Watching this forum since quite a while, I’m always fascinated in the way that frequent fliers communicate and help each others. Though I’m only a rookie in this business, I’ll do some travelling as well. Beeing a member in three major ff programs (miles&more 27.000; skymiles 5.000 and mileage plus with 1.000 miles) I wonder how to use the forthcoming miles. In October I will fly to Miami by Air France (DUS – CDG – MIA ret.) and in March 2000 I booked a flight to Christchurch (New Zealand) by Singapore Airlines (FRA – SIN – CHC ret.). In total these flights will bring approx. 35.000 miles (I hope so, because they are not full fare). I would be very glad to get some advice, how to use these miles the best way (i.e. fastest way to get a free trans-atlantic ticket). Am I right with one of my present programs or should I use any other one? Thanks for some help.