<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stimpy:
Uh, I thought the whole point of Flyertalk was for us *professional* travelers to exchange tips. Each of the hundred-odd people on this board that I've met is a professional traveler except Horizon and lisamcgu who fly as much as the rest of us, but for fun only.
But I'm not saying "don't have the contest". I'd just like to see a more challenging one for those of us who really bop around the world.</font>
I agree that most of us are "professional" travelers.
That said, not everyone gets to leave their home country in the course of their professional work. I like the idea of the challenge for even 12 because it forces me to figure out the wisest usage for my four weeks of time off that I get (that I usually end up taking in chunks of 1, 2, or 3 days at a time).
I posted an idea for a higher challenge criteria above, but I think that going beyond 12 would be out of reach for some of us who might otherwise be up for the challenge. At the same time, I don't want to knock the "serious" travel that others do, although I think we could have a debate over that too.