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Old Dec 13, 2017, 1:47 pm
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stephem
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Originally Posted by Gino Troian
Fly to the opposite coast for lunch/dinner
I gave it brief thought. Unfortunately I am in SoCal for a few days with my family (award tix on AS), then from there go straight to Montana (also AS award tix) for Christmas. There are a couple of days where I will be back in SEA before the New Year, but those are unlikely to be cheap transcons and after sitting in Heathrow for 2 days I am not sure I want to tempt fate on a winter flight to/thru ORD/NYC/WAS/BOS during the holiday period. Probably too much ca$h to justify two more SWUs and logistically more than I want to get myself into.
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