JMaes, I agree, and I would do that too, if I had points that were going to expire. I would also buy the Disney tickets with points, if I had them to use. I don't think it is a horrible deal, but it isn't a great deal.
We actually bought our Hawaii tickets with RCI points the first year we had them which was 2005. We had two years of points, the price per point was then only about 8/10 of a cent, and it was 70,000 pionts for the ticket. We used our points and saved about $200 per ticket over the cost of buying the same flight directly from USAirways. Then Rick's mom decided to join us, and her ticket was only $550, same exact RT flights that we had. So we basically didn't save anything, after all was said and done. But at least we used our points and didn't waste them.
Now we PFD some of our weeks at slightly higher cost than 1 cent a point. $460+$26 (PFD fee) to get us 45,500 points per week. Those weeks are something I don't want to sell, but I like the idea of at least getting some value from them. Now if I could get a 9,000 point exchange with each week we used for PFD, AND some Disney tickets with the leftover points from the weeks, then there is a REAL savings, but alas, I am a planner extradinaire, so there will probably never be a last-minute trip for us. Darn!
'Tis a curse to be a planner! ARGH! :rofl: