I paid $3 for the best eclipse view on Earth — and it was from a plane

At the start of this week, I had no intention of trying to see the solar eclipse. London, my home of almost 20 years, was set to experience more than 90% partial coverage, and that felt good enough for me.After an intense year of work and travel — and celebrating my 40th birthday last week — I'd put myself on a self-imposed travel ban for August. It felt like time for some rest.Then, this past Monday afternoon, I felt some familiar tingles: the urge to escape, have an adventure and do something a bit different.The chance to experience eclipse totality was tantalizingly close to home.Both northern Spain and the Balearic Islands were in the path of totality and easily accessible from London. A points and miles aficionado to the bitter end, I turned to two of my favorite tools, SeatSpy and Seats.aero, to see if I could get there at the right time, on the cheap, using points.To my amazement, despite being in the peak of British school holidays, there was plenty of availability on several ideal British Airways flights.Then it dawned on me: What if I could get on a flight that would cross the path of totality and see the eclipse from the sky?One quick Google search suggested that if I co...