UA_Eagle and I live in Northern Virginia. I'm a senior consultant for a major consulting company working in the software engineering field.

I was born here in DC and grew up in Northern Virginia, except for stints at high school and college and stayed in the area until about 5 years ago, when I moved to Austin to join a startup as a software engineer. I took advantage of this relocation to fullfill my love of flying and start flying frequently between AUS and WAS and trips elsewhere.

Around that time I came up on my own various frequent flying secrets, like always connecting instead of flying non-stop, etc. Around 1999 or 2000, I discovered WebFlyer & Flyertalk and after lurking a while, I registered in Jan/Feb 2001 as "UA_Eagle". The reason I picked this was that I have always loved UA and I was flying UA frequently at that time. The "eagle" part is because of my love of flying high above in the air.

Early last year I was laid off from my company in Austin and took the opportunity to do a couple of quick trips (to Frankfurt/Munich and Zurich) while looking for jobs. After a too long search (although I did manage to get 3 free trips to VA in the meantime!), I found my current job and relocated back here. So, after a trip to New Zealand for a couple of weeks, I'm back at work earning more money for future trips!

My hobbies, in addition to travel, are astronomy and collecting jigsaw puzzles (and sometimes put them together too). I also love to read and keep buying more books than I have time to read--if it wasn't for flying, I'd never make any good progress in catching up with my books!