What's frustrating to me is that I live in DC and I will easily get 3 points -- East, West, Shuttle. I hate Mileage Runs but would do one if relatively easy and inexpensive to get the 4th. But there is really NO option for that. I can fly to Baton Rouge or Melbourne through Charlotte, or Plattsburgh through Boston. But those routes, or doing a quick return to Carribean, would be a huge pain -- would be a whole day lost. Maybe I could do it for $300 or so but I'm better off just paying $700 (or whatever) to buy up to CP and not waste a whole freaking day flying to the middle of nowhere only to turn around. If I lived in Charlotte or Boston, it would be a different story.