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		+	<li>'''Give them to a friend'''. Most hotel programs let you transfer your points to others and in some cases, including Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott, you can transfer them to people who live outside your family.</li>

	<li>'''Just let them expire'''. You don’t need to lose a lot of sleep over just letting your hotel points (from infrequently used programs) expire. After all, you didn’t necessarily join the program to earn the points. You might have joined primarily to get the special benefits and the discounted room rates. Although, if you earned a lot of points through a credit card signup bonus or other route and you haven’t had a chance to use them yet, you definitely want to make sure you don’t lose them. </li>		<li>'''Just let them expire'''. You don’t need to lose a lot of sleep over just letting your hotel points (from infrequently used programs) expire. After all, you didn’t necessarily join the program to earn the points. You might have joined primarily to get the special benefits and the discounted room rates. Although, if you earned a lot of points through a credit card signup bonus or other route and you haven’t had a chance to use them yet, you definitely want to make sure you don’t lose them. </li>

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 <li>'''Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant'''. Several hotel programs allow you to use your points on dining. If you don't earn enough points for a free night, maybe you can earn enough points for a free breakfast or diner. With the major programs there is likely to be a hotel within driving distance.</li>
-<li>'''Convert to frequent flyer miles '''. Many hotel programs, particularly the larger ones, allow you to convert your points to frequent flyer miles. Like earning using your points for gift cards, converting to frequent flyer miles looks bad on paper.  The value of the hotel points you would be giving up is usually much higher than value of the miles you would receive. However, a handful of hotel points that will wind up expiring from your account aren’t worth anything. If you are never going to use them, you are better off earning some miles instead.</li>
+<li>'''Convert to frequent flyer miles '''. Many hotel programs, particularly the larger ones, allow you to convert your points to frequent flyer miles and often you can transfer fairly small quantities of points. Like earning using your points for gift cards, converting to frequent flyer miles looks bad on paper.  The value of the hotel points you would be giving up is usually much higher than value of the miles you would receive. However, a handful of hotel points that will wind up expiring from your account aren’t worth anything. If you are never going to use them, you are better off earning some miles instead.</li>
 If you doubt you'll be able to eventually use the points, you can sometimes choose to earn frequent flyer miles (in lieu of points) directly for your stay, rather than converting later.

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-<li>'''Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant'''. Several of the major hotel programs allow you to use your points on dining. If you don't earn enough points for a free night, maybe you can earn enough points for a free breakfast or diner.</li>
+<li>'''Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant'''. Several hotel programs allow you to use your points on dining. If you don't earn enough points for a free night, maybe you can earn enough points for a free breakfast or diner. With the major programs there is likely to be a hotel within driving distance.</li>
 <li>'''Convert to frequent flyer miles '''. Many hotel programs, particularly the larger ones, allow you to convert your points to frequent flyer miles. Like earning using your points for gift cards, converting to frequent flyer miles looks bad on paper.  The value of the hotel points you would be giving up is usually much higher than value of the miles you would receive. However, a handful of hotel points that will wind up expiring from your account aren’t worth anything. If you are never going to use them, you are better off earning some miles instead.</li>

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-<li>'''With the major hotel programs, you should eventually be able to put together enough points for a free night'''. Your points won't expire as long as you have some activity every 1-2 years (depending on the program). Even if you don't wind up staying again during this time, there are some easy ways to keep your account active. And if you have the hotel company's credit card, your points will either remain active or you will be able to keep it active with a single credit card charge.</li>
+<li>'''With the major hotel programs, you should eventually be able to put together enough points for a free night'''. Your points won't expire as long as you have some activity every 1-2 years (depending on the program). Even if you don't wind up staying again during this time, there are some easy ways to keep your account active. And if you have the hotel company's credit card, your points will either remain active or you will be able to keep it active with a single credit card charge. {{Link|Point Expiration}}.</li>
 <li>'''You might be able to combine points you earn from your stays with points you get from your credit card'''. For example, any Ultimate Rewards points you earn can be combined with your Hyatt points to either book more frequent or more expensive award nights.Or you can add a lot of extra points to your account with a Hyatt signup bonus.</li>
 <li>'''Even if you never earn enough points for a free stay, you can still get some value from your points'''. Realistically you may never earn enough miles in some programs for a free ticket. Fortunately, most programs allow you to redeem smaller number of points for other things—allowing you to get some value from the points you earn. For example, you can use Spirit Airlines miles to purchase magazine subscriptions.</li>
 <li>'''You should have an account anyway'''. Once you've set up your hotel loyalty account to unlock special member rates and benefits, it only takes a second to add it to your reservation. If you are booking directly, signing in will fill in all your extra reservation details, so it actually takes less time than doing a "guest" checkout. And if you are using AwardWallet, it is easy to retrieve any forgotten account information.</li>