just to make you jealous (or may very well be, to feel sorry for us/our travel-stress).

Rudi's and Wolfram's round-the-world in 13 days (StarAlliance, paid business-class, my first 55% to make Lufthansa Senator = 1K in 99 and to compare Senator afterwards with UA 1K):

Wednesday/Thursday jan 20/21: SAS Zurich - Copenhague - Bangkok
jan 21: Marriott Riverside, Bangkok
jan-22: Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok (free transfer Marrriott-Oriental by Marriott's-boat with handluggage only); evening at Oriental's thai-restaurant "Sala Rim Naan" with classic thai-dance.
jan-23: Marriott Riverside, Bangkok
jan-24/25: Thai Bangkok - Melbourne
jan-25 to jan-29: Sheraton Hotel & Tower in Melbourne; Australian Tennis Open (and some business/friendship-talks with Australian wine producers)
jan-29: UA Melbourne-Auckland-Los Angeles-Washington D.C.: this is my first flight to arrive (at LAX) before I depart (at MEL), (my niece, Wolfram's daugther is working at the Congress to get her Dr. in politics), Renaissance Mayflower.
jan-30: at & in the White House (niece), evening flight from DCA to Miami, "a" leftover room at "a" downtown Days Inn in Miami
jan-31: Superbowl, Miami (Days Inn)
feb-1/2: LH Miami - Frankfurt - Zurich.

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 01-19-99).]