Originally Posted by
rwheuser
How do members find the where-with-all to travel extensively, to myriad locations, in first or business class and stay in the hotels they do along the way. Is it with frequent flyer point? Cr card affiliated programs? How does one accumulate enough points to allow these extensive travel itineraries.
Most of the time, it's either through subsidized work travel (employer buys the ticket, you keep the points), or by churning / manipulating affinity credit card offers. It is pretty challenging these days to accumulate meaningful points / miles balances through leisure travel alone, even if you take regular holidays. And for an irregular, occasional traveler who does not game credit cards, the FF programs are unlikely to reward the effort of "working" them.