Thank you all for your input - I'll just have to dig in to FT and learn the basics. So I gave up on finding a miles and points book and just decided to order Matt Kepnes (Nomadic Matt) revised book How to Travel the World for $50 a Day. I have the 2013 version so it'll be interesting to see how things have changed. For me, if I can't travel, the next best thing is reading about it. If you get it, be sure to get the 2017 version. If anyone has a favorite travel book, fiction or nonfiction, let me know.