when you can pry them from my cold. dead. hands.

I'm the hunter/gatherer for myself and 3 non-revs, so I'm stretched pretty thin.

Seriously, though, I've stopped mentioning miles opportunities to family and most friends, as the usual cycle runs:

Them: Hey, where can I get miles to fly to XXX?
Me: Citi/AAdvantage, 75k for personal and business, do the minimum spend and you'll have 150k in your AAdvantage account in under two months. Here are the links and instructions (via email).
Them: Great! I'll do that!

two months later...

Them: Hey, where can I get miles to fly to xxx?
Me: Did you follow through with the Citi/AAdvantage plan?
Them: No, it was too complicated....
Me: