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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by KeyManRisk
i'd agree with the previous posters who suggest you do a MR in asia. it's really not difficult to find city pairs that are about 1000mi apart. BKK-SIN is 876, and BKK-HKG is over 1000. just make a weekend jaunt somewhere...will cost less than $2600 and i'm sure you can tolerate coach for <3 hrs each way
This may well be what I end up doing - I will have a few shorthaul (<2 hrs) segments in Asia although I typically utilize Air Asia, JetStar, etc for price reasons. It would be worth the extra $$ to ensure 1K for next year!

Thanks for all of your help.
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