I'm attempting to dump my erewards miles into hotel partners for next year's GS. I will have no hope of gaining any actual points in the coming year for any program other than SPG. Since GS ended I've saved up $100 in e-rewards, dumped $50 into Club Carleson to get me enough points to count for a hit (as per this year's GS). I will be doing HHonors next. Not sure where to go next, but I don't want to wait, because the delay in posting and the limits on redeeming multiple certs might hurt my chances of doing this once next year's GS rules come out.

Yes it is a risk, but I'm hoping to turn what would otherwise be 4,000-6,000 miles worth of straight redemptions to USair ($200-$300 in e-rewards) into a whole lot more. Goal would be 3 hotels + SPG, 4 extra hits plus the miles they will convert into (3,000 or so). Right now I'm a little over halfway there. If the surveys come in steadily I'll maybe have a chance at another hit as well. I'll be researching who has good transfers to USair, and good e-reward redemtions in the coming month or two to target my possible transfers.

Emiles is painfully slow, but I'm back up to around 300 or so, and should be above 500 by the next GS. Of course there is no guarantee they will be hits next year, but can't hurt to be ready. This will leave time to pursue other hits as well.

I'm averaging 2 surveys a week, they're starting to really become a chore, so we'll see how many months I can continue this.