Wow, I just checked one of my accounts and thought a quick thank-you was in order to gleff, pgary and flyertalk people...

In just 2 months (no flying), I parlayed some old miles in my wife's account from 7,000 TWA miles to 23,500 AAdvantage miles using only Kellogg's, opinionplace and credit card bonus/purchases (and along the way, I picked up an easy $25 for opening an ING savings account and got some golf balls).

Plus, I'm now a new loyal customer of American Express (love their Internet account managing system) and ING Bank (extremely convenient).

I'm glad I found AmEx since Visa sucks (we always had a small credit with them and Visa just stole it in Decemeber, calling it a "rebilling finance charge" and leaving us with a zero balance even though there was never any charge for them to "finance."

Anyway, thanks again for the tips.