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Just wanting to provide some followup on my choices thus far.

I've decided to take a couple months of booking "whatever makes the most sense for my routing."

Emirates has made up the bulk of my travel in the last 4 weeks, and I have to say that I'm blown away by the hard product. Their customer service can be a bit hit or miss, but it's crazy to think that I've never had to wait on hold (and I have zero status there as of now.)

Their first class pod/enclosed-suite is really quite impressive. That's not to mention that the Henessy Paradis doesn't hurt. =]

I'll continue to loop back with what I decide, but my early leaning is to go free agent.

Thanks everyone for your guidance and feedback!