Originally Posted by DaileyB

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Didn't realize I could check the availability of FFs online prior to booking. Did one quick look on American, and web showed that for 70,000 miles I could fly from Cincinnati to Beijing -- leaving on Dec. 2 or 5th and returning on the 12th. Is that a reasonable amount of miles for that trip. It seems so for me.

Also, how do I reserve FF miles in another person's name. Do I just log in to my account and put another person's name on the flight.

Thanks again to everyone.

DB