Hi all -

I hope this is the correct place to post, if not I apologize!

I am looking for some help from some seasoned travelers. I'm getting married in about a year (6/2012) so I have about a year to try and rack up some points/miles to help with the honeymoon.

We're looking to go on safari in africa (probably fly to JBL or Cape Town) so we're trying to figure out either how to minimize the flight cost or at least get an upgrade (it's a pretty long ride for coach... especially after a wedding). Our local airport is RDU but getting to IAD or ATL or JFK/EWR isn't a problem for us.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what we should be doing now to make our plans work out? Right now we have the SPG credit card (~50k points right now) since we weren't sure what we wanted to do.

I'd super appreciate any help - the rewards programs are a bit overwhelming when you're new at this