How would you recommend non-frequent travelers to use miles?
I know general advice is to use miles for longer flights (Japan and Australia or longer) by booking about a year in advance. But I don't really plan my trips that far ahead (I can hardly even afford one-way biz class to Japan 1 year from now).
For context:
- I travel around SEA 3-4x a year
- I earn maybe 20-30K miles a year, including miles from cc spend as I am not really into the miles game
My options:
- Redeem biz class RT
- Redeem 2x economy class RT
- Redeem biz class one-way, economy return (or vice-versa) which might leave me with some spare miles
Any advice for someone who's not interested in miles gaming, but want to get the best value out of what's already there?