as mentioned above....up grades!
this year i made 2 pure mr's....one to lax and back because of a cheap fare and wife was visiting out of town, just guessing that i would need the mi's....the other to ngo, but had to stay the 3 day min so did some sightseeing....
like others, i go places primarily for the mi's but also do something like collect another country, see air museums, see friends, etc...now at 105 countries...
i went to el salvadore via sfo and lax....iad via lax to see the smithsonian air museum....hnl via mia to see a friend...
will end up w/ ~ 105k mi's....mis calculated in 04 and had 126k, bad planning...
happy holidays.