Well, I nominate myself (and I'd really LOVE to do this!!!).

Here are my qualifications:

I love to travel. Period. I love to explore. I love to be on the go. I love challenges. I love interacting with other people. And I love winning (especially on behalf of Flyertalk).

The thought of spending 23 days going who- knows-where in search of who-knows-what, using public transportation and my travel savvy (along with trying to become basically proficient in a few foreign languages), sounds like about the most fun I've ever had. Up until now, the most fun I've had was skydiving, scuba-diving and getting married (not necessarily in that order, honey). But an adventure like this would blow away the rest.

A few more qualifications. I can do exchange rates in my head. I can navigate through even the most treacherous airports. And I can eat a filet in under three minutes (if on a dare).

And the best qualification yet: My wife even said she'd let me do this. Can you imagine that? The same person who begrudgingly lets me fly 24 hours to Singapore and return 7 hours later, just so I can upgrade her when we fly to Italy. She said I could do this!!! Wow.

Hopefully, I've been a good citizen of Flyertalk the last few years that people would consider me a viable entrant. If chosen, I will do my darnedest to represent the community with pride, determination and a little off-beat humor. And hopefully I could help bring home the win, allowing us to grow this community even more.

So in conclusion, I respectfully nominate myself. (Wow. It felt like I just ran for junior class vice president!!).

PremEx2000

(a.k.a. Mike Lieber)