Feature Requests: Use "map my points" to earn "credits"

Hello...I have been a fairly consistent user of the mapmytri site for the past 18 months.  In that time I've earned just shy of 7000 "map my points".  And, though a gift card or credit to one of the retail partners is supposed to be issued at 5000...I'm yet to see that gift card.

I completely understand that you are at the mercy of your advertising partners for many of these types of promotions.  So, I'm not complaining that I haven't received my "freebie".

However, much more useful to me than a gift card from one of the advertising partners would be "credits" toward the new premium features on this site.  Something like a 100:1 points to credits ratio would certainly seam fair to me.  But, of course, you would need to see how that works within your subscription plan.

I'd love to make use of some of the premium features.  But, sadly, I just can't justify the expense at the moment.  However, as a loyal user over the past 2 years...it would be great if my loyalty could be repaid with acess to some of those premium features.