use my frequent flier miles

I finally used a bunch of my frequent flier miles last month to attend a film festival. Felt great to get something for all of my travel over many many years!

Right now I am hoarding my miles, earning them for non-flight activity. It doesn’t protect my elite status, but I am accruing miles almost daily.

I used to collect them on everything; credit cards, cereal boxes, restaurants. I used 75,000 miles for a round-trip ticket to Australia. It worked really well; I saved a thousand bucks and I think it made me more patient.

Between all of the miles earned flying, credit cards, shopping on line through the airlines websites, and grocery miles, I have traveled coast to coast on miles several times. It’s so worth doing!

I just flew JetBlue for the first time – for the first four times, actually, as I had two cross-country flights – and I never want to fly another airline again. Plus you get double frequent flier points when you book online. Sorry to sound like a commercial, but man, it was such a great flying experience. You get DirecTV at your seat with your own little TV! Very cool. Now I can try to use up my frequent flier miles on other airlines and focus on building up more JetBlue points.

I currently have quite a lot on account of flying so much earlier in the year, so I hope to be able to use them soon.

Week after Christmas – 2 roundtrip tix to Vancouver to go snowboarding in Whistler :)

Tomorrow – 1 roundtrip ticket to Houston for my dad’s funeral in Texas :(

I’ve got about 15k miles left….

I’ve gone so many places on miles—Toronto, Salt Lake City, Hawaii, China…I’m even using miles to go see my good friend in Texas soon. I’m not earning them as much anymore these days, so I’m trying to enjoy it while I can.

I’m always tickled, as if I’m getting away with something.

As for where I’d go, take a look at 43Places… I’ve got plans.