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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
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Our next trip to that part of the world will hopefully be HK in '13 - I'll keep both of your ideas (Paulchili and moondog) in mind.
This particular trip was MCI-PVG-MCI. The allure of one-stop through Chicago was what caused us to book AA metal the whole way.
After redeeming this trip and redeeming 270,000 BA miles for a '12 trip (BA F to India), my stockpile of miles is now mostly *A. Maybe the HK trip will simply start with a weekend in New York...seems crazy to backtrack that far and *not* go hang out in Manhattan for a day or two. @:-)