Yesterday, I flew a United 777-200 equipped with the carrier's latest entertainment concept: I could freely stream hundreds of movies and TV shows on my own laptop or United's iOS app.

Yesterday I wrote about the Four Easiest Places to Go with Miles.

Colombia was part of one of the regions that has plentiful award space, and it is on my radar at the moment as I book myself a two week trip there next month.

The problem is that award space is so good that I have way too many options. I haven't been able to book the outbound yet because there are ways to book it for 15,000 to 17,500 miles one way with all three alliances.

A generous "Cave Dweller" has donated four Southwest drink coupons that expire December 31, 2015. I'm going to give two each to two lucky winners.

If you're flying Southwest before then, leave a comment explaining why you could use a few drinks.

Cathay Pacific First Class is:

awesome: full trip report
cheap: 67,500 American Airlines miles one way between the United States and East Asia
easy to book with miles

Cathay Pacific operates six-seat First Class cabins between the United States and Hong Kong, so there aren't many seats to give away, and yet Cathay Pacific manages to regularly offer one seat up to 11 months before departure on tons of flights.

Me in Cathay Pacific First Class about to catch some ZZZZs

Cathay Pacific is also one of the airlines that releases a lot of

Where are the easiest places to get with frequent flyer miles, especially if you're just starting out?

I started thinking about it because I had a string of very tough requests through my Free Credit Card Consultation form. One in particular read:
Been following your site for about a year and haven't been able to jump in. Shame on me. It's all very overwhelming for a newbie even though you break it down well. [Scott: Agreed, but it doesn't have to be.

Last week, Citi announced that ThankYou Points are now transferable to Air France/KLM Flying Blue miles.

Edit 9/3/14: Readers are reporting that Air France and Delta cannot ticket all the space shown on airfrance.us. There may be some sort of glitch. I'll try to get to the bottom of this.

Award space is wide open in economy and business class between the United States and Argentina for the next 11 months, including award space over the peak December to March summer period.

You can book this award space on wide-open Aerolineas Argentinas flights with your Delta or Flying Blue miles.

From September 2 - 30, 2014 US Airways is offering all Dividend Miles members the chance to purchase miles with up to a 100% bonus. Many past offers have been targeted, but not this one.

During the promotion, you can buy up to 50,000 US Airways miles and get a 100% bonus in miles. That means you can get 100,000 US Airways miles for $1,881 total or 1.88 cents each.

This deal is very common.

Cathay Pacific is a Hong Kong-based member of oneworld with a mind-blowing First Class and a top-notch business class.

Cathay Pacific First Class Bed

Cathay Pacific flies from six North American cities to Hong Kong (and from there to the rest of the world), plus Boston to Hong Kong starts in May 2015.

from gcmap.com

Cathay Pacific flies 777s between the United States and Hong Kong, which have only six First Class seats.

This is the final post in a monthlong beginners' series that started here.

You did it! You passed Miles Collecting 101.