Thanks for the quick responses....

Travel dates are 01/28 - 02/11, although I suppose I could move them a day or so out of the way if there was a good reason...

I think I am pretty sold on continental, it appears their business class is much better (plus I have had bad experiences domestically with NWA)..

On another note if anyone has flown CO business class and has an opinion between the 767 via Hawaii or the 777 via Japan I would be curious, it appears the 777 will allow you to almost lay flat which is very appealing to me as I am always uncomfortable sleeping on flights.

This is business paid for, but my limit is $6k

Thanks again