Thanks for the reply.

I have looked at the manufactured spending threads. I'm not sure how it would help me unless you are saying it would generate points on the spending dollars and not on the signup bonuses. Is that what you mean? My credit card spend for 2013 was about 30K which would cover a lot of initial spend for the first 90 days to get a lot of bonuses.

I am reading other newbie threads and suspect all the rookies are getting the low hanging fruit and it quickly gets more difficult.

What do you think would be a realistic expectation for 3 years of work here, mostly on bonuses?