I'm hoping to make EXP sometime next year (for 2010). My current travel w/o MRs is about 30K EQM/year, so I will need to do accumulate a significant number of EQMS from MRs and maybe a promotion (crossing my fingers for AADER again).

Anyway, I am prepared to spend up to $3000 next year for MRs to achieve my status. I think it's a pretty good deal as I'll be getting unlimited upgrades (50 states), 8 evips, EXP line, and 200K RDM.