Hi guys, I am so glad that I found this website today. It is so cool to see so many people that have similar interests.

I have a general question, hope you guys can give me some ideas.

I am an student in Canada, who travel between Canada and China about once a year ( I am an chinese international student in Canada). I also travel a bit in my school breaks - for instance I flew with Alaska airline to Los angeles this year.

I am about to go back to China and come back to Canada again. This time I am wondering if I can take advantage of this long-distance flight and begin my accumulation of airmiles. Currently I am not a member of any flight program except for my airmiles card which I use when I do grocery in Safeway.

Obviously as a student I can only afford economy class ticket. Can you guys tell me whether I should capitalize my incoming asian-north american flight? Also as I mentioned I will be other trips during the year ( I am planning to go to Madrid after I come back to Canada) and I visit China every year.

All and all, does it worthwhile for me to become a member of any ff grogram, or since I don't fly a lot or I buy cheapest economy class tickets I should just not bother to enroll any ff program? If you guys think I should, any recommandations for a specific program.

Thank you very much, guys!