Part of my thought process was the many millions of miles that were earned with much cheaper ticket prices. I'm wondering if the airlines will consider the current situation to be a windfall of sorts for those of us with big unused mileage balances. I'm already seeing folks selling miles on eBay for some pretty big bucks. The jump in ticket prices has caused me to consider using some of my miles for domestic travel instead of exclusively for overseas trips and upgrades.

However, I suppose that if the jump in ticket prices creates a lot of empty seats, they won't mind filling them with reward passangers. Whatever happens, I think it will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

I don't think we're going to see too many mileage runs at these prices.