Hi,

I'm planning a 1-2 week vacation to India in January, and either at the end or the beginning of my trip, I want to make a stop in Dubai for about 1-2 days just to check it out.

I'm very new to this whole points, rewards and frequent flyer thing, but my goal is to buy a plane ticket with the money I have saved up and to be able to get a 1 to 2 night stay at a really nice hotel in Dubai for free somehow. Is this possible?

How do I do this? I'm planning to buy my plane ticket within 2 weeks. Or is it better to use your points for cheaper tickets? Honestly not even sure how to acquire these points.

As you can tell, I have no clue how this all works. Help, advice, anything.

Thanks