Originally Posted by as219

Is it sick for me to do this? GF wants to do Italy next spring, which I know is reachable with *A, but then I won't get the BIS credit toward 500-milers! I'm trying to steer her to, oh, say, Singapore

The whole thing got me wondering... How often do FT'ers, shall we say, "indirectly adjust" vacation destinations to maximize miles? (GF busted me last year when I tried to do LGA-IAD-LHR instead of a straight shot... Why do you care so much about the miles, she asked. )