Originally Posted by
Condition One
I had a CSR yesterday who railed against "too many premiers" and if it were up to him, he'd cut the number down significantly. He insisted on routing me on UA metal using standard awards. When I gave him the flights I wanted and he deducted the miles, he condescendingly said "you *barely* have the miles for this trip!", as if burning the last of my miles (1,200 left in my account) would cause my family to go hungry. It was a complex award reservation, so I held my tongue.
I hope you gave the moron an earful about how the miles devaluation screwed us all over and how you're trying to use them all up before they became completely valueless.