This should be a fine get-together! I hear only the best things about Norman's. A question for TW and others: I have one or two friends in Miami who are prospective members of FT (at the moment they just fly like crazy) and have expressed curiosity about the dinner. Would it be appropriate to ask them to join us? I'm asking more because they're mileage addicts than because they're my friends. But they just happen to be good eggs.

Beckles, I look forward to seeing you so soon after LB and to meeting Nancy. Thanks for the hotel tip; I used Priceline again and I think I way overbid ($60), considering I got an airport hotel on a weekend night. But it's the MIA Marriott on LeJeune, so at least it should be nice. Next time I think I'll try something like $35 in this market.

I'm not wild about returning MIA-SEA via ORD, but taking the MIA-SEA nonstop would have pushed the rt price from $228 to $1100. Does anyone have any idea whether the nice people at AA-MIA might take some pity on me and put me on the nonstop anyway, if I get to the airport early enough on Sunday? (It leaves 45 minutes after my scheduled departure to ORD.) The AA agent I spoke to last night expressed shock at the price, considering the fact that the flight is booked rather light. I have very little experience "horse trading" with AA -- much more with UA -- but I am a PLT flyer and an Admiral's Club member.

Thanks for any guidance.