X-Post -- Travel Fares?

Sorry I had no advice...we haven't traveled yet. We're due to leave in about a month (Russia), but waiting for specific dates. I had called Golden Rule, but they don't take sky miles & we have a ton to use. Someone posted a lengthy "how to" for Delta, which we will try to use on our first trip as a lot of our miles our exclusive to them. Just curious about what you ended up doing since I know our last trip will be cash. Thanks