As you say we're all different. I'm still at the stage that I just want a free (although as mentioned elsewhere it's been paid for thru travel) trip. Since I live in Korea, all my trips are international but are usually within Asia. Hopefully with FT knowledge, I'll get smarter about how to earn & spend my miles. I've already earned more non-flying miles in the month I've been lurking on FT than in the previous 2.5 years of being a FF member. The amounts aren't big (yet) but baby steps ...