That's why some do it. If that is your goal then that is what you should focus on. Others are just trying to get the family to Disney World and back for free. That's their aspirational vacation. The kids don't want to fly to Paris in F and stay at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme, they want to go see Mickey. If a young family does not have the cash to get to Disney, then whatever coach to Orlando calculates out to in cents per mile is that families best redemption at this point in their lives. There was a big long thread a few weeks ago about using points for coach vs other classes with folks on both sides of the fence. Not everyone has the same goals. If your goal is save your points for the most expensive rack rate hotels or F flights you can find to maximize your cents per mile, then that is what you will want to focus on using your points for. I think Gary's blog and Lucky's blog will give you inspiration for that sort of thing. So find the blogs of others that have the same travel goals as you and see how they value and use their miles. MilesAbound had a nice Maldives report that mentions miles and points used: http://milesabound.com/miles-to-mald...ale-abu-dhabi/