Hi. I have been reading these forums for some time and finally decided to register.
I had to start traveling for work last summer, and that has slowed. Marriott recently upgraded me to a "Gold" membership even though I didn't quite have enough days to qualify. Right now I have around 43,000 points, and I should be at 50,000 around the middle of May. I also have 2 rt AirTran tickets earned. I have read that you want to package a lot of points together before redeeming, but unfortunately the frequent travel will be slowing down for me, and my AirTran points are going to start expiring.
What I would like to do is take my wife somewhere for 3-4 days. I was thinking of DC or even possibly Florida. I am open to other suggestions. I usually stay in Fairfield Inn's (Fairfield Inn Crabtree Valley in Raleigh is awesome!), but I would like to try a higher end motel. I would prefer a motel that had transportation to and from the airport, and be near fun things to do, or in the case of DC, be near a metro station.
Anyway, I appreciate all the advice I have found on this site, and thanks in advance for your advice.

Randy