Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Live: IWI; Work: DCA/Everywhere; Play: LAS/SJU/MLE
Programs: AA EXP, DL PM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Ambassador/LTP, Nat'l Exec Elite, LEYE Gold
Posts: 7,443
Back in June I had to bail myself out of Hawaii, so I used miles for a ticket to get back to Dallas, but I did it like this:
HNL-DFW
DFW-BOS
BOS-DFW(-LAX-HNL)
Not only do I have a free roundtrip to Boston anytime during the next year, but I could continue onward to Hawaii if I chose to do so as well (although then I'd have to get out of Hawaii with a paid one-way). Not bad for 35000 miles.