Point well taken, but we've got gobs of miles and status is never a problem. Since our only *A miles are from USAir (remember that East Coast stuff), we can't upgrade coach fares on UA, etc. and the only awards available there there are in coach. I suspect that this might change sometime next year if US does not pull off the latest transformation plan. In that case, I would expect UA to match the US status so we could then party on the upper decks with all of you.

We prefer to take one trip and make one stop and, believe it or not, we've never been west of San Francisco. We can and would come into Singapore a day early and see some sights and do things such as the bus tour (thanks for mentioning it). And then, we can do it all over again to see another Asian city.

But right now, we're trying to clear away enough time for this trip, and should know for sure in a week or two.