Before FlyerTalk, I was an amateur travel hacker - mainly dealing with Aadvantage and Disney Rewards - and a cash back fiend. With FlyerTalk, I have realized just how amateur I was and save cash back, if less than 5%, only for when I am not meeting a minimum spend requirement. My wife and I have racked up 204k combined BA miles, 77k additional AAdvantage miles, 224k Capital One Venture miles, 120k HHonors points (on our way to 280-300k shortly), 45k SPG Points (on our way to 80k shortly), 80k US Airways Dividend Miles, and 30k Continental OnePass miles (before July 19th - We are holding out for bigger United bonuses....). Thank You, FT colleagues.