Originally Posted by
LongviewTX
Take for example my own experience - last summer I wanted to visit Yellowstone. It cost me 60,000 miles RT ticket to get there from DFW. Following your logic I should have used these 60,000 miles to fly somewhere in Europe to get a better value. The only challenge is I didn't care for Europe. Or for Hawaii. Or Alaska. I wanted to see Yellowstone, not Iceland with a creative routing including stopovers in Europe. I saw what I wanted and have never regretted a single mile I redeemed for this trip regardless of the value.
Different people have different attitude - some with choose a destination and then try to minimize the miles to get there while some don't care about the destination as long as they get a mind-blowing c/point value. There's simply not a right answer to the original OP question.
Exactly.
Plus I often don't want to be captive at a resort either paying ludicrous prices for things ($10 cokes), or taking a bunch of meals in a hotel lounge to save cash. The Maldives don't appeal to me because they're the ne plus ultra of captive resorts for people waaaaaaay richer than I am, with corresponding prices.