Originally Posted by Captain Flush

Really? Then that's a complete reversal of this policy:

"The required number of miles for award travel must be posted to your account prior to requesting an award reservation."

From the Dividend Miles membership guide, available here: http://www.usairways.com/awa/content...mberguide.aspx. I'd be interested in knowing what your source was, since the policy you described would seem to create nothing but headaches for people who do have enough mileage to ticket award reservations right away.