My wife and I were completely sold on the points strategies laid out in Prince of Travel, so we became early adopters of its Royal Platinum Membership—and saw benefits from it in all our travels.
We departed Chicago O’Hare on Qatar Airways Qsuites business class for Doha, Qatar on October 26, and after a very short layover, headed for Dubai. We booked the flight as a one-way using 85,000 Alaska Airlines miles per person.