Originally Posted by
eightblack
...I am enjoying Colorado. I went to a liquor store today called Daveco, which would have to have the most spectacular selection of foreign and local beers I have ever seen...
You've just put your finger on the major downside (from a FT perspective) of living in the Rockies (ABQ counts. Really. Honest!). You collect miles, you find a great award, you think "I'm just one click away from drinking myself silly in a great F seat..."
...and then you realize that, frankly, it'd be easier and more fun to just grab a couple 6-packs of really really good microbrews and sit on your deck watching the sunset paint the mountains with the kind of bling that EK only wishes they could achieve.
Glad to have you in the neighborhood!