find out if the airline he flies has any current sign up promos. For example, my wife who just got Premier on United just got something in the mail where, if she gets people to join and fly on certain flights, they get whatever miles but SHE gets like 5000 bonus!

Then ask your co-worker to let you sign him up and ask him what kind of beer he likes to drink.

(or get him to bring some back from europe for you and drink it with him)

Other than that, I guess yeah, the above posts sure do prove that the old days are gone. (Way back when, I recall signing up for a spring break trip to Ft Lauderdale in college and they booked all of our names under fake people... They had simply already booked these cheap flights in other people's names knowing they coudl resell the tickets later on to us new freshmen for a great rate but still a mark up now that the price was higher since it was closer to party time!)

Hope that helps. It's OK to ask your question but somehow they'd find a way to bag you for something and that would suck. Just saying the wrong thing in airports or having to do with flying can get you marked for life, it seems! What a shame. I bet that concept carries over into other life in our near future... Why, in today's crazed world I wouldnt even go 'round bashing the president without expecting to later lose my job over it--somehow! ha ha ha

MM
(no, it is not politics now)