I would hope that by 2011 AE will have been able to upgrade its account information to provide what all US programs do with their expiring miles: "Miles expiring at the end of 2013: XX,XXX". This will alert us to any miles that have not been used by then, but I expect that most people redeem enough miles every couple of years to not have many left even by a year ahead of the 7-year deadline. Remember, miles used come from the oldest miles earned.