Yes, we have found same. We did VRBO for Florida last year and worked out well.

Smart. I used to travel lots for work and at one point I managed to get up to 600,000 miles....I continued to live off those miles for the next decade or so....taking the occasional personal/family trips with them.

In the old days, I think it was United (or maybe American) that had a "million mile club" where if you got 1M airline miles, you received lifetime complimentary "space available" travel....meaning that you could jump on any flight that had an open seat.

In the mid 90s I knew a older guy who was a million miler....he used to just go to the airport....no ticket needed and hang around until there was a plane with an empty seat going where he wanted to go and hop on.