We found out this week that our early December flights are changed. We had booked two different miles flights. We got hit with a double whammy: American has cut almost half the direct flights from Memphis to Miami, and they have cut BVI flights. Some days now have three flights to Tortola.

Fortunately we had booked the second set of flights last week. Oddly, the business class fare for one person was 42k points. When we tried to book two seats, it rose to 43.5k each. Being cheapskates, we booked me a seat, then went to book one for Ratman. The price rose to 65k miles! So he booked an economy seat. We were hoping the business seat price would drop and he could rebook, but it's actually gone up. With their credit card he gets more leg room and one checked bag.

I looked yesterday, and didn't see any 10k last minute miles seats; cheapest is now 19k. Southwest does have reasonable miles tickets to STT. So we're looking into chartering to Beef Island from there.