Originally Posted by
sosafan
One consideration (aside from he miles/$ rate) is if you'll ever use the miles on something else. The more miles you have,
the less they are worth. Can you ever have too many miles? yes.
My theory on biz travel is that it divides sharply between people who get way too much and those who get little to none. Airlines have done their de-vals just in time for Baby Boomers who were saving the miles to use in retirement to get quite a bit less than they thought they were going to get.
Though those of us who were with Continental in the early aughts can remember when they did an "award auction" with things like baseball tickets or travel experiences being put up for bid (with miles). Some reached insane levels.
I've probably earned about 3M miles lifetime and have spent 2.8M of those. Am just glad I spent the 2.8M when I did because they'd buy quite a bit less now.