<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Considering how airlines devalue miles and other options, it might not be the 'best way' objectively but subjectively it's the goal I want to reach.</font>
As we've discovered with Radisson in the last couple of weeks, there's no telling whether the hotel or the airline will be first to screw us by devaluing their points (most likely, both).
andrew