you must be 18 the Carriers have been doing this for over 20 yrs. At 1 time it was 20k for a free tkt with the US then HNL and ANC were put into their own cat.

Intl Upgrades were on any fare then changed to only certain more expensive fares this was in the early 90s

Hotels along changed things as did Rental cars way before 9/11 I was being given a Chevy Corisca as a Mid-size although Chevy sold it as a compact

Yea alot more changes have been taking place since 9/11 but they were done way before that when the Carriers werent losing their shirts.

Youre sort of like the person who cant believe their stk portfolio is worth so little today after all the mkts arent suppose to go down. Not many working on Wall St ever worked thru a Bear Mkt. But anyone old enough or who studied Wall St knows full well what has occured and that theres nothing that can prevent it from happening again. hey back in the early 80s the US$ was on par with the GBPound its almost US$2 to 1 GBP today

Many a company that had a very high price on Wall St is no longer around today. Some were scams others 1 product companies that had their 15 mins of fame and are gone. Ever hear of Crocs the price per share was over $75 a few months ago today its what $4, or Starbucks the samething. Both are still with us but will they be in a yr or so , we will only know in a yr or so. They are doing what they can in order not to go under. SB is closing 600 stores and not opening as many as they wanted to.

Welcome to Life, being Bitter isnt gonna change it any. The rules will keep changing you need to try to stay 1 step in front of it. If the road you need is Closed you will have to find another way to get to where you want to be. for many it was purchasing CDOs better put Subprime mort obligations, today the paper is good in case they run out of TP.If someone put all their money into it they are SOL.

You accumulated whatever miles you did, yep they are worth less then they were when you got them. sort of taking whatever you get paid and putting into your mattress after 20m yrs you got alot of $$$, but it wont buy you anywhere near what it would have had you had the same amount 20 yrs ago. So back in the 70s a Caddy was say $6000 and you saved up $10 a week so that you can 1 day buy that caddy. Well today is the day you reached the $6000th , only 1 problem that Caddy is no longer $6000 but $30,000. So either you need to find a way to come up with another 24k or buy what you can with the 6k you have. theres no way GM will sell you a new caddy today for 6k