millervt....welcome to ft....i'm sure you will have a great time here....

you seem to be getting some good advice on airlines, but if you are looking at a hotel program to earn some quick points then i would suggest checking out priority club....its very easy to earn points with them....go to this link http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...ad-2010-a.html & sign up for everything you can....i have over 80k pc points & have only had a single one night stay with them ever....

if you sign up for their credit card here http://www.chasecreditcards.com/prio...ub-rewards.asp then you can get another 30k points after your first purchase....