I don't know who this person is, but s/he's posting this all over. Either s/he's has an issue with Kelloggs or AA. We all know the mileage game. I don't care what airline one uses and collects the miles, the name of the game is to learn how and when one redeems miles for free tickets. I've been very active with AA just for the last 2 years, so I'm fairly new to the game, but just this summer flew first class TPA-DFW-LGW paying for the ticket with my miles. So I don't need anybody telling me not to get miles, in that case we all should stop and FlyerTalk would not exist, what we need is to help each other on how to play with them. Sorry if I offended the original poster, but unless AA shuts it's doors tomorrow, I will collect as many miles as possible however I could, as long as it's financially reasonable.