recently [july], my daughter went jfk-lax-dfw[forced over nite]-rdu [w/wife]-lgw-open-lhr-jfk-dfw[ over nite]-lga...reason was annual theater trip to london & to get 50k to be plt next year [she had done the challenge in mar or so & was plt til 2/28/05]...the ug's were 15k jfk-lax, vip lax-dfw-rdu-lgw, vip lhr-jfk-dfw, 15k dfw-lga...was told that 3 legs is max for ug on mi & vip & in 1 direction. reason for rdu routing was that ug's were available. wife got most of plat challenge on trip..

holmedown....if you really want the ug, i suggest that you get on the wl for a mis ug so you have both options...i think that the mi ug will trump stickers & if you are on the list more than 21 days in advance, you avoid the expedite fee [i was in this situation once when it cleared w/i 21 days & was told that there was a fee, when i questioned it, after the rep checked, was told no fee. good luck!