It's easy, go to www.mypoints.com and sign up (and if you want, enter burkey as your referer) Without spending money, there are bunches of 10 point clicks to visit websites, and also offers that are emailed to you. Also, there are free points under Try a Service for things like signing up for Family Point, internet game sites, etc... I claimed 5k with Vacation Miles so far, then exchanged for 5k on AA, total time took about 3 weeks from claiming to posting.