Originally Posted by
philemer
Welcome to FT! If you are planning on obtaining your ticket in the next two weeks you will not be able to accumulate very many miles & points in that time period, unless you buy them and that isn't usually smart. Most people get their large cache of miles & points through credit card offers and/or lots of flying and paid hotel nights.
I would suggest you go ahead and buy your tickets & check with the airline you choose to see if you can do a free layover in Dubai. Check prices at kayak.com and cheaptickets.com
In the mean time start reading all the recent threads on this forum and the Credit Card Programs forum.
Where will you start your trip?
THANKS for the reply!
I will start my trip out of NYC, so likely flying out of JFK.
I've heard some really great things about the Starwood American Express card. Don't some cards offer you points when you automatically sign up whether through promo or the like? I was thinking if I got lucky I could use those promo points to cover my 1 or 2 night hotel stay.