FWIW, I'm personally, and quite earnestly looking for opportunities to burn miles these days.

Why? Well among other things:

...Gordon Bethune, the CEO of Continental Airlines and one of the executives testifying on Thursday, will describe the industry's financial condition as "perilous, and the skies are only getting darker," according to prepared testimony obtained by The Associated Press. "All-time high oil prices and the ever-increasing burden of government taxes and fees are killing the industry."

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/040602/airlines_outlook_1.html

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Not to mention all the other "stuff" that makes it increasingly hard to keep the business plan flying!

I hope I'm wrong, but seemingly, with the increasing deflation in the real value of miles, and the increasing difficulties in utilizing them, why not get as much as possible now?

-Mark