<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by holland:
5:1 is much better than 10:1, my mistake.
I've got just over 125K in my account and about 10K in my wife's.</font>
Just an observation. While I'm sure it was annoying to have saved hhonors points only to be told "no award rooms available" on the day when you really needed to use them, wouldn't it be in you're best interest to keep the hhonors points and use for a VIP award rather than exchange them and getting only the equivalent of one free airline award ticket? If rooms at the HHV or similar hilton resort run $200 plus a night, a 5 or 6 day VIP award can be worth more than $1,200. Hard to imagine a domestic airline ticket costing that much unless you buy with no advance notice or actually pay to ride FC. Maybe the best way to get the last laugh is to make use of your Gold status and get the most value for your hhonors points.
Just remember, Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
Good luck.