Hey, thanks for the welcome geo1004! Yeah, I really should focus on just one airline to earn a respectable status (UA)...but as most of my flying is self funded, and I will (most of the time) go for the lowest price. It just so happens that the majority of my past long haul flights were with UA, therefore the biggest source of my accumulated miles.

Yes, I'll try to do a trip report on my AZ/NZ trip. Since I'm gonna be stuck in coach, it would be interesting to see a trip report from you as well (since you're lucky enough to do this trip in first/business class)!

Happy flying...

-Scooter