Originally Posted by
lwildernorva
Hope you got that I was kidding. I gather what I need. I use what I can. I've learned a lot from a lot of posters here, including you. I have no desire to do one of these posts telling the world what I've gotten. The best part of FT to me is that there are so many different individuals going towards so many different goals. I learn some interesting things from all different types of people, the experienced to the newbies.
The idea that you (just to be clear, in case I wasn't earlier, I mean the generic "you") have the most seems irrelevant so long as you get to where you want, in the way you want to get there. A resource like FT can help anybody do that for a whole lot less than they could have ever imagined so long as they're open to the information presented.
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Comparing miles/points balances is pretty pointless (accidental pun but I'll claim it!). A high balance could mean somebody travels a lot or it could easily mean someone does a lot of credit cards but doesn't travel enough to use any of the bonuses. On the other hand low balances could mean somebody doesn't travel enough or spend enough to collect them or it could mean somebody is continually running through them and never gives his miles a chance to gather dust.
Personally I'd rather have low balances due to traveling a lot then having millions of miles and never going anywhere.
But either way, you can't tell a whole lot from comparing balances. And who wants to anyway?