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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Without fail, someone will always come into the "is $20K reasonable for 2 weeks in Europe for 4 people?" posts and say that they went to Europe for 2 weeks for 4 people and spent about $4K and the OP is insane for spending anything above that.  Without fail it turns out that the $4K poster had entirely free airline tickets and accommodations due to miles and points.  :roll:

I always assume these people are autistic.  Because it's just so tone deaf. Look, I get that you got a great deal.  But it's a deal that isn't available to anyone who hasn't spend half their life on the road for work.  [b]So why criticize others for not having the deal?[/b]
People are so weird. [/quote]

Agree. I’m deep in the miles and points game and have been for close to 15 years but I don’t reply about that bc I realize it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. I enjoy the puzzle aspect of it and certainly the trips but I imagine it’s sort of like what couponing for others. I realize people get hundreds of dollars of things from the grocery store for virtually nothing but I can’t begin to be bothered to learn the rules. And I know other people feel that way about miles and points. So, yeah, to each their own, and I agree it’s an odd response.[/quote]

Feel like I could have written this post. We mostly use our points for airfare because we all 4 do horribly in a single hotel room. We also tend not to like staying in the central business district areas where a lot of chain hotels (where you can use points) are located. So vacations aren't free by any means, but we use the points to make.them cheaper, or to make them nicer- sometimes finding business class seats on long overnight flights, or splurging for two rooms at a high end hotel for one night. But yes definitely not for everyone, and it doesn't mean travel is free. [/quote]

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