And that's precisely what I did - amass as many short sector flights as possible, where there were promotional bonuses for certain sectors as well, before the end of the old Marco Polo Club. SIN-BKK-HKG-BKK-SIN-MEL/SYD-HKG-BKK-SIN back and forth. After 31Jan99, CX converted the club kilmometers (and other bonuses) into miles. Now I only have to fly anothe 2.5K miles to retain Marco Polo Gold through to Nov 2000. I'll worry about next year's flights later!