I have about 140K United miles, 50K on Delta, 70K on NWA, and 30K on US. I'm pretty torn about what to do with them.

- I generally hate flying on NWA.
- Trying to get award flights on Delta and US is like pulling teeth from an alligator. A very angry, strong one.
- I hate to use my UA award miles instead of paying to fly this year 'cause I still want to qualify as at least a 1P; then again, as a 1K this year (and probably for the last year in a long time), I have the delightful no-exchange/redeposit-fee feature on my account for award tickets, so I hate to give that up!

I think what I'm going to do then, is:
- Reserve UA award tickets for everywhere I have to / want to go this year (non-business).
- Use those award tickets unless I find a good deal on paid tickets (essentially, backup; sorry, non 1Kers, I'd hate me for diminishing the pool, too!).
- Upgrade my parents and sister using miles this year when they fly UA or get them domestic flights if needed.

Since I don't have THAT humungous amount of miles, I sort of selfishly want to hoard them so I can have some business award flights for myself in the future, or even a RTW trip for myself :-)