Your friend is coming from another country. He has no interst in FF miles. He can fly on a small foreign carrier which has no ff program for $1000. He can also fly on a US carrier for $1200. The trip will accumulate exactly 25K miles. Your friend wants to take the cheaper carrier but you tell your friend you'll pay the extra $200 now for the US carrier, and he will issue you the award whenever you want it.

[This message has been edited by hindukid (edited 05-21-2003).]