So happy to see some enthusiasm finally! Yes, that is exactly my point. My income is such that I can't afford to purchase full-fare first class at whim, but can afford to pay more than coach fair and want to travel in j or f. Basically ill pay around 700-1000 a ticket as need be for longer haul travel. There seem ways to do this, but the airlines cap how many miles you can buy, so we find work arounds. Bankdirect is ultimately not the best because once you have enough money to make it worthwhile (300-400k miles per year) that becomes real capital to invest somewhere else and make a 5-10 percent return. But would I spend 4k to buy 400k airlines miles I could redeem for 4 rt f tickets to europe Asia that would normally cost 10-15k each, thus getting 40-60k of value for four grand? Certainly! And the bigger loopholes we find, the more it's worth it. Think of finding a way to get miles at half a penny. You'd go nuts and just do aa anytime awards in first whenever you wanted. And we are the intelligent guys and gals to find just those opportunities. The FTD idea was great- I'm doing a trial run and just bought 2 certs I'm putting on bay a
To see what happens. If it works maybe I can buy a million miles on the airline(s) of my choosing at a penny a mile. For the last 6 months us has been effectively selling them in unlimited quantity for between a cent and a cent and a half.

So nice to see some more enthusiasm here! And what more I find in this realm, what more good ideas, I shall post immediately.

Happy hunting!