Judging from the Q1 results of various airlines, it appears travels are down significantly, and from what I have seen, companies are not paying employees to fly in the front cabins as they used to.

How has everyone's travel pattern changed in the current economic climate?

Personally, I am way down. I don't think I will do the 110+ BIS full fare flights and the 250K+ travel I did in 2008.

It is strange that I will make 1K by the first weekend in June with only 2 1/2 roundtrips on UA. One cheapo transpac RT to earn DEQM and one full fare C RT for work will net me over 50 (triple EQM). Not sure what to make the easy path to 1K this year. If I am lucky, I may have 50K BIS in B fare or above to hopefully quailfy to GS next year.