1) Until September had lived in Korea for 3 years and could fly within most of East Asia on Star Alliance airlines in Y for 20k (in an emergency exit row virtually everytime

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2) Now in DC, can fly to my hometown in New Brunswick (including a stop-over in YUL) for 15k. Just did that yesterday, in fact...
3) Star Alliance Silver reached at 18k, and as a result have enjoyed E+ on United