Yeah, while I see there's some benefit to choosing one air-miles scheme and sticking to it, I don't really understand these people for whom that outweighs the benefit of having a direct flight. Mind you, I'm a bit crap at air miles. I really should have signed up for the BA one, having been to Athens, Philadelphia, Nassau, and Auckland on BA in the past few years... each time it just happened to be the best or most direct flight.

Peter