Depends how you earn your 60000 miles. 3 Trips to Australia might get you there and doesn't take much time out of your year. With Air Canada's triple qualifying miles over the last two weeks you could have boosted it quickly as well. If you are like most people and do dozens of small trips -- it can be tough on the family if they are overnight trips, especially if you have kids. Make sure you invite your significant other and kid along for at least a few of the trips, especially to a location where they can go to the zoo, amusement parks, science museums, go shopping etc. It is best to do this while the kids are younger. I would actually pull my kid out of school for a few weeks each year to go travelling and she still won top marks, scholarships and all round achievement awards. I think the travel broadens their outlook. When kids get into high school this becomes tougher as they are more into their friends than their parents and may not want to go away unless they can take their friend. Look at it as a short term sacrifice -- you wouldn't want to be on this travel treadmill for all your life. Make time for each other and don't forget your duties around the house and yard! The perks for the family are the bonus -- we have been on several North American trips, two trips to Australia, and one trip to Africa all on free tickets for the whole family. Make sure the family helps in planning the next destination.