I use Igougo to research trips, as well. A couple of years ago there was a long thread on this so we could all read each others' journals. I believe now Igougo changed it and journals over a certain age...180 days?? (not sure) don't earn points for people reading them anymore. You just earn in the first 180 days, or whatever the actual time length is.

I believe 25,000 points will get you 25,000 AA miles, but it takes a lot to get there, including posting many, many journals with multiple chapters and best of all, photos.

I haven't posted in a while, but you can find me under guide name: Boomsie. I'll log on and read journals of names posted above. Every little bit helps.