In February, my husband and I used 140,000 Aeroplan miles each to do a “Mini-RTW” traveling around the world in 23 days. Our first flight from Toronto to Montreal in business class was what… Continue Reading

We took our annual “epic trip of the year” in August thanks to Dividend Miles from US Airways. This time we went to Almaty, Kazakhstan. It took a while to convince my wife to say yes to this… Continue Reading

Lufthansa First Class Over four days I flew about 23,000 miles-first class-from Los Angeles to Seattle to Frankfurt to Bangkok and returned via Frankfurt and Denver. I’ve heard good reviews of the… Continue Reading

Name: Ben Amster FFP miles spent: 135,000 MileagePlus miles (20,000 miles refunded) Hotel points spent: 0 Approximate fees: $148.20 in taxes Airline(s) / Routing: Lufthansa SEA-FRA (rebooked on Delta… Continue Reading

Name: tom911 [milepoint] FFP miles spent: 135,000 United Mileage Plus miles Hotel points spent: 75,000 American AAdvantage miles Approximate fees: $114.60 Airline(s) / Routing: Lufthansa Airlines from… Continue Reading

Name: Glen Sea FFP miles spent: 135,000 Mileage Plus miles and 120,000 Aeroplan miles Hotel points spent: None Approximate fees: UA: $127 and $25 phone fee Aeroplan: $163.70 and $29.60 phone fee Airline(s)… Continue Reading

Name: Steven and Helen Schwartz FFP miles spent: 250,000 miles Hotel points spent: 40,000 points plus two Hyatt Free Night certificates Approximate fees: $150 per person Airline(s) / Routing: SWISS from… Continue Reading

Name: Stephen and Ursula Sohns FFP miles spent: 240,000 miles Hotel points spent: 62,800 SPG points Approximate fees: $345 Airline(s) / Routing: Steve: KLM and Air France: Houston-Amsterdam-Capetown-Johannesburg-Paris-Washington-Houston… Continue Reading

Name: William and Natasha Barbera FFP miles spent: 120,000 Hotel points spent: 155,000 Approximate fees: Can’t recall Airline(s) / Routing: Delta NY-Rome How booked: Via telephone Type of award(s):… Continue Reading

Name: George Papadopoulos FFP miles spent: 160,000 Delta SkyMiles Hotel points spent: 40,500 Starwood points Approximate fees: $30 to Delta Airline(s) / Routing: Detroit-Atlanta-Honolulu and Honolulu-Detroit… Continue Reading