American Airlines has a contest titled One Big Million offering one million frequent flier points to those who are AAdvantage Members, register for the contest and purchase one ticket between now and March 5th, 2009. 

http://www.aa.com/onebigmillion/

Look for other contests and bonuses for other frequent flier programs and do register.  Why?  Because it quite literally costs you nothing and could well offer you more points.  Many airlines offer “bonuses” for traveling on certain routes or to certain destinations but you must register for the bonuses BEFORE booking the trip.  One coach trip to Belgium once netted me 21,000 miles total.  Another to Baltimore earned me 7,000 miles total. 

Ordinarily I no longer believe in hunting miles but if airlines offer these kind of bonuses, it really is quite possible to get yourself a domestic ticket in short time even if you are the casual flier.  The trick is, don’t horde the miles, use them instead.

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