Last year, my boss (a reasonably intelligent man but with little frequent flyer savvy) was so excited because he redeemed two 25,000 miles awards to travel from DFW to Albuquerque for a long weekend. He booked well in advance so of course that same weekend, DFW to ABQ was a netsaaver at about $129 per ticket.

I mentioned that he could fly from DFW to Anchorage with a free stopover for the same number of miles (Alaska is one of his dream vacations) and he just gave me a puzzled look. He gives me the same look when he finds out that I flew to Paris for the weekend for the experience and for the miles.

Thank goodness for FlyerTalk and its great group of people who understand!