I had to book my airfare early for DK's wedding because I wanted to use Frequent Flyer miles. American is having a pretty enticing offer that perfectly maps to my travel plans for the wedding. The wedding is in August and I got the offer just in time about a week ago. The offer basically provides a 25% discount on miles needed for an award flight from August through November where the ticket must be booked by May 31st. That's the right schedule for a wedding in August.

At first I thought I'd use 25% off of a 25,000 mile ticket but I figured that with the baby and percentage discounts being more valuable the more you spend why not fly first class for 33,000 miles per ticket and make the trip nice and cozy. If anyone is interested the offer is Here.

It is so rare that a special offer actually works for my real plans.