I just got off the line with Iberia after putting my ff numbers on their segments for my rtw ticket and I had to share this story with all the rest of you 100k maniacs.

A very nice guy took my call and I gave him the reference number for our flights and told him I wanted to put one flight on my BA ff number and the other on my CP. There was the usual pause (remember I'd already called AA, CP, CX, BA and QF) and he said, of course we can do that. He pulled up the file and started entering the information and suddenly he said to me, "Can I ask why you want to do this?" So I told him all about the 100k bonus promo and how I was going to wind up with 3 100k bonuses after this trip was done.

He started laughing and said he had been so surprised when I asked for this because he had just gotten off the phone with a guy who had asked for the same thing except he wanted to credit 4 legs to 4 different airlines. The guy at Iberia said the poor man was furious because this was his second call and the first time he was told he couldn't do this. He was afraid to ask him why he wanted the segments that way because the man was so mad. He was very happy to get an explanation for this segment madness.

Okay, my question now is: Which one of you was the guy who had to call twice? I can't believe it was someone who just decided to put miles on 4 different airlines. It had to be someone from FT who knew about the 100k. Or am I just assuming that the only mileage nuts in the world are people here at FT?

Well, back to my packing. I start out Saturday and I'm in the midst of making lists and losing them.

Chris