Bit the bullet and pulled the trigger on the $999/35K offer, as much as it pains me to buy into their evil scheme.

I figure that if I had time and were close enough at the end of 2010, I would have spent at least $1K for a MR, so why not do it now, especially when I have enough travel already planned in the next 6 weeks to get me 25K miles.

Wish me luck - tomorrow starts the first leg of a very silly RTW that was planned and booked even before the promo was announced. Maybe there's a trip report in here someplace.

Greg