What do you tell your family and friends when they ask 'how do you manage to travel in J or F?' or 'why are you going to Guam?' or 'why are you flying that particular airline' or 'how come you can do all these things but I can't?'
I have a few close friends who I have explained various deals to (such as USDM - had an absolute hoot taking my best mate to Japan and Guam a few months ago ll J) but they are complicated and have loads of rules and quirks so they really have to have an interest in it to understand it (my parents dont get it). I have even more friends that just complain about how unfair it is and how lucky I am but when I start to explain it they just zone out because they are not interested enough to fix a problem - they would prefer to just complain about it.
While I'd be happy to share something like .br with friends I wouldn't try and explain USDM to someone I ran into on the street - I just coyly say 'oh, I used points'.
(By the way a lot of people here obviously travel weekly for work so have more points than they know what to do with. I'm talking about those of us who don't and have to find creative ways to get points).
I have a few close friends who I have explained various deals to (such as USDM - had an absolute hoot taking my best mate to Japan and Guam a few months ago ll J) but they are complicated and have loads of rules and quirks so they really have to have an interest in it to understand it (my parents dont get it). I have even more friends that just complain about how unfair it is and how lucky I am but when I start to explain it they just zone out because they are not interested enough to fix a problem - they would prefer to just complain about it.
While I'd be happy to share something like .br with friends I wouldn't try and explain USDM to someone I ran into on the street - I just coyly say 'oh, I used points'.
(By the way a lot of people here obviously travel weekly for work so have more points than they know what to do with. I'm talking about those of us who don't and have to find creative ways to get points).