had to nest it in a nyc/lih run to position. Had come out of the NYC/IAD/IST/MLE (maldives) 3 day trip a few days before.

we arrived in LIH, having flown LGA/IAH/LAX/LIH and were turning around in three hours for edmonton (LIH/LAX/DEN/Edmonton) with an overnight in edmonton.

we were doing all up front with a combination of regional upgrades and courtesy upgrades.

we almost got of the run in LIH, to skip the $240 r/t ai MR to edmonton.
through pep talks, we managed to get back on the plane...and were happy we did. 10,000 more or less qualifying miles, that many fewer to reach 1K through year end 2014 and relax.

download some movies on your ipad, get a good book, treat yourself to an airport massage...

win one for the gipper!