Originally Posted by
tehiota
Or you can combine the two. Rack up as many MP miles you can through various avenues and try and find a *A Reward for your international trip. I did this in 2010. I transferred AMEX to CO and then booked LH F (not business) IAH-FRA-ATH. The diff btw CO's BF and LH F was only another 30k miles RT and well worth it to be on top of the 747.
+1^ And you now know how much LH F blows away ANY US domestic carrier F. Did you have a chance to hit the First Class terminal in FRA?
( For those of you who don't know, LH has a dedicated terminal for F flyers where they actually take you to your plane via Mercedes limo, serve JW Blue, have a white table cloth sit down restaurant, dorm rooms for sleeping, etc.)