On Thursday, Nov. 20, Dividend Miles will announce a sudden reversal of their change to elite benefits some 3 1/2 months ago. With the economy of fuel stabilizing and the growing wariness of both Star Alliance (well, Continental is soon to be) partners, Continental and United adding back in 500-minimum mile bonuses and never even considering ending their elite bonuses, Dividend Miles has found that it may be better than late since there is the usual interest in year ending mileage runs to validate or complete elite status for the following year. Look for official announcements to come from US Airways, but if you had read my original statement of the chages:

http://www.insideflyer.com/articles/printable/article.php?key=4787

and then my subsequent recommendation for solution in an earlier Mileopoly column:

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onthefly/2008/08/

Shake it up with a little SaveDividendMiles (1.6 billion miles registered)

http://savedividendmiles.com

And you have a best-case-scenario for appeasing the remaining and hopefully faithful members of DividendMiles.

Along the windy way of earning miles and points, there comes a time when one just really has to let loose — you know, unwind. And when staying at a hotel racking up the points, what’s the second thing that comes to mind when really unwinding while sleeping in someone else’s bed? Yea, you guessed it – jumping on the bed.

This childhood activity continues to this day and there’s a real chance that you could immortalize yourself by submitting a photo of yourself, jumping on your hotel bed when you submit it to 

http://www.hotelsbycity.net/blog/bed-jump/

You go ahead and post your picture, I’m still working on finding the hotel room with the highest ceiling …