Hi all:
I am looking for opinions as to what is the best use of frequent flyer miles for my situation. I am part of a family of five. I am thinking of using miles primarily to buy Business class seats for long haul flights on big family trips. In this case, it seems to make sense to build miles on, say, American and United because between them you can also cover a lot of international carriers. I also have an AMEX platinum card which has the international two-for-one benefit and am thinking that if I use that benefit to get four tickets, I should try to build miles for the third full price business class ticket we need to buy. Is this logic sound? Should I be using miles to upgrade to business class instead of using them to buy entire tickets? Should I be thinking in another way entirely? Any advice would be most appreciated.