thanks, the challenge is a great idea, I remember this from when I used to fly AA all the time. Also, duh, forgot about just booking the codeshare flight, have to see if my corp. travel will do that - I think that is the best solution-my other flying is all domestic, almost every week, various places, do like SWA for the convenience unless I am doing a cross country, but may have to use AA more often. If only they were a bit nicer...