I happen to earn most of my miles on business trips (but nowhere near as many on some of these boards) but am always looking for quick cheap ways to augment those miles by using my own funds.

Try to book most of your travel on a signle aireline or alliance (i.e. I belong to AA's programme and have earned Platinum status with them). This way your miles will accumulate faster and in one account that you can hopefully use for that dream holiday. Also visit your airline's website and register for all their bonus offerings. I never travel to Asia but have registered for all AA's Asian bonuses "just in case" but I have managed to earn 10's of thousands of bonus miles on my flights to Europe.

Also, consider getting a mileage earning credit card and putting all your spending on the card. I, again, earn lots of miles this way.

Finally, check out other ways to earn miles. Tango mentioned Kellogg's certs for AA miles, and you can try AOLAAdvantage.com and look at opinion place. Take a survey and earn 150 miles. Doesn't seem like much but every mile helps.

Good luck and welcome to our crazy addiction.

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I wish I were 1,000 miles away