Thursday, may-20
LH 3689 Zurich - Frankfurt 08:15-09:50
LH 426 Frankfurt - Philadelphia 12:40-15:45
UA 203 Philadelphia - IAD 20:00-20:53
UA 225 IAD - San Francisco 21:40-00:21
(IAD connection for the double promo)
Stanford Court San Francisco (Renaissance/Marriott 5'000 bonus points/3 stays-promo)

Friday, May-21
a whole day in the Napa valley
UA 206 San Francisco - IAD 22:15-06:10 (double miles) (arrival Saturday)

Saturday, May-22
UA 1919 IAD - SJU 08:05 - 11:59 (not sure if SJU counts for the promo)
Rum tasting / buying
San Juan accomodation: private (Baccardi)

Sunday, May-23
morning: a Puerto Rican MASS (thank you for the hint, in german it is Messe - and in swiss-german Mess) at the cathedral
UA 1747 SJU - ORD 14:05 - 18:07
UA 337 ORD - SEA 19:30 - 21:40
SEA-TAC airport Marriott (AARP weekend rate $82)

Monday, May-24
UA 348 SEA - ORD 06:45-12:27
UA 396 ORD-DTW 13:20-15:23
LH 443 DTW - Frankfurt 1815 - 08:05 (Tuesday)

Tuesday, May-25
LH 3704 Frankfurt - Zurich 09:00 - 09:55

ticket-prices:
* LH (inauguration promo PHL & DTW):
ZRH-FRA-PHL//DTW-FRA-ZRH Swiss Francs 499 = $ 325, eco.
* UA Skypass with 8 flight-segments for Swiss Francs 1'276 (US$ 880) (some of the rules: only 2 coast to coast segments: IAD is considered East-coast; only two stops at same airport; eco-class Y, only for european residents flying transatlantic with UA or a StarAlliance partner, validity max 60 days after transatlantic arrival).

upgrades:
* FRA-PHL (LH) confirmable upgr using 20'000 UA miles one-way
* PHL - IAD - SFO one confirmable one-way-voucher (UA)
* SFO - IAD - SJU one confirmable one-way-voucher (UA)
* SJU - ORD - SEA one confirmable one-way-voucher (UA)
* SEA - ORD - DTW one confirmable one-way-voucher (UA)
* DTW - FRA (LH) confirmable upgr using 20'000 UA miles one-way

mileage-account (all miles into UA mileage plus)
ZRH - FRA (LH) = 500 (500 status)
FRA - PHL (LH) = 4'192 (4'192 status), I could have taken a UA-code-share ticket (with 100% 1K bonus) - but not for that price
PHL - IAD = 500 + 100% (1K) + 100% (double promo) = 1'500 (500 status)
IAD - SFO = 2'140 + 100% (1K) + 100% (double promo) = 6'420 (2'140 status)
SFO - IAD = 2'140 + 100% (1K) + 100% (double promo) = 6'420 (2'140 status)
IAD - SJU = 1'571 + 100% (1K) + 100% (double promo) = 4'713 (1'571 status)
SJU - ORD = 2'072 + 100% (1K) = 4'144 (status 2'072)
ORD - SEA = 1'721 + 100% (1K) = 3'442 (status 1'721)
SEA - ORD = 1'721 + 100% (1K) = 3'442 (status 1'721)
ORD - DTW = 500 + 500 (1K) = 1'000 (status 500)
DTW - FRA (LH) = 4'569 (4'569 status)
FRA - ZRH (LH) = 500 (500 status miles)

total miles 34'422 ./. 40'000 for upgrades = net minus 5'578 - but + 22'126 status miles.

UA one-way upgrade vouchers:
used 4, gained 4 (more than 10'000 UA miles in 2nd quarter), plus gain of some 500 miles upgrade vouchers.

crazyness: the segments ORD-SEA_ORD are only taken for status-mileage reasons (and because the Skypass allows overall 8 segments)

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 04-15-99).]