What I'm trying to do is get my points/miles out of programs that I rarely use. My husband and I are taking a trip to London/Paris next year or late this year and we are trying to get as many points/miles as possible so we can 'afford' to stay at nicer hotels and possibly fly J. Now we have very few miles in our programs since we don't travel much I do try to get miles other ways. Using airline credit card, idine, and going through various shopping portals we've each got about 50,000 AA miles and close to 50,000 in hilton as well. We know we won't be able to get enough miles/points to get the whole trip with rewards, but we would like to get at least part of.