Originally Posted by emma69

If you book through Expedia for TD, then you still get $50 per 10,000 when you redeem after Nov 15th, it is only the 'book any way' that is being devalued, so provided you are willing to book the flight through them, you can wait and see if a seat sale comes up, from that point of view.

I am also on a 'spend my points now' spree, but luckily I have plenty of past travel to redeem against.

Another option would be to redeem against past travel charges (and you didn't hear this from me but their idea of 'travel' is actually absurd, apparently my gym membership classes as travel, that's what I redeemed against last week!) Or you could book and pay for something fully refundable (a flight, hotel etc.) that classes as travel, redeem the points against it, then get a refund, which you can use to book your travel however and whenever you like.