Mr. Harris, a frequent awards-show host, was mocked in a fake ad in which his "How I Met Your Mother" co-stars warned about the risks of Excessive Hosting Disorder.
Byrne Piven died in 2002; Mr. Piven's mother, Joyce Piven, an actor, teacher and director, is now the artistic director emeritus, as well as his frequent award show date.
It is John Ashbery, the prolific 80-year-old poet and frequent award winner known for his dense, postmodern style and playful language.
He won frequent writing awards from the Dog Writers of America, in 1965 sweeping the prizes for reporting, columns and magazine articles.
However, Mr. Harteveldt said, "if demand for paid seats on airlines goes down, the airlines will become more generous" with their frequent travel awards.
So I sat, assuming that the first-class seat I had upgraded to using frequent flier awards would entitle me to a sandwich, at least.
It applies to paid tickets as well as frequent flier awards, and is calculated based on the class of travel and the length of the flight.
As for whether travelers are finding it easy to use frequent flier awards these days, Mr. Petersen of InsideFlyer said the travel industry downturn had not significantly affected the availability of seats for award travel.
Such mileage matchmaking services have popped up as airlines, including American, Continental, Delta and United, have been announcing significant capacity cutbacks — reductions that are expected to make frequent flier awards even harder to use when the cuts begin to take effect this fall.
For $10 a month, you can receive alerts about seats that qualify for frequent flyer awards and upgrades.
