Originally Posted by
moondog
Well done! I was nearly positive that
YariGuy would chime in with the correct response after I posted the Carmel hint, but you beat him to the punch.

I did think of Clint Eastwood, but was not familiar enough with his movies to make the connection.
Originally Posted by
wwtknoyb
Well, after reaching the Diamond status with one account, it does not hurt to open up another one with a different E-Mail address.

To receive even more free Lounge Pass.
Speaking of status, how does trip / ctrip rewards compare with other OTAs? Expedia / hotels.com used to be straight forward -- stay 10 nights get 1 free, but that was gutted by expedia. Now it's earning expedia bucks... at a terrible rate.