Keep the 100k for a EU C award on AZ or AF or KLM. The rest - use for car rentals -
I found best use for holidays for >5 days. Cash cost 900, SM market cost 60k miles = used 1k miles and 590$.
Hotels are a standard use at 1cpm or you can use pwm, but these tickets do not get upgraded.
You can wait for the 100% share bonus and combine miles to a single acct.
But remember that you are paying 1.1cpm and you better get a good award to make up the cost.
Thanks for the advice. I have no desire to redeem for a EU C award. I would like to travel overseas, but if I do, it will be with the entire family & looking for a good deal to get 4 of us over there. I know that monetarily, it isn't the best value, but I would like to find 4 domestic tickets to anywhere in the US for a 3 or 4 day weekend (already booked the rest of my vacation time) that works for our schedule & just use them. Otherwise, $1,000 at Applebees will last awhile & would make nice Christmas gifts.