Originally Posted by travellermatt

If coming out of LAX, why not try LAX-IAH (with two stops, many options to choose from, PHX, DFW, etc) and return the next day via the same method. Just looked for a weekend in September. Fly out Sat 19th, back sun 20th. $420 each direct, so $840 total. 720 teir points... $1.15 per TP... Which is about £0.76 per TP, which looking at the Wiki is about as good as it gets at the moment...