Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DCA / WAS
Programs: DL 2+ million/PM, YX, Marriott Plt, *wood gold, HHonors, CO Plt, UA, AA EXP, WN, AGR
Posts: 9,386
How long before you go?
If you have enough time, get the SLR & spend as much time as you can learning how to use it. Take a photo class.
If the trip is next week, you may want to stick with what you've got.
Personally, if it were a place I were going to only once in my life, I'd want to take the best pictures I could. For me, that means an SLR.