I have noticed that several companies in the travel industry have implemented similar policies. US Air will now kill all of your miles if you have been inactive for 12 or 18 months (I forget the exact length). Pretty weak if you ask me. They did send several e-mails to me with warnings that I was getting close to the deadline. I guess the few additional records in their database was impacting their licensing costs.

I signed up at e-rewards.com to fill out surveys and they give you “money” that you can use towards miles and points for travel. These transactions will count as activity on your account and will prevent it from getting cancelled. Sorry I didn’t tell you about this sooner.