. . . if you wait a while for BA (or another airline) to offer its annual bonus for transfer of points then the value of a travel package really goes up. I got 30% more miles(162 k vs. 120k)by waiting . . .

Thanks for the tip BGP, that's a good strategy. I'll keep that in mind as we're always planning ahead and sitting on a hoarde of MRPs. We always try to maximize the value of the points.

Barry