id have to say that the good 600k or so miles i have earned in the past couple of years due to gift card related deals weould be on par with neds. some gcs are dead or gone and some carry on... some had fees, some did not. now my wachovias do chg $2 per 500 miles but over all i have spent little for these and so the only cost has been time. but that's mute since its a hobby, obsession and addiction. at least i aint addicted to crack and hey, you all know what it takes time-wise just to book even a paid ticket, so it's all relative.

MM