Newsstand - The games airlines -- and the rest of us -- play

Airlines boast about them. Credit card companies tempt you with them. People hoard them. Collectors trade them.

Frequent flier miles have become a currency. And now, with the 25th anniversary of this wildly successful program coming May 1, the miles game more heated than ever before.

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/travel/14220246.htm

I wonder how many people use "well, i can get miles" as an excuse to put more and more on their credit cards...

i'm sure there are a lot of flyertalkers who do that...