it has been a rough ride since the merger announcement, and i fear there is more to come. i'm sitting on too high a mileage balance, but one that fortunately is not continuing to grow at a rapid pace..., but also don't have "time" to burn it down (not to do the searching to find good award flights, but rather the time to take a worthwhile trip). that said, i'm going to need to use them up soon based on the aforementioned "writing on the wall".