Who: Retired 68 female

When December after MR to San Francisco (also known as I want Zachery's pizza run)

How: All leisure. I love to scuba dive so I'm going to the Coral Triangle a lot (Indonesia, Malaysia, Phillipines)

Where SIN three time (Maldives, Borneo, Bali/Wakatobi Indonesia as ultimate destinations), FCO during the Business Class "sale" some travel around the US. I'm on a nonprofit board that meets four times a year, I visit family and I get to NC mountains about three times a year. I also like to visit the Bay Area as much as possible.

Why: For status: GPUs and I'll hit 1MM in Feb on a trip to SIN on the way to the Maldives. I like being 1K, but won't manage it next year.

What: With the new PQD requirements, 1K will be out of reach. I'm hoping for Plt. I've got flex PQM and the PQD waiver for Plt. I've got a paid trip to SIN in Feb, maybe a trip to French Polynesia, using UA to Hawaii and the Hawaiian to PPT. In Sept, a dive trip to Papua and then Suliwesi, so another trip to Jakarta/SIN, this time, if I can book it using miles to Jakarta, return from SIN. Maybe the Philippines at the end of the year. Maybe a trip to Europe. Three trips to NC for conferences, four trips for my nonprofit board.

I'm going to burn miles as best I can. I'd like to stay Plt until the miles get burned, but unless things improve, I'll migrate to AA. It looks like international upgrades on AA metal are cheaper and at least for the moment they have a decent Redeemable miles program.