flingo: your german spelling is better then my english: Oberammergau.

mileage usage 1998:
* UA: 2-person-award international first-class for brother & me to Superbowl in San Diego (Jan 98).
* SR: free ticket ZRH-CDG (Paris) for french-tennis-open (Roland Garros) in May-98, Gisela and me.
* UA: 2-person-award international first-class for Gisela & me to Vancouver (Whistler) & Aspen (skiing: Nov/Dec 98).
* UA: upgrading Rio-Miami-San-Francisco-Seattle from eco to business (on my round-the world in Sep 98)

mileage usage 1999:
* UA: upgrade SJU-ORD (to secure seat beside Matt Wald at booking time, march-99)
* SR: free ticket ZRH-CDG (Paris) for french-tennis-open (Roland Garros) in May-99
* UA: gift for Gisela's 50th birthday, 2-person-award international first-class for skiing to Vancouver (Whistler) & Aspen (Feb/March 99).
* LH: upgrade: Zurich-Frankfurt-Philadelphia // Detroit-Frankfurt-Zurich from eco to business (paid eco SFr 495 = $ 330) in May-99.
* LH: upgrade paid business to intern. first on the LH Frankfurt-Singapor-segment on my first-99 round the world in aug/sep-99, alone)
* LH: upgrade paid business to intern first for start of round the world in nov-99 for Gisela and me: Frankfurt-Los Angeles (nov-4 going to the P-i-P)
* UA: secure first on LAX-HNL segment for Gisela and me on the P-i-P Express (nov-4-99)

UA one-way-upgrade-vouchers (US/Canada/Puerto Rico/Mexico): I have and will get more than enough of those vouchers to upgrade any UA flight from paid (discounted, Skyfare-eco-segment-coupons, average-price per flight-number = DM 120 = $ 75) eco to first (business on 3-class-flights).