Originally Posted by
Reindeerflame
I have never had more success than in the last two years in avoiding payment for flights and instead flying nearly free for most of my flights.
What airlines - what routes? In the front of the plane or the back?
My primary goal with FF miles is to get free international reward travel - business class (since the 2 airlines I use the most - CO and Delta - don't have 3 class planes for the most part - maybe not at all). Or perhaps first class transcontinental (like I'lm doing JAX/ATL/LAX this year on Delta - but I wouldn't pay up in terms of miles on CO - since half the trip - JAX/IAH - is on a 2/1 Embraer). Heck - I could get all the "free" flights I want from JAX to LGA or EWR - but why would I do that if I'm using my miles at < $1 per mile? Like slider34 - I insist on getting more than $1/mile - as much as possible more.
IMO - the international front of the plane trips are where it's at IMO in terms of maximizing use of miles. Robyn