Yeah I saw that, and was wondering what he meant when he said that it would likely be "resolved by legal means." Hmm. I think he's referring to the big-time orders of the business venture that started up to take advantage (or "rape", as someone else said) of the GoldPoints triple promotion.

And Randy has all but confirmed that we'll never see anything like this again. I saw that one coming after all the flurry of activity that erupted on Flyertalk from day one that this deal was announced.

As for my order, I'm happy to report that my 300 missing pts per dollar posted on Jan 17 (I only got 150 pts/$ in the days following my orders) after a couple phone calls and faxes. And I never started a dispute with Amex after reading the advice of others here, and agreeing that a charge card dispute can be started much much later, after I've exhausted all other options.