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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 5:45 pm
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Originally Posted by AnnaMcD
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.
One of your biggest challenges here may be finding 5 business class seats on the same international flights. Are you willing to fly different routes or on different dates? There's been many a post here on FT about trying to find 1 or 2 tickets on international routes, so 5, on a very popular route such as Australia, could be a challenge.

If you don't have that flexibility, you might be better going the upgrade route instead and buying a coach ticket. Some airlines require certain fare classes in order to upgrade with miles, so that's something you would need to watch for. It can get pretty complicated.
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