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<p>[QUOTE="heavenlyjane, post: 800859, member: 2226"]</p><p>Planning is the key. While buckets full of various points are great for future flexibility, my novice mistake was to collect anything remotely attainable, even if I had no use for it.</p><p></p><p>I have 39K Hawaiian miles that I earned in our first apporama. Their best use is for island hopping so I envisioned a great vacation that included multiple islands in a single trip. Problem with that plan is that we live in the SE USA so Hawaii is simply too far for anything less a major annual vacation. Western Europe and the Caribbean are closer than Hawaii to us. I now realize we won't get to Hawaii until we retire, with all the fabulous destinations that are closer to our home.</p><p></p><p>I've been left to managing the expiration date on these Hawaii miles - they've passed their 18-month expiration date at least 4 times, which shows you how old they are. The original CC is long cancelled so every 18 months I have to remember to buy a pound of coffee from Starbucks and then monitor that the purchases has extended the expiration date. It has served as an ocassional reminder of the haphazard start of my hobby.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="heavenlyjane, post: 800859, member: 2226"] Planning is the key. While buckets full of various points are great for future flexibility, my novice mistake was to collect anything remotely attainable, even if I had no use for it. I have 39K Hawaiian miles that I earned in our first apporama. Their best use is for island hopping so I envisioned a great vacation that included multiple islands in a single trip. Problem with that plan is that we live in the SE USA so Hawaii is simply too far for anything less a major annual vacation. Western Europe and the Caribbean are closer than Hawaii to us. I now realize we won't get to Hawaii until we retire, with all the fabulous destinations that are closer to our home. I've been left to managing the expiration date on these Hawaii miles - they've passed their 18-month expiration date at least 4 times, which shows you how old they are. The original CC is long cancelled so every 18 months I have to remember to buy a pound of coffee from Starbucks and then monitor that the purchases has extended the expiration date. It has served as an ocassional reminder of the haphazard start of my hobby. [/QUOTE]
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