Originally Posted by wanaflyforless

How are you choosing where you go? Bases on fares or based on where you want to fly?

Basically, in my book, in order for it to be a MR, you need to choose the trip based on how you can get the most miles out of it. If you spend time there, it still can be a MR in my book, just not a pure one. But taking a trip you already have and trying to get extra miles out of it is a little different. Here you will be paying a lot more for the miles...so miles can hardly be the motivation unless you actually prefer buying things for $400 when they same can be had for $200. In this case, in a sense, the purchase is the miles you are flying. If you are doing a mileage run, you choose a place where you get the most miles for the least $. You might happen to vacation there to. If you are on vacation and trying to add some miles while you are at it, you choose a place you want to vacation....