Valuemags was HUGE
The Starwood to Qantas transfer netted a few Concord tickets as well (for about $1500 per round trip)
I recall a thread about the “Mexican Hat Dance.” Something about hoping back and forth across the border. Never did it, but it was huge in the early days of FT.
Bangkok-Phuket flights on Thai. They were dirt cheep ($15 one way or something). FTers would fly back and forth for a few days, earning 1K status quickly!
On United, 500 upgrade coupons was “as the crow flies.” One could fly LAX-JFK-SFO for a MR and use one 500 miler to upgrade the whole journey, as it was calculated LAX-SFO.