As requested, a bit about me. Geoff Arnold (hence the unimaginative handle), expat Brit, moderately frequent flier, blogger, aviation enthusiast (but not pilot - I've watched people bankrupt themselves that way). I worked for a computer company for 20 years that saw me regularly making UA 1K; then I moved to Seattle and did rather less travel. I've just joined a Chinese company which means that I'm going to be racking up SFO-HKG miles at an alarming rate (but NOT on CX, thank you very much!)