You're welcome.

If you need to check how many points you have, just go to your Profile from the main page and hit the 'Dream World' tab. This will show you how many points will open up what areas/Pokemon/items.

So far I'm sitting at 480 points. I think you can request five (5) Dream Pals each visit. I just request anyone and water as many plants as I can, and also use the their Share Shelves. If they say no to a Pal Request, eh, no biggie. if they yes, hey, more points for me.