^ to the (recent?) decision to open saver awards on every flight. I just booked a thanksgiving 2006 flight on the hot days with a choice of times on a saver award - first time that has worked in years, even with a huge lead time...

While this could seem like cutting into revenue too much to some, I'll counter that by saying that knowing my miles are useful at non-bloated levels is enough to switch my business for a while...

Especially these days, when program redemption on the routes I fly on AS and NW has become a joke.