hey Rudi...I'm still around, checking FlyerTalk at least a few times a week...and I do post regularly too...although among the "oldies", I do post relatively very little, only ~150 compared to Rudi's 3000+...

and, I'm now traveling almost exclusively on oneworld, especially CX...so probably you did't see me posting much in the UA forum and thought I've disappeared...but, Rudi, weren't you used to checking all the postings in all forums before ??

but Catman is also right...last year I was still a student, and could afford to check the site once every 2 minutes...this year I am just spending a lot of time traveling and sometimes just too tired to just go online...but the good thing is, as a student I had to pay to get the miles, now I'm getting paid to get the miles, that's a big difference...