Originally Posted by maddjake

Ouch. Thanks for the extremely good information so far. I appreciate the good ideas. They've never flown business before, and since the flight to LHR is so long, that's why I thought it would be nice... I don't mind sitting in the back if it means we can get two seats.

I am definitely starting to think that miles aren't really good for much. I'm seriously thinking that they're not even worth 1.5 cents as I used to value them (which means I should probably switch to a cash rewards credit card). I have not been successful at upgrading myself using miles. You can't even buy stickers with them, like I remember back in the earlier part of this decade. Plus, forget about SAAver awards... I have only been able to book AAnytime due to the terrible availability. Even then it was barely worth it because the ticket prices were so low.