Thanks for the early interest. it will bo interesting as always from my perspective to see where the public is heading on their "value" vote. For the last 6-7 years in the airline sector there has been a spotlight on the efforts of the low-cost carriers (which started well before the other media's sudden attraction to these carriers). I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of trend returning to the value of the larger carriers, though with the continuing financial struggles, that may never happen.

One update on the international level. This year the Freddies will have seperate voting for Europe, Middle East, Africa; Asia, Pacific and of course the Americas since there really are a different types of programs that oprate from these various regions rather than a single "international."