I appreciate everyone's attention to this topic.
FYI- regarding the poster who wanted to knwo how to transfer unused airline miles- HHonors lets you transfer 1 airline mile for 2 HHonors points.

Regarding where I travel for Business- it is 95% domestic, and all over the country. The cases I am working on now require me to go to Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco.

When I vacation, I would like to go to NYC, Boston, the Carribean, Skiing, and maybe Europe.

I am interested in 2 things. First, I want a comfortable, clean, nice, pleasant, convenient place to stay when I travel for business. When I travel, I want to be treated like a human being, and with courtesy. Upgrades would be wonderful. Staying in a room for a week gets a bit tiresome, so the nicer your surroundings, the better. Free vacation travel would also be great.

Anyway, I'm not a pro at this. My goals as a traveller are to travel is as much comfort as possible all the time without paying exorbinant prices, and earning a free trip for myself and my wife each year to someplace nice. That would be a nice fringe benefit.