I received with my premierExc kit a cupon worth twenty thousand miles of a international award for two people traviling together on the same itenary. I rarely use mileage for full awards I prefer to purchase qualifing fares and upgrading with miles to the next class of service. The one good feature of the new award program is when you purchase a "B" class fare for international travel instead of having to use 40,000 miles to upgrade to business class only 20,000 miles are now required. I travel almost exclusively internationaly.