What about transferring them to Starwood Preferred Guest? You can park them there up to a year w/out a hotel stay while you decide where you want to use them. That should also give you access to more airlines and their 5,000 point bonus for every 20,000 you transfer. There are varying limits on the number of points you can transfer to different airline programs, though.

[This message has been edited by blomster (edited 11-27-2001).]