Hold on there a minute! Unless I misunderstood or missed something, the announcement about US Air expiring miles states that as long as you take at least one US Air flight every three years, your miles will not expire. If I recall correctly, this doesn't take affect until 1/1/2000. This puts US in the same camp as DL with regards to expiring miles. I, and I believe most other FFs, can live with this type of rule. It's AA and UA who have "drop dead, use them or lose them" expiring miles rules (unless you make top tier status). I wouldn't write Randy's assessment off just yet. Given that AA is a US partner in the FF program, I wouldn't be surprised to see AA move to the same rule US just instituted. Also, UA let everyone with 20K miles extend expiration this year. I'm sure they are not doing it out of the goodness of their heart, so maybe something else is afoot there. I hope Randy is right and the expiring miles rules expire once and for all!