Regarding award tickets:
"# A quick ticketing fee of $50 will apply to all award reservations purchased within 14 days of travel."
Shame FT does not have an "FU" smiley, if you know what I mean.
The list of blackout dates is as long as BBB's last game of risk.
Off-peak awards are history (altough this may have already happened and I missed it).
The gofirst thing is now legit, and you can assume it's being peddled before your upgrades are clearing at the gate.
And I just booked off another 120k of award travel. As I'd have to stretch go get silver, I see no point in trying to hoard these miles anymore, and I figure I'd book them before they spring the rule changes.