Kempis has the right idea for hotels and singlemalt for airline tix and you don't lose any value in the transfer, but I doubt that you will get the miles transferred in time for April. AA might be fairly quick, less than 2 weeks for the cert to mail to Hhonors, then a week for Hhonors, but CO says it can take up to 90 days for transfer, but they have come quicker. I just wouldn't count on it.

And sometimes initial credit card bonus posts can take an infuriating amount of time to post.

You can make reservations for an award stay at Hilton even without the points in your account, but be you might want to make other arrangements just in case.

I think you are better off thinking of how you can start to consolidate your stray miles and look for some promotions and plan a bit further ahead than April. Good luck.

[This message has been edited by OB one (edited 03-28-2003).]