You're absolutely right! No one except a masochist would choose coach. It's strictly the only practical way for most of us.
I really appreciate your suggestions. However I'm confused about exactly how the SPG process works. Can you spell out the step-by-step process a person would go through in order to redeem award travel from them?
In other words, let's say I have over 60,000 points which is generally enough for one saver(?) round trip ticket to Europe. Do I have to first transfer my points to a given airline like American and THEN search through American for a free flight? Or can I search for availability on a variety of airlines and then transfer the points to that airline? If its the former, then I don't see much advantage to using SPG. Hope you can clear this up for me.
Thanks!
Bob