What is the Best Usage to Prolong MBA Battery Life?

Question

Hello,
I have a new (1/27/2011) MacBook Air 13" (4G, 256G, 2.13Ghz CPU).
This is being written: 4/29/2011. For some time my charge indicator has not gone above 99% except very occasionally, and then, very briefly. I have noted an apparent decrease in battery 'life' (how long I can run the laptop from full charge to full discharge). Although I usually have only a browser (multiple tabs), WiFi (no Bluetooth) and, sometimes, a word processing application open with brightness at about 60%, but  I don't usually get, lately, more than 5 hours max. For example I have running since fully charged (99%) for 2:40 min with the usage pattern described above, and I now have 39% power showing.
My normal usage pattern is to charge the battery fully and then let it discharge completely. If possible, I let it rest for at least a couple of hours fully charged on the charger, and fully discharged off the charger. This is not always possible but I probably do it 40 percent of the time, at least.
"About this Mac" (More Info) shows 66 cycles and Full Charge capacity as 6354 mAh and a capacity of 94%. CocoBattery 2.7 shows 66 cycle and 6352mAh, and age of the Mac as 19 weeks.
I feel that this decrease in ability to hold a charge is excessive compared to what Apple indicates is normal (80% loss in 2 years or 300 cycles). At this rate I will be at 80% of original capacity in 9 months, and 80% of capacity in about 200 cycles.
I have read several of the excellent posts on this forum as well as the Apple info on batteries, battery cycles, and laptop batteries referenced here, but still am confused as the best way to proceed in order to prolong battery life.
Would changing my usage pattern extend the working life of my MBA? Specifically (but not exclusively), would I be better off running on the charger more often, even if I were unable to fully charge or discharge the battery each time? As I understand it doing this will decrease my cycle count per unit of time, but it will also mean that I more frequently begin charging (or discharging) before current capacity (no pun intended) has reached maximum (or minimum).
If the battery were more easily replaced, I would be less concerned (though not happy ) for, otherwise, I am truly pleased with this elegant and generally capable computer.
Any information anyone can provide would be very much appreciated.
Pete

Answer 1

hi,
so what would you suggest to do here then. let it get to 50% then run the battery down and at say 5-%ish re-charge it fully.
is there anything i could switch off on my phone to save battery power. ive taken off he location services apart from ym locate my iphone, stopped the fetch new data and set it to manaul . this is also the same for the icloud as well.more or less everything has been set to manual or set to off ??