I don't agree! Last October I booked flights from Kelowna to Barcelona for the end of May 2008 with no problems. May was still shoulder season at lower miles, even though I came back in June, which was high season. As long as your departure is in low season means less miles. The only thing I find outrageous are the high fees involved, plus the cancellation fee. With other programs you get your miles back, and pay a penalty - not Air Miles.

As others have said, I only collect them because it's free, and I shop at Safeway anyway. The miles on prescriptions is definitely a good deal.