I have prepared a long (4 part) trip report over on Trip Reports which answers a lot of the questions that pop up here, plus a lot more, including the answers to some of my earlier questions!

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/003368.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/003369.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/003370.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum81/HTML/003371.html