Actually, FT Wannabe sounds like a poor parodie of an Ayn Rand novel. A real Free Marketeer here. Perhaps, given the few posts, he is just a trial balloon from USAir or another airline, to see what the reaction is here. That, I suppose, is at least probable (sorry if I have mistaken you, FT; we're just looking to explain why someone would be on this board dissing the rest of us for our "hobby travel".)

Now the real announcement: if this news from USAir sticks, say bye to my business old friend. I once had 200,000 miles on USAir, earned from PSA and Republic I think, with a another good dash on USAir itself, and am down to about 30K today. Mrs SSt has about 30K too. (I've earned and cashed in probably 400,000 over the last 10 years on them)

We both dumped our BofA USAir credit cards immediately, and we're looking for our next and last free flight to Martha's Vineyard.

It's been fun, old friend, but why on earth should I waste either my company's or my own money to get your "miles" is beyond me. Ah well, my guess is you won't be grieving for me, or for any of us for that matter, because you'll never be a legitimate moneymaking business again. Give my regards to PanAm & Eastern!