I just finished obtaining (for lack of a better word) a plane ticket from LAX to Newark International using my grandmother's frequent flyer miles (thanks, Grandma!). To obtain the ticket for the 5,568 mile round-trip flight (I google mapped it), I had to use 37,500 miles. That's roughly 6.75 times the actual mileage of the trip.
Here's my suggestion: Instead of giving out 1 frequent flier mile for every mile flown, airlines should give out a corresponding number of frequent flyer feet. If the above situation is standard, that means that a person should earn 782 frequent flier feet for every mile flown. That way, it would actually cost 5,568 frequent flier miles to fly from LAX to Newark.
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