Originally Posted by
amolkold
The key with Skypence and Skypesos is to not fly on the home airline.
1) I fly Delta domestically (revenue tickets) as it it is easy to get to their hub (LGA) from where I live, they go most places I want to fly, and their planes/service are good
2) British Airways flights to Europe look pretty cheap in coach
The best is to accumulate revenue miles via these airlines and redeem rewards on their partners (Avios miles also work well on Cathay)