DB,

Looked again at FSD, no dice...$800 at this point. Looks like will have to bite the bullet and take your UA recommendation (can make it an all Airbii trip through ORD both ways), just would hate give up those DL/NW segs. I know it would only be 2, those 2 will get me to Gold Medallion, and who knows how travel for last 4 months will go, and hate to miss keeping Platinum by those 2 segs...oh well, end of year MR might be in the cards...again thanks. BTW, for some reason 7 hours sounds a lot worse than 6