EXACTLY Sweet Sue - since a lot of my expenses on that card are for business I don't ever go into hock - that card gets paid off in full faithfully each month. I also sign up for the bonus promotions both with the card and with AA. I do the same with my Amex card but with Delta - that's how I flew the god-kid down first class on her first trip.

No doubt the mileage needed to fly in general is going to go up on AA and no doubt the number of FF seats per flight is going to go down. In anticipation of this I am booking about a month earlier this year for my trip in November.