Thanks for the quick responses, and for the words of welcome!


>If you rarely buy return tickets you are paying a significant premium for your one-ways. Is this in economy or business class?

I usually fly economy! I only find that there's a significant premium for trans-Atlantic flights, and only sometimes.
When there is a premium, I buy "flex" returns and then change the return flight to the date/source/destination that I end up wanting, later.


>You don't say what it is you do that necessitates this kind of travel, and whether it is self-imposed or a requirement of your profession

If I were to stop, my career would suffer, but it would still survive.
I don't have a separation of life and work, so it's hard to say whether it's self-imposed or a requirement :P


>I suspect you are an ideal candidate for a real live human travel agent that can probably streamline your travel patterns and save you a lot of money.

Interesting! Why do you think they could save money in ways that I couldn't? I'm concerned that a travel agent would find me very frustrating (I often don't want to decide exactly when I'll fly until a couple of days before I fly, and sometimes I don't even know where I'm going to be flying until the last minute), and I'm not sure that I would be able to trust them. Where would you recommend that I look for a travel agent that is comfortable with my situation?


>What airlines do you fly?
>As far as the FFP go, you'll need to post much more detail regarding airlines and locations before we can start giving you really useful advice.

I just did a bunch of digging through my pile of boarding passes, and I found that I fly WestJet, United, Air Canada, and Easy Jet the most. Neat! I didn't realize - I usually don't pay attention to airlines, just to departure and arrival times.


>Member of any freq flyer programs?

Nope!


>If you concentrate your travel to one main air carrier and one main hotel chain, enroll in their programs, you will start maximizing your rewards. It is not that difficult to do this.

Interesting! So I usually like to stay at airbnbs, although I sometimes use hotel tonight. I don't necessarily want to choose my flights based on the carrier, as much as the departure/arrival times. How big of a savings is it? If I fly enough, does it matter less?


>What is your home airport?

Either London Gatwick or London Heathrow.


Thanks again !!!