<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PunishedEdmontonian:
On the National Post story thread a suggestion was made that using points to go on vacation was "a waste of points"</font>
Yeah, that was me. I guess I shouldn't generalize so much.

It depends on the circumstances.
Using points for a short-haul like YYZ-LGA or YYZ-BOS doesn't seem like a waste of points if it saves you $1000+. But, personally, I've never claimed a short-haul.