i think there is a sort of phaze out going on... at the same time, things like miles, points, gift certs, cards, promos and buy this get that schemes have never been at such a peak as now. I mean just the other day I bought a $25 papa ginos fast food gift cert because they give you a free pizza cert thats valid in jan! I go there a lot and may make the cut, but they know they can entice guys like me so they can generate revenue now in dec 05. miles are the same sort of thing, and like the pizza cert, there are a percentage of people who will not redeem, lose them, or come in too late when the fine print rules have changed.

miles seem more over flooded in this area (of redemption problems) than other programs of the same ilk do, and I do see some pending problems with that where airlines may try to slowly phase in a craftily marketed way to trim the fat, but i dunno if joe is 100% right. he seems onto something but i take his posts of funny bitterism and measure them against all the other mileage crap I skim out there and I gotta say: if the guy is able to create a following on a subject he knows at least something about, and get paid for it, then all the power to him!

why didnt one of us think of that?
MM