Originally Posted by
aktchi
I understand seeing the world by stopping in various cities. I also understand MRs and accumulating miles. What I don't understand is flying convoluted
award itineraries where you neither earn miles nor get stopovers but only see airports and aircraft cabins. However, to each his own.
If those are new experiences, i find them to be pretty compelling. I love airports, always have, ever since I was a little kid. If it's not too out of the way, I like routing through an airport I've never visited.
If it's an aircraft or cabin or airline I've never experienced and it seems interesting, i might book my award travel in such a way as to experience it.
Sometimes using an award is like taking the airline for a test drive. You can test it before spending your money on it.
At the same time, it might be something that we would never be able to experience (such as premium cabin travel)