I don't care much for arts/music/opera or anything rich a-holes would refer to as "the finer things in life". I also do not care much for hiking. But I do love good food - everything from bbq to fancy gastromolecular cuisines. What I also love is traveling. How is the airfare out of DFW/DAL for weekend get aways? DC, surprisingly, is not as cheap as I thought even with the competition of three airports. Weekend get aways to NY/BOS is about $350, Miami usually $500+, Atlanta usually ~$500, etc. Is that the standard price now for short haul domestic F? In terms of long haul, I go to Asia for vacations. I imagine in a few years miles will be useless, or at least impossible to amass for someone who does not travel for work. In NY there are often good business fares to Asia for <$3500, what about from DFW? Actually the last one doesn't matter since I still have enough miles to last me two more years, maybe by that time I'll be ready to move again.