dljohn,

Ah, thanks for the explain. What I would really like to do is give my friend a certificate that says 'Valid for one roundtrip fare within the U.S.' or something like that; since that would leave it up to my giftee to book his/her own travel. (I did this with AA two yrs ago; I think you can still do it this way) Your idea works only if I personally know when exactly he/she would like to travel.

Since this isn't a DL board, I'll go ahead and close this omni here and resume offline, before other Marriott readers start sending me hate mail.

Thanks again, dljohn!
Jamester

[This message has been edited by Jamester (edited 10-29-2000).]