to Europe, Asia, and other far flung places.
I certainly can understand your frugality, however I used miles for a trip to SE Asia where I paid a whopping $22 in taxes and hotels will cost me about $30-$40 a day. IMO, my 4 days in SE Asia will cost me about the same as a weekend in Vegas. YMMV.