Originally Posted by
dbasch
Hi All,
With the help of FlyerTalk, I have managed to accumulate a fair amount of miles in the last few years.
I have mail ordered wacky items and gone on random goose chases. It has been fun and I owe it all to FlyerTalk
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Don't blame FT for that!
What are you trying to accomplish with your FF miles?
A free domestic trip every year or two?
Then collect miles with the airline that goes where you want to fly to.
An international trip in J/F every few years?
Now you have to look at alliances and award availability.
For instance, from LAX you might decide you want to fly to Oz.
Do you want to fly on United or QANTAS?
If the former collect miles with UA
If the latter collect miles with AA
Europe?
Want to fly on BA, AA, LH?
If one of the first two, collect miles on AA
The latter? UA.
Tell us what your goal is and we can help you out. Right now it looks like you are collecting miles just foe the sake of collecting miles.
Decide what your goal is and focus on the program that best suits your needs.
Oh, maybe you can use those random miles for some magazines, hotel nights, or a flight or two....