Originally Posted by
iahphx
As you probably can tell, the flyertalk crowd is very into int'l biz class travel. I'm the exception to the rule, probably because: 1) I have a family; and 2) we travel a lot. Even with tons of churning, I'd quickly run out of miles if we always travelled up front.
Thanks for the input on this. I have a young child (and maybe another in the future). We have a lot of places in North/Central America that we still want to see and not a lot of vacation time, so it might make sense for us to book economy anyway and stretch the miles. I guess once I build up a miles cache we'll see if the bug bites me - I have never flown business or first, so I suppose I'll have to do it once internationally for the experience.
That isn't to take away from the OP or many FTers who love the big trips - I think they sound great and if I had the vacation time to burn I'd be doing it too. We're more likely to take 4 or 5 day trips over weekends so I think that it does make sense for us to milk the miles somewhat, with an occasional long trip. I also don't see myself putting as much time into collecting miles as many others here.