I apologize for the confusion. I reread Randy's article on the Business Traveler for Dec 99, and found out that I misunderstood the sentence.

My itinerary will work... He simply said that it would be tough to fly four or more airlines for US resident, if you don't fly a transocenic segment. I noticed that one of the FT members is quoted there about its creative way to get the 100K bonus. I can't remember this FT fellow's name... I will look it up tonight and post it here...

Thanks,
Carfield